Martin Mathias Secor

Martin Mathias Secor was the founder and proprietor of the Northwestern Trunk and Traveling Bag Manufactory and the M. M. Secor Trunk Company in Racine, Wisconsin. He was elected mayor of Racine for two terms in 1884 and 1888.

Secor was born in Strakonitz, Austria to Mathias and Josephine Secor. At age 10, he immigrated with his family to Racine, Wisconsin. The transAtlantic journey took almost seven weeks in a sailing vessel. After they reached New York Harbor, they took a train to Buffalo. From there, they traveled to Chicago, and then boarded a sixwheel steamer which took them to Racine.

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