Joe Segraves
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Joseph Henry Segraves (1878 - 1953)

Joseph Henry (Joe) Segraves
Born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Died at age 75 in San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Sergeant Joe Segraves served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: unknown
Unit(s): 20th Kansas Infantry
Service Ended: unknown
Captain Joe Segraves served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 11 Aug 1917
Unit(s): US Army Intelligence
Service ended: 9 May 1918
Joe Segraves was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Joe was born March 3, 1878, in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He was the son of Patrick Segraves and Louise Lee. He had eight brothers: Al (1876-1900), William (1880-1882), Jesse (1882-1965), John (1888-1969), George (1892-1964), Pat (1895-1960), Victor (1898-1918), Harold "Jack" (1902-1959); and two sisters, Effie (1885-1943) and Gertie (1887-1919). His family moved to Kansas about 1879, farming near Edwardsville, Wyandotte County.[1][2] The family moved to a farm near Perry, Kentucky Township, Jefferson County, Kansas, about 1887.[3]

In 1898, he volunteered to serve in the Spanish-American War, joining the 20th Kansas Infantry, Company A. He was promoted to Sergeant.[4] Joe's brother Al also joined the army, serving in the 16th Infantry Regiment.[5] Al was wounded in the Philippines and was discharged after suffering a hemorrhage of the lungs. In 1900, Joe took him to New Mexico, in hopes that the climate would improve his health. Al passed away on the train near Trinidad, Colorado, November 26, 1900.[6]

After the war Joe joined the Panamanian police force during the digging of the Panama Canal. He returned to the U.S. on the S.S. Colon in June 1906.[7]

He married Minerva Eve Schneider in St. Charles County, Missouri, Nov. 19, 1906.[8] In 1910, they lived in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, where Joe was an automobile salesman.[9] Their son, Lloyd, was born on May 18, 1914 (or 1911), in St. Paul.[10]

Joe re-enlisted on August 11, 1917, serving during World War I as a Captain in U.S. Army Intelligence. He was discharged May 9, 1918.[11][12]

In 1920, Joe, Minerva and Lloyd lived in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where Joe was an automobile salesman.[13] In 1930, they lived in San Diego, San Diego County, California.[14] In 1940, Joe and Minerva lived in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California. In 1935, they had been living in Phoenix, Arizona.[15] Minerva died in 1941.[16]

Joe died Sept. 4, 1953, while on a fishing trip in Curry County, Oregon.[17][18] He is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Joe and Minerva's son, Lloyd, is buried with Joe.[19][20][21]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241344-00528?pId=26850016 : 19 Mar 2022
  2. ↑ 1885 Kansas State Census Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1088/images/ks1885_145-0295?pId=814586 : 19 Mar 2022
  3. ↑ 1895 Kansas State Census Collection: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1088/images/ksv115_64-0190?pId=6838301 : 19 Mar 2022
  4. ↑ U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers, 1898: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2400/images/32803_261707-02287?pId=246706 : 19 Mar 2022
  5. ↑ U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1198/images/MIUSA1798_102911-00415?pId=976800 : 18 Mar 2022
  6. ↑ Perry Mirror, Perry, Kansas, 29 Nov 1900: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97901986/al-segraves-obituary/ : 18 Mar 2022
  7. ↑ New York, Passenger Lists: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYT715_726-0678?pId=4040442696 : 19 Mar 2022
  8. ↑ Missouri U.S. Marriage Records: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1171/images/vrmmo1833_c5887-0165?pId=97682 : 19 Mar 2022
  9. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330244-00455?pId=13355594 : 19 Mar 2022
  10. ↑ Minnesota U.S. Births and Christenings Index: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2550&h=150708550&ssrc=pt&tid=77463333&pid=36370235922&usePUB=true : 19 Mar 2022
  11. ↑ U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2590/images/40479_1521003240_0528-00830?pId=1555233 : 19 Mar 2022
  12. ↑ U.S. Veterans' Gravesites: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2753586:8750?ssrc=pt&tid=77463333&pid=36370235922 : 19 Mar 2022
  13. ↑ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4294447-00260?pId=67409471 19 Mar 2022
  14. ↑ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4531847_00516?pId=92107925 : 19 Mar 2022
  15. ↑ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-00341-00148?pId=72930799 19 Mar 2022
  16. ↑ U.S. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199616060/minerva-eve-segraves : 19 Mar 2022
  17. ↑ The World, Coos Bay, Oregon, 10 Sep 1953: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79163472/the-world/# : 19 Mar 2022
  18. ↑ Oregon U.S. State Deaths: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61675/images/48908_172028004420_0494-01860?pId=103510 : 19 Mar 2022
  19. ↑ U.S. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132017984/joseph-henry-segraves : 19 Mar 2022
  20. ↑ Lee and Segraves family records
  21. ↑ "A Part of Something Bigger," August 6, 2013, VFW story

Acknowledgements

Joe Segraves is listed in the Lee family booklet, privately printed before 1932.





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From the Oskaloosa Independent, November 30, 1900

Joe Segraves came up from Kansas City Friday to accompany his brother Albert [sic] to New Mexico, the climate of which he thought would help his lung trouble. They left Perry at noon Sunday and Monday forenoon a telegram came from Joe saying Al. had expired on the train at Trinidad. The corpse arrived at Perry Tuesday afternoon and the funeral was conducted at the M.E. church Wednesday at 2 o’clock p.m. by Rev. A.J. Coe. This is the first death in a family of nine children. Al. made a good record as a soldier. He was wounded in the face in the Philippines and recovered from it. Afterwards on a march he was taken with hemorrhages of the lungs. When he got home one lung was practically gone and the other one affected. The family has the sympathy of the entire community.

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