Segar, Emmert

SEGAR, HIMEBAUGH, PORTER, JEWETT, BLACK, STREVELER, HUNT

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Date: 2/22/2010 at 14:29:10

History of Hamilton County, Iowa, vol II, 1912, p.135

EMMERT SEGAR

Emmert Segar, who is connected with the Lane-Moore Lumber Company of Blairsburg, was formerly actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in this township, and is a representative of one of those families to whose efforts Hamilton County is largely indebted for its progress and development. With the exception of two years spent in an overland trip to Oregon, his entire life has been passed in this county, his birth having occurred in Cass township on the 20th of September, 1863. His parents, Horace and Ortense (Hager) Segar, were both natives of Pennsylvania, but they came to Iowa in their youth, the maternal grandparents being among the first settlers of Cedar County. They located in Cass township during the early period of their domestic life, and there they both passed away, the father's death occurring in 1892. This section of the state was but sparsely settled when they came here, and on every side of the Segar homestead stretched vast expanses of wild prairie land, the family living in true pioneer style. Here were reared the five sons and three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Segar, all but the eldest of whom were born in this county. In order of birth they are as follows: Louis, who is a resident of Webster City; Mrs. Angelina Himebaugh and Mrs. Emma J. Porter, both of Webster City; Jesse, who resides a mile north of Webster City; Benjamin E., who died in Blairsburg township, February 22, 1912; Roland, who is residing at Meadow Grove, Nebraska; Emmert, our subject; and Mrs. Mabel Jewett, of Webster City.

The early years in the life of Emmert Segar were in no way unusual nor distinguished by any startling experiences. He spent his time very much in the same manner as the other youths in the community, acquiring his education in the district schools. When his people first located in the county Webster City was known as Newcastle, and he can recall the time when there were but three houses between their farm in Cass township and Blairsburg. The privations and hardships incident to pioneering tended to create a cohesive citizenship through whose united efforts the wild wastes of prairie land have been transformed into beautiful farms, the Hamilton county of today bearing little resemblance to that of fifty years ago. In all of this progress and development the Segar family have substantially assisted through their agricultural activities. Having been reared to the work of the fields, when qualified to begin his independent career, naturally Emmert Segar chose the vocation of farming, which he successfully followed for many years. Although he has for some years been making his home in Blairsburg, where he owns a very pleasant residence and fourteen lots, he still holds the title to a well improved farm of a hundred and sixty acres in this township. He has accumulated a very comfortable competence, more than sufficient to supply the needs of himself and wife, but he has always been too active and enterprising to retire, so he is now assisting in the yard of the Lane-Moore Lumber Company.

In October, 1884, Mr. Segar was united in marriage to Miss Belle Black, whose birth occurred in Jackson County, Iowa, on the 20th of April, 1863. She is a daughter of Jesse and Mary Ellen Black, who were early settlers of Hamilton County, where they both passed away and were laid to rest in the cemetery in Cass township. The father, who was a native of England, died in Webster City, while the mother, who was born in Pennsylvania, was residing in Jewell Junction at the time of her demise. Their family numbered five, as follows: Mrs. Jesse Segar, who is residing a mile north of Webster City; Mrs. Emmert Segar; Bert, whose home is in Bemis, South Dakota; Jesse, a resident of Burt, Iowa; and Nora, who passed away at the age of thirteen years.

To Mr. and Mrs. Segar have been born four children: Mrs. Maude Hunt, who is living in Williams township; Mrs. Hazel Streveler, of Blairsburg; Guy, who is living on the home farm; and Joseph, who is still at home. The three eldest children were born in Cass township and the youngest in Blairsburg township.

His political support Mr. Segar gives to the republican party, and he served for nine years as road supervisor. He takes an active interest in local affairs and represents that type of citizen who cooperates in forwarding the welfare of the community by assisting in promoting its various public utilities and such movements as will tend to advance its moral, social or intellectual standards. The family first located in this county in 1855 and during the fifty-seven years intervening its various members have proven to be most worthy and highly desirable citizens.