Egbert Seymour
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Egbert Seymour (1850 - 1921) was 6th the mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey from 1895 to 1904.
Born December 15, 1850 in Walkill in upstate New York, Seymour came to Bayonne, New Jersey in the 1880's and became active in Democratic politics. He was elected Mayor in 1895, succeeding Republican William C. Farr, and served until 1904. He was one of the founders of the Bayonne Democratic Club.
Seymour died on February 6, 1921 in his home of influenza at age 70. He is buried in Bayview/New York Bay Cemetery in Jersey City. Coincidently, Farr, who he succeeded, died of influenza eight days later.
