Eugene Secor

SECOR

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 10/25/2006 at 05:15:45

Secor, Eugene, was born near Peekskill, New York, may 13, 1841. He went west at the age of twenty-one and settled at Forest City, Iowa, his home at the time of his death. He attended Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa. In 1900 he became interested in peonies and began the work which later resulted in the introduction of the Secor seedlings to the market. After his death, May 14, 1919, his work was taken up by his daughter, Miss Nina Secor. Mr. Secor was an officer and director in the Iowa Horticultural society for many years and was affiliated with similar organizations during his lifetime.

-Source: Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd; published 1928 by the American Peony Society. Page 299.