SEGURA, P. H., Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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P. H. SEGURA, NEW IBERIA.--P. H. Segura was born in Iberia parish, in 1853. 
He is the son of Raphael and Celima (Bonin) Segura.  His father was born in
1794, and is still living near Spanish Lake.  He is one of the oldest citizens
of the parish.  His life would furnish a history within itself.  His long life
has been full of usefulness, and in his old age he is revered by all who know
him.

The subject of this sketch received a fair education, and began planting in
1875.  He was elected clerk of the court of Iberia parish in 1876 and held
this office until 1884.  Since that time he has given his chief attention to
planting.  Mr. Segura is a thoroughly wide-awake gentleman, and keeps abreast
of the times.  He is always identified with measures which tend to promote the
public interest.  His plantation consists of four hundred and fifty acres, on
which he resides.  He raises a variety of products, and from them he receives
a good income.  Mr. Segura was married, in 1879, to Miss Cora, daughter of
Jacob and Mary (Hathen) Smith, of New Orleans.  They are the parents of six
children, three of whom died in infancy.  Mr. Segura and family are strict
adherents to the Catholic faith.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
132-133.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.