Moody, Seymour B.

Born: 1810-10-15 Watertown, New York

Died: 1872-05-02 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

Around 1835, Moody settled in Springfield, Illinois, where he later married Latitia Stipp. Moody served as the city's assistant postmaster and the city assessor and collector. In 1860, he owned $5,000 worth of real estate. Politically, Moody was a Whig.

Abraham Lincoln and Others to the Citizens of Sangamon County; History of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1881), 696; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 121; Gravestone, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.