SEEGER, Louis - 1914

SEEGER, BUTTOLPH, CLINE

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

LOUIS SEEGER.

Louis Seeger is one of the oldest merchants in Marcus and now enjoys a large patronage as a harness manufacturer and dealer. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, January 21, 1854, and is a son of Ignatius Seeger, a native of Austria. The father came to America in the early 40s and located in New Orleans, whence after a short time he move to Dubuque, Iowa. He was a brewer by occupation
and he engaged in the brewing business for himself for about twenty-four years, after which he sold out his brewing business interests and retired, making his home in Dubuque until his death, which occured in 1884.

Louis Seeger was reared and educated in Dubuque and after laying aside his books went to Bellvue, Iowa where he learned the harness-maker's trade. he has worked at this continuously since that time, making his home in various localities. He came to Marcus in 1879 and after working at his trade for twelve years established himself in the business, which he has since operated. He manufactures and deal in harness, saddles, whips and collars, suit cases, trunks and valises, and he conducts a large repair department. His stock is complete and well selected and he enjoys a large patronage, for his work is of high order and his prices reasonable. He has invested extensively in land in the course of his career and now owns his business premises in Marcus, an eighty acre farm near Brunswick, Nebraska, two residence properties and several vacant lots in the city.

On the 4th of January, 1893, Mr. Seeger married Miss Emily Cline, a daughter of E.M. and Salina D. (Buttolph) Cline, the former born in Wood county, Virginia, and December 6, 1827, and the latter in Loraine county, Ohio, October 19, 1833. The father came to Pilot Mound, Boone county, Iowa, in pioneer times and has egaged in farming ever since that time, having survived his wife since September 5, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Seeger became the parents of four children: Mary, who died in 1896; Flossie, who is attending business college in Sioux City, Iowa; Urban, who passed away in 1899; and Bernard, attending school.

Mr. Seeger is a member of the Roman Catholic church and is a democrat in his political beliefs. He is associated with business interest of Marcus for a period of thirty-four years and during that time he gained an enviable reputation for integrity, honor and straightforward dealing.