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Frederick Kimber Seward
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Frederick Kimber Seward, Sr. (also spelled Frederic) (March 23, 1878 - December 7, 1943) was a corporate lawyer of the firm Curtis, Mallet, Prevot & Colt. He was a survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster when he was returning from a business trip to Greece. He served as the chairman of a committee to honor the bravery of Captain Arthur Rostron of the RMS Carpathia and his crew. He served on the Board of Trustees of George Gustav Heye's Museum of the American Indian starting in 1916. During World War II he served on New York City's rationing board. He was the younger brother of Dr. John Perry Seward (1868-?), a homoeopath in New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1899 and was a member of its Glee Club. He married Sarah Femington Day on August 30, 1902 and they had three children: Frederick Kimber Seward, Jr. (1904-1967); Katharine Seward (1908-?) who married Donald Wati Gardner; and Samuel S. Seward III (1910-1989). In 1908 he started work at Curtis, Mallet, Prevot & Colt in New York City. Seward survived the sinking, escaping in lifeboat 7, the first to leave the ship. He was counsel for John Montgomery Smart, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster and settled his estate. He died of heart failure on December 7, 1943 in New York City.<ref name=obit/> 
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