Maria V. Seymour (1841-1913) was born and died in Seneca Falls, New York. According to census records, she was a homeworker. Her father, Henry Seymour, was considered one of the town fathers of Seneca Falls and was also a signer of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention held in the US, in 1848. He was a merchant, manufacturer, and entrepreneur. Seymour lived with her parents, and after their passing, in their homestead, for her whole life. From 1886 through 1888 she wrote several letters to Mary Baker Eddy to order copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and Eddy's other writings. She studied Christian Science with Sarah A. Pine, one of Eddy's students, and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 9, 1908. Seymour was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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