History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . hased a farm on the east bank ofthe Hudson River, near the boundary line of Clermont and Germantownin Columbia county about twelve miles from Hudson. This was his firstand only home, His taste and inclination was to produce the best of allproducts. He had the best breeds of cattle and the choicest varieties offruit. He took more premiums on his farm products than any one exhib-itor at the agricultural societies where he exhibited. Excelsior was hismotto. On this farm he deceased a bachelor
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . hased a farm on the east bank ofthe Hudson River, near the boundary line of Clermont and Germantownin Columbia county about twelve miles from Hudson. This was his firstand only home, His taste and inclination was to produce the best of allproducts. He had the best breeds of cattle and the choicest varieties offruit. He took more premiums on his farm products than any one exhib-itor at the agricultural societies where he exhibited. Excelsior was hismotto. On this farm he deceased a bachelor on Nov. 26, 1863. Adjoiningthe southern driveway in the Evergreen Cemetery at Pine Plains stands amarble shaft surmounted by an urn erected to his memory. On one side•of it we read, Seymour Smith, born August 7, 1779, died Nov. 26, was a soldier in the American army in the war with Great Britain in1812. He bequeathed his entire estate to the town of Pine Plains to estab-lish an Academy for the promotion of knowledge. To carry out this provision of his will an act was passed by the legisla-. Seymour Smith. [See Lineage.] ?364 HISTORY OF PINE PLAINS. ture Feb. 19, 1864, authorizing the town of Pine Plains, Dutchess County,,to take the bequest given it by the will of Seymour Smith, deceased, andto carry into execution the object for which said bequest was given. In accordance with this act a board of trustees was chosen to receiveand invest the money, the amount being about six thousand dollars, whichwas allowed to accumulate until 1877, when the building was Andrews, of Hillsdale, was the carpenter builder. The buildingis of wocd, forty by sixty eight, two stories and a mansard, resting on ahigh basement wall of brick, making in all four stories, tastefully trimmedwith mouldings, scrolls and brackets, is warmed throughout by steam,and has hot and cold water on every floor. All the rooms are com-modious and pleasant and well arranged for the purposes des
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