•94 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ACTION OF THE HOLT COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT. 



AVhereas, the unexpected death of Dr. Asher GosUn has created a vacancy In onr 

 membership. It seems Mt that we should recognize his worth to this community and to soci- 

 ety by an official acknowledgment of the many good points in his character. We unhesi- 

 tatingly make this statement : 



1. That to his enterprise we are Indebted for the high position Holt county has at- 

 tained for the excellence of her products. 2. To his efforts we are Indebted for the suc- 

 cessful Introduction of celery and many varieties of fruits 8. Ills cheerfulness and love of 

 humor gave a pleasant aspect to all of our meetings. 4. He was ever ready to promote 

 any movement that seemed to offer somethlng.for the general good. 5. He was willing to 

 "live and let live," and lent a helping hand to struggling horticulturists, who without aid 

 could not have succeeded. «. He Is now removed from among us by a power to which all 

 must bow sooner or later, and to Him we commend our associate, believing that, though 

 Ills bi'aln Is now Inactive, there was In him, as In all others, an Immortal part that will 

 bloom In futurity. X. F. Mukuav, 



A. Nel.son, 



Committee. 



Your committee have also to mention the death of Gotlich Seges- 

 seman, who was born in Switzerland, February 2, 1827, and was edu- 

 cated in one of the universities of Germany ; immigrated to this country 

 in 1866, and settled near Amazonia, Andrew county, Missouri, where 

 he died, April 27, 1894, at the age of 67 years. 



The deceased was one of nature's noblemen ; a philanthropist of 

 the purest type ; a true Christian ; a loving, devoted husband and 

 father; a kind neighbor and public-spirited gentleman ; an earnest and 

 enthusiastic horticulturist from the love of the good and the beautiful. 



Be it resolved, that in the removal by death of our faithful and beloved Gotlich Seges- 

 ,seinan from his earthly labors to that better home above, where all Is peace, rest and love, 

 we have lost one of our most faithful and worthy members. 



N. F. Murray, ") -^ ... 

 A. NELSON, j Committee. 



Amazonia, Mo., May 26 1894. 



L. A. Goodman : 



Dear Sir — Your report was received yesterday, which, from what 

 little I have seen of it, is a "good one." 



As father, G. Segessemann, died on the 27th of April, I will take 

 a membership in your society next fall, as I think he paid his fees for 

 this year. 



G. Segesseman was born February 2, 1827, in Wattenroyl, Canton 

 Berne, Switzerland. His father died when he was only about 7 years 

 old. He attended school, then entered college, preparatory to teach- 

 ing school. After teaching school several years he learned telegraphy ; 

 was operator and depot agent till the fall of 1866, when he left the old 

 country for the United States; but on the trip across the ocean cholera 

 broke out, by which he lost his wife and two boys, leaving him only 

 one child (myself). Coming to Amazonia, Mo., in December, he bought 



