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then part of the Austrian Empire (now Strakonice, Czech Republic). He was the eldest of six children of Mathias (1807–1887) and Josephine (Beider) (1813–1889) Secor. At age 10, he immigrated with his family to Racine, Wisconsin. The trans-Atlantic journey took almost seven weeks in a sailing vessel. After they reached New York Harbor,

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