Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

Conversation with Frances Williamson and Madelyn Hegar, Summer 1989, from Joan Wallingford Mickler:

Otto's branch of the family was never rich. Otto's property went to young Otto.

from http://www.tomballcentennial.com/about_tomball/profiles.html

(Tomball Centennial information)

Otto G. (O.G.) Hegar, his wife, and children moved to Tomball, Texas in March 1908 because O.G. had built a hotel in Tomball. The Hegar Hotel was the family business as well as the family residence. Hegar operated his hotel for many years before selling it.

Otto joined the Woodmen of the World (WOW) fellowship, a nonprofit insurance organization. Everyone in Tomball used the WOW’s meeting hall for various activities. Methodists worshiped there. Although the place was adequate for prayer and devotion, townspeople wanted a church. Hegar, a Methodist, along with men of other faiths, purchased some land in 1909 for that purpose. They planned to let several religious groups share one structure by holding services at different times. Since the Methodist Conference covered most of the expenses for the first church, the Conference stipulated that it carry the Methodist name; that condition was met. Otto Hegar and a minister built the church, completing it in 1910.

The WOW building housed Tomball’s first post office when postal delivery began in 1908. O.G. handled postmaster duties from 1915 to 1936. His wife worked as the assistant postmaster and was Tomball’s first librarian. She stocked one corner of the post office, then at its fourth and fifth locations, with library books.

Mr. Hegar participated in a range of community efforts. From 1916 to 1917, he held the position of board chairman for Tomball Rural School District #31. Hegar was one of the men who formed the Guaranty Bond State Bank (1921). He officiated as chairman of the bank’s first board of directors, and he remained a board member until his death in 1954. The people of Tomball elected Otto G. Hegar to be their third mayor (1938-1944).

Death certificate refers to him as a retired real estate dealer.

Living at 1915 Avenue I, Galveston, Texas, at time of his death. It appears he died at home. He had been in Galveston for 3 years at that time.