(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 495-496).
JAMBS D. CONNER, JR. The name Conner has been continuous on the roll of membership in the Wabash county bar since 1840, and for a number of years the late Judge J.D. Conner and his son were both practicing in Wabash and in partnership. Mr. Conner. Jr., who began practice here in 1876, has made a noteworthy reputation not only in the law, but in the more general sphere of affairs. To hundreds of stockmen throughout the country his name is more familiar as an official of the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses than as a lawyer.
James D. Conner, Jr., was born in the city of Wabash October 8, 1853. He was a member of the second class and was the first boy to graduate from the Wabash high school after the schools of the city were graded in 1873. From high school he entered that old center of culture for young men of Indiana, Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1876. For a number of years he had pursued his readings in the law under the direction of his father, and in 1876 not only obtained a scholastic degree from old Wabash College, but passed the examinations and was admitted to the bar. That year has a prominent place in Mr. Conner's biography, since on December 19. he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Prudence Thurston. Mrs. Conner was born in Wabash county, a daughter of William K. Thurston.
Mr. Conner after having been admitted to the bar began to practice in partnership with his father, and that relationship continued until the latter's election to the bench of the circuit court. Since then for nearly thirty years he has practiced alone, and has enjoyed many of the better distinctions and rewards of the successful lawyer.
Since early manhood Mr. Conner, as was his father before him, has been interested in farm life and its kindred interests. His excursions into agriculture have been not particularly for profit, but as a result of an inherent love for man's first and greatest industry. While Mr. Conner might disclaim any achievement as a practical farmer, his interest in the subject has always been keen, and for the past quarter of a century his name has been familiar to stockmen, especially among the breeders and owners of cattle and Belgian horses. In 1886 Mr. Conner had among his clients the Wabash Importing Company, a firm which imported purebred Belgian draft horses to Wabash county. Mr. Conner was the first man to realize the need of and to take steps to protect an organization for the protection of the American public in buying and handling horses of the Belgian breed. In accordance with a well-considered plan in 1887 he organized and incorporated The American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses. The object and the work of this association need not be set forth in detail, except to say that it is the only association in the United States that registers Belgian draft horses and is so recognized by both the governments of Belgium and of the United States, and no registry association in the world stands higher. Mr. Conner was elected secretary and treasurer of the association and has filled that office ever since its organization. The association has done a very valuable work, and probably every owner of a Belgian horse in America is familiar with the name of Mr. Conner.
In connection with his work as an attorney and as a stockman he has been interested in various local and benevolent institutions. He was the prime mover in the Wabash County Old Settlers Association, of which he was president for a number of years, and assisted in organizing the Wabash County Historical Society, of which he is the president. Mr. Conner is a director in the Citizens Savings & Trust Company. Fraternally his relations are with the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a republican and has always been active in politics and is at this time president of the Lincoln League of Indiana. His church is the Presbyterian.
Mrs. Conner, who died March 1,1910, left two daughters: Annie (Mrs. Howard C.) Jones, and Julia.
JAMBS D. CONNER, JR. The name Conner has been continuous on the roll of membership in the Wabash county bar since 1840, and for a number of years the late Judge J.D. Conner and his son were both practicing in Wabash and in partnership. Mr. Conner. Jr., who began practice here in 1876, has made a noteworthy reputation not only in the law, but in the more general sphere of affairs. To hundreds of stockmen throughout the country his name is more familiar as an official of the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses than as a lawyer.
James D. Conner, Jr., was born in the city of Wabash October 8, 1853. He was a member of the second class and was the first boy to graduate from the Wabash high school after the schools of the city were graded in 1873. From high school he entered that old center of culture for young men of Indiana, Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1876. For a number of years he had pursued his readings in the law under the direction of his father, and in 1876 not only obtained a scholastic degree from old Wabash College, but passed the examinations and was admitted to the bar. That year has a prominent place in Mr. Conner's biography, since on December 19. he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Prudence Thurston. Mrs. Conner was born in Wabash county, a daughter of William K. Thurston.
Mr. Conner after having been admitted to the bar began to practice in partnership with his father, and that relationship continued until the latter's election to the bench of the circuit court. Since then for nearly thirty years he has practiced alone, and has enjoyed many of the better distinctions and rewards of the successful lawyer.
Since early manhood Mr. Conner, as was his father before him, has been interested in farm life and its kindred interests. His excursions into agriculture have been not particularly for profit, but as a result of an inherent love for man's first and greatest industry. While Mr. Conner might disclaim any achievement as a practical farmer, his interest in the subject has always been keen, and for the past quarter of a century his name has been familiar to stockmen, especially among the breeders and owners of cattle and Belgian horses. In 1886 Mr. Conner had among his clients the Wabash Importing Company, a firm which imported purebred Belgian draft horses to Wabash county. Mr. Conner was the first man to realize the need of and to take steps to protect an organization for the protection of the American public in buying and handling horses of the Belgian breed. In accordance with a well-considered plan in 1887 he organized and incorporated The American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses. The object and the work of this association need not be set forth in detail, except to say that it is the only association in the United States that registers Belgian draft horses and is so recognized by both the governments of Belgium and of the United States, and no registry association in the world stands higher. Mr. Conner was elected secretary and treasurer of the association and has filled that office ever since its organization. The association has done a very valuable work, and probably every owner of a Belgian horse in America is familiar with the name of Mr. Conner.
In connection with his work as an attorney and as a stockman he has been interested in various local and benevolent institutions. He was the prime mover in the Wabash County Old Settlers Association, of which he was president for a number of years, and assisted in organizing the Wabash County Historical Society, of which he is the president. Mr. Conner is a director in the Citizens Savings & Trust Company. Fraternally his relations are with the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a republican and has always been active in politics and is at this time president of the Lincoln League of Indiana. His church is the Presbyterian.
Mrs. Conner, who died March 1,1910, left two daughters: Annie (Mrs. Howard C.) Jones, and Julia.
(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 495-496).
JAMBS D. CONNER, JR. The name Conner has been continuous on the roll of membership in the Wabash county bar since 1840, and for a number of years the late Judge J.D. Conner and his son were both practicing in Wabash and in partnership. Mr. Conner. Jr., who began practice here in 1876, has made a noteworthy reputation not only in the law, but in the more general sphere of affairs. To hundreds of stockmen throughout the country his name is more familiar as an official of the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses than as a lawyer.
James D. Conner, Jr., was born in the city of Wabash October 8, 1853. He was a member of the second class and was the first boy to graduate from the Wabash high school after the schools of the city were graded in 1873. From high school he entered that old center of culture for young men of Indiana, Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1876. For a number of years he had pursued his readings in the law under the direction of his father, and in 1876 not only obtained a scholastic degree from old Wabash College, but passed the examinations and was admitted to the bar. That year has a prominent place in Mr. Conner's biography, since on December 19. he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Prudence Thurston. Mrs. Conner was born in Wabash county, a daughter of William K. Thurston.
Mr. Conner after having been admitted to the bar began to practice in partnership with his father, and that relationship continued until the latter's election to the bench of the circuit court. Since then for nearly thirty years he has practiced alone, and has enjoyed many of the better distinctions and rewards of the successful lawyer.
Since early manhood Mr. Conner, as was his father before him, has been interested in farm life and its kindred interests. His excursions into agriculture have been not particularly for profit, but as a result of an inherent love for man's first and greatest industry. While Mr. Conner might disclaim any achievement as a practical farmer, his interest in the subject has always been keen, and for the past quarter of a century his name has been familiar to stockmen, especially among the breeders and owners of cattle and Belgian horses. In 1886 Mr. Conner had among his clients the Wabash Importing Company, a firm which imported purebred Belgian draft horses to Wabash county. Mr. Conner was the first man to realize the need of and to take steps to protect an organization for the protection of the American public in buying and handling horses of the Belgian breed. In accordance with a well-considered plan in 1887 he organized and incorporated The American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses. The object and the work of this association need not be set forth in detail, except to say that it is the only association in the United States that registers Belgian draft horses and is so recognized by both the governments of Belgium and of the United States, and no registry association in the world stands higher. Mr. Conner was elected secretary and treasurer of the association and has filled that office ever since its organization. The association has done a very valuable work, and probably every owner of a Belgian horse in America is familiar with the name of Mr. Conner.
In connection with his work as an attorney and as a stockman he has been interested in various local and benevolent institutions. He was the prime mover in the Wabash County Old Settlers Association, of which he was president for a number of years, and assisted in organizing the Wabash County Historical Society, of which he is the president. Mr. Conner is a director in the Citizens Savings & Trust Company. Fraternally his relations are with the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a republican and has always been active in politics and is at this time president of the Lincoln League of Indiana. His church is the Presbyterian.
Mrs. Conner, who died March 1,1910, left two daughters: Annie (Mrs. Howard C.) Jones, and Julia.
JAMBS D. CONNER, JR. The name Conner has been continuous on the roll of membership in the Wabash county bar since 1840, and for a number of years the late Judge J.D. Conner and his son were both practicing in Wabash and in partnership. Mr. Conner. Jr., who began practice here in 1876, has made a noteworthy reputation not only in the law, but in the more general sphere of affairs. To hundreds of stockmen throughout the country his name is more familiar as an official of the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses than as a lawyer.
James D. Conner, Jr., was born in the city of Wabash October 8, 1853. He was a member of the second class and was the first boy to graduate from the Wabash high school after the schools of the city were graded in 1873. From high school he entered that old center of culture for young men of Indiana, Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1876. For a number of years he had pursued his readings in the law under the direction of his father, and in 1876 not only obtained a scholastic degree from old Wabash College, but passed the examinations and was admitted to the bar. That year has a prominent place in Mr. Conner's biography, since on December 19. he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Prudence Thurston. Mrs. Conner was born in Wabash county, a daughter of William K. Thurston.
Mr. Conner after having been admitted to the bar began to practice in partnership with his father, and that relationship continued until the latter's election to the bench of the circuit court. Since then for nearly thirty years he has practiced alone, and has enjoyed many of the better distinctions and rewards of the successful lawyer.
Since early manhood Mr. Conner, as was his father before him, has been interested in farm life and its kindred interests. His excursions into agriculture have been not particularly for profit, but as a result of an inherent love for man's first and greatest industry. While Mr. Conner might disclaim any achievement as a practical farmer, his interest in the subject has always been keen, and for the past quarter of a century his name has been familiar to stockmen, especially among the breeders and owners of cattle and Belgian horses. In 1886 Mr. Conner had among his clients the Wabash Importing Company, a firm which imported purebred Belgian draft horses to Wabash county. Mr. Conner was the first man to realize the need of and to take steps to protect an organization for the protection of the American public in buying and handling horses of the Belgian breed. In accordance with a well-considered plan in 1887 he organized and incorporated The American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses. The object and the work of this association need not be set forth in detail, except to say that it is the only association in the United States that registers Belgian draft horses and is so recognized by both the governments of Belgium and of the United States, and no registry association in the world stands higher. Mr. Conner was elected secretary and treasurer of the association and has filled that office ever since its organization. The association has done a very valuable work, and probably every owner of a Belgian horse in America is familiar with the name of Mr. Conner.
In connection with his work as an attorney and as a stockman he has been interested in various local and benevolent institutions. He was the prime mover in the Wabash County Old Settlers Association, of which he was president for a number of years, and assisted in organizing the Wabash County Historical Society, of which he is the president. Mr. Conner is a director in the Citizens Savings & Trust Company. Fraternally his relations are with the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a republican and has always been active in politics and is at this time president of the Lincoln League of Indiana. His church is the Presbyterian.
Mrs. Conner, who died March 1,1910, left two daughters: Annie (Mrs. Howard C.) Jones, and Julia.
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