Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 2. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 132.

J. C. SIEGMUND.

     J. C. Siegmund, who for nearly a half century has been a resident of Oregon
and is therefore entitled to classification with its pioneer settlers, is now
numbered among the prominent and substantial business men of Salem, where he is
at the bead of an extensive undertaking, conducted under the name of the Union
Abstract Company, this being the largest enterprise of the kind in the city. He
was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin December 25, 1861, and in 1874, when thirteen
years of age, came to Oregon with his parents, Jacob and Margarette (Klumb)
Siegmund. The family located in Portland, where they remained for a year while
the father looked about for a suitable farm. He purchased a ranch of three
hundred and twenty acres southeast of Salem and later bought an additional tract
of five hundred and thirty-eight acres adjoining his original investment and is
still the owner of that property, which he has greatly improved, converting it
into one of the finest farms in the northwest. He grows grain and also engages
in the raising of good stock and although eighty-nine years of age, retains much
of his early mental and physical vigor, being still an active factor in the
world's work. The mother passed away on Memorial day of 1920, at which time she
had reached the age of eighty-three years.
     Their son, J. C. Siegmund, attended the public schools of his native state,
completing his education in Willamette University at Salem, Oregon. He followed
the occupation of farming until his twenty-fifth year and subsequently engaged
in teaching school. His fellow citizens, recognizing his worth and ability,
called him to public office and from July, 1902, until July, 1907, he served as
county recorder of Marion county, discharging his duties with a sense of
conscientious obligation that made his record a most commendable one. On the
expiration of his official service he engaged in the abstract business in Salem,
of which he had gained a thorough and comprehensive knowledge while acting as
county recorder, and is now conducting his interests under the name of the Union
Abstract Company. His business judgment has ever been found to be sound and
reliable and his enterprise unfaltering and his interests are operated along the
most systematic and progressive lines, productive of excellent results. About
nine thousand real estate transfers are recorded annually in Salem and Mr.
Siegmund receives more than two-thirds of the abstract business resulting from
these transfers, having the leading enterprise of that kind in the city. His
place of business is at No. 345 State street and his employes average nine
people.
     In 1898 Mr. Siegmund was united in marriage to Miss Inez I. Hale, a
daughter of William and Rachel (Alphin) Hale, honored pioneers of Oregon, the
former coming to this state in 1852 and the latter in 1847. Mr. and Mrs.
Siegmund have become the parents of a son, Floyd L., who is now attending
college at Corvallis, Oregon. The various experiences of pioneer life are
familiar to Mr. Siegmund and through his industry and enterprise he has
contributed to the substantial development and progress of the section in which
he lives. He can remember when many of the well cultivated farms of today were
covered with a dense growth of forest trees and when great stretches of land
that are now thickly populated presented no indication of civilization. He has
made good use of his time, his talents and his opportunities and in the evening
of life can look back over the past without regret and forward to the future
without tear. He has a wide acquaintance in this section of the state and Salem
numbers him among her substantial and highly respected citizens.
 
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