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BELGIANS IN AMERICA:    Biographies of Belgian settlers  

JOHN B. SEGERS : contractor and builder, was born in Belgium May 19, 1829. Here he learned the trade of carpenter, serving as an apprentice some five years. and carried on for some years business as a contractor and builder. He also followed his trade in Paris, France for several years. In 1865 he immigrated to Peoria. Ill , where he worked at his trade until the fall of 1871, when he changed his base of operations to Chicago, and in 1874 came to Brighton, where he has since carried on a large business as a builder. For some years he has been in partnership with John Skerry. They employ some ten men, and besides building the Catholic church at this place, they have erected a large number of private residences. Mr. Segers is the oldest contractor in this place.
Source : Andreas, A. T; History of Cook County, Illinois : from the earliest period to the present time; Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884, 866  pgs.