Felix SEYMOUR

Birth:

19 Aug 1795

Moorefield, Hardy co, Va, Usa

Death:

3 Apr 1853

Moorefield, Hardy co, Va, Usa

Marriage:

15 Feb 1825

Hardy co, Va, Usa

Father:

Abel SEYMOUR

Mother:

Ann VAN METER

Notes:

                   age 55


Source:   Descendants of John Seymour (http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/seymour_john.html)

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MILL ISLAND
CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT open saturday and sunday

Mill Island holds a cherished place in the history of the South Branch Valley, including Heritage Weekend, which began here in 1953. This year, Mill Island is the setting for the Civil War Encampment, demonstrations of camp life and a presentation of the Gettysburg Address by Abe Lincoln impersonator James Rubin.

The home is the union of a 1798 brick cottage at the rear and a grand Greek Revival mansion Felix Seymour added in 1840. The front porch has hand-carved Corinthian columns. Inside, the 15-foot ceilings top heavy cornices over every door and window. The bricks were made on the premises and laid in an American Bond. The Corinthian-style columns at the front were carved from single tree trunks. The first floor has 15-foot ceilings with windows 12-feet high.

An 18 x 40-foot ballroom trimmed with elaborate cornice and dentil work was the legendary setting of the South Branch ValleyÕs most elegant social gatherings. Seymour, although wealthy with good land holdings, was not among the social elite until he married well, hitching up with Sidney McNeill of the valleyÕs wealthiest family and owner of its most magnificent mansion, Willow Wall.

During the Civil War, the Confederate McNeillÕs Rangers, the storied Confederate Calvary, sometimes used the house for a hospital, and fittingly the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 582, McNeill Rangers, are staging the encampment. The 1853 Restaurant will provide comfort food for visitors.

Heritage Week began here in 1953 when then-owners Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pryce Jones opened their home to raise money for the Hardy County Public Library.

Mill Island is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Open courtesy of Royce Saville
DIRECTIONS: From the Moorefield library, go east on Winchester
Avenue to railroad tracts. Turn right on South Fork Road 1.3 miles.
Turn right at green flag and go 0.7 miles across low bridge.

Sydney MCNEILL

Birth:

13 Feb 1800

Va, Usa

Death:

24 Nov 1890

Moorefield, Hardy co, Wv, Usa

Father:

Daniel MCNEILL

Mother:

Margaret RENICK

Children

Marriage

Sarah Jane SEYMOUR

Birth:

17 May 1827

Va, Usa

Death:

William M. RANDOLPH

Marr:

15 Jun 1851

Abel SEYMOUR

Birth:

10 Aug 1832

Death:

15 Apr 1835

Marr:

Margaret Ann SEYMOUR

Birth:

5 May 1834

Va, Usa

Death:

9 Apr 1887

Moorefield, Hardy co, Wv, Usa

George Thomas WILLIAMS

Marr:

10 Oct 1855

FCID:15859:5958

Felix Seymour - Sydney McNeill

Felix Seymour was born at Moorefield, Hardy co, Va, Usa 19 Aug 1795. His parents were Abel Seymour and Ann Van Meter.

He married Sydney McNeill 15 Feb 1825 at Hardy co, Va, Usa . Sydney McNeill was born at Va, Usa 13 Feb 1800 daughter of Daniel McNeill and Margaret Renick .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Sarah Jane Seymour born 17 May 1827.
Abel Seymour born 10 Aug 1832.
Margaret Ann Seymour born 5 May 1834.

Felix Seymour died 3 Apr 1853 at Moorefield, Hardy co, Va, Usa .

Sydney McNeill died 24 Nov 1890 at Moorefield, Hardy co, Wv, Usa .