. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . arriedMarch 24, 1842, was Bessie R., daughter of Dr. Colby Knapp, of Guil-ford, N. Y. Their children were Bessie Virginia, wife of Charles ; Cyrus F., one of the most gentlemanly and popular youngmen of this city previous to his untimely death in March, 1873; andLucy and Henry Hotchkiss, both of whom died young. Mrs. Hotch-kiss died March 6, 1852. Mr. Hotchkiss died July 5, 1878 William H. Hecox came to the city bar in 1870. He was admittedto practice in 1838 and for more than half a c
. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . arriedMarch 24, 1842, was Bessie R., daughter of Dr. Colby Knapp, of Guil-ford, N. Y. Their children were Bessie Virginia, wife of Charles ; Cyrus F., one of the most gentlemanly and popular youngmen of this city previous to his untimely death in March, 1873; andLucy and Henry Hotchkiss, both of whom died young. Mrs. Hotch-kiss died March 6, 1852. Mr. Hotchkiss died July 5, 1878 William H. Hecox came to the city bar in 1870. He was admittedto practice in 1838 and for more than half a century afterward he wasin professional life, although ill health frequently compelled him tochange his residence from the east to the west. In 1849 he undertooka journey to the gold fields of California, but not being able to get upthe Pacific coast from the isthmus he returned home. Twice duringhis professional career Mr. Hecox lived in St. Paul, Minn., where hepracticed law. He also practiced in Buffalo and New York city beforecoming to Binghamton in 1870. Mr. Hecox is remembered as a lawyer. L. SEYMOUR. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMEXT. 345 of ability, and a citizen of unquestioned integritv. He was an honorto the bar and the city. For several years he held the office of justiceof the peace. Mr. Hecoxs wife was Augusta Foster, who survives their three children only one—William H. Hecox, of this city—isnow living. Lewis Seymour was a native of Broome county, beingbom in Vestal,October 25, 1823. He was a son of Lewis Seymour, the latter a formermerchant and successful business man of Binghamton, but who wasdrowned in the Chenango river while attempting to save the life of ayoung man. Samuel Seymour, grandfather of Lewis Seymour, thelawyer, was an early settler in Union, and was a man of much note inhis day. In 1831 Lewis Seymour, sr., removed with his family to thevillage from Vestal, hence the son had the advantages of the villageschools in laying the foundation for his late
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