Xiriirka tareenka ee Seymour wuxuu bixiyay taariikhi 1860. Bishii Abriil 14keedii, Alexander McClure, oo ahaa addoon deggan Nashville, TN, wuxuu abaabulay asxaabtiisa inay ku ridaan sanduuq oo ay u rartaan “Hannah M. Johnson, oo daryeelaya Levi Coffin,” Cincinnati, Ohio. Seymour, sanduuqa McClure ayaa furmay. Waa la qabtay oo dib loogu celiyey Tennessee. Wuxuu ku eedeeyay saddex nin oo ka caawisay inuu baxsado. Ciqaab ayaa la dhiibtay, Levi Coffin wuxuu diiday inuu wax ka ogyahay dhacdada. McClure waxaa laga helay inuu ku noolaa Nashville, TN Dagaalkii Sokeeye ka dib. Joogso oo arag calaamadda taariikheed iyo bandhigga Xarunta Booqdaha.