SIGUR, Joseph O., St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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JOSEPH O. SIGUR, SCALLY.--Joseph O. Sigur was born in St. Mary parish,
Louisiana, September 18, 1853.  He is the son of Hermogene and Louise E.
(Decuir) Sigur, natives of Iberia parish.

Our subject was reared in St. Mary parish.  He received his primary education
in the private schools of St. Mary parish, and pursued a three years course in
St. Charles College, Grand Coteau.  Prior to this he had been a student in
Spring Hill College, Alabama.  After leaving school Mr. Sigur returned to St.
Mary parish, and was engaged with his grandfather in the management of his
plantation until the time of the latter's death.  By his grandfather's will he
was made heir to one-half of the estate, consisting of eight hundred acres of
land, two hundred of them being in a state of cultivation.  Mr. Sigur since
that time has given his entire attention to conducting his plantation, and has
become one of the well-to-do farmers of the section.  Mr. Sigur was married,
December 26, 1886, to Miss Mary Emma Gravenberg, of St. Mary parish.  They are
the parents of two sons,  Edward and  George.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 384.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.