Joseph Segner ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Palmyra, Lebanon, PA. ² The 1850 census recorded Samuel Segner, merchant tailor, 39, living with wife Mary, 37; George, 16; Aaron, 10; John, 8; William, 5; and Joseph, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's real estate was valued at $2500. Also in their home was Henry Barnett, 25; Rosanna Miller, 23; Ruben Miller, 16; and Mary's mother, Anna Zimmerman, 60.

2. Census in 1860 in Palmyra, Lebanon, PA. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Saml Segner, tailor, 49, living with wife Mary C., 46; Wm, 14; Joseph, 10; Annie E., 9; and Louisa C., 6. Also in the home was Jonathan Poor, junior tailor, 21; and Saml Bricker, junior tailor, 18. Samuel's real estate was valued at $5000 and personal estate $1650. Next door is Mary C.'s mother, Annie Zimmerman, 63, living with a servant, Elizabeth Bowers, 17. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Danville, Vermilion, IL. ⁵ The 1870 census recorded Saml Segner, tailor, 59, living with wife Mary C., 56; Joseph, clerk in shoe store, 21; Annie, 18; and Lucy, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's real estate was valued at $5000 and personal estates $650.

On the same page is Samuel's son, George H. Segner, merchant tailor, 36, living with wife Minerva, 32; Nellie, 4; and Allen, 2. George was born in Pennsylvania, Minerva in Indiana, and the children in Illinois. George's real estate was valued at $3500 and personal estate $5150.