Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886
Charles A. CONGER is the senior member of the general mercantile firm of Conger & Michael. This business was first establishes at Genoa in 1869, under the firm name of Conger, Michael & Conger, the father of C. A. Conger being for a short time associated in the business. In 1872 the business was removed to Seymour, where it has since been carried on under the present firm name. Their store is located on Main street, opposite the Rock Island depot, and is one of the oldest business houses in the town. Charles A. Conger, whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Monroe County in 1836. In the fall of 1860 he engaged in the general mercantile business as junior partner of the firm of Harvey & Conger, in the town of Bellair, Appanoose County, Iowa. During the summer of 1861 E. E. Harvey, his partner, raised a company and entered the service as its Captain, leaving the business entirely in charge of Mr. Conger, which he continued for a short time and then closed up its affairs and was soon after appointed Sutler of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Calvary, which position he resigned, and returning home in the spring of 1864 he assisted in raising Company B, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and on the organization of the company he was made Second Lieutenant. He served six months, and much of the time had charge of the company, owing to the illness of the Captain and First Lieutenant. In 1866 he was married to Margaret L. Ow, who died in 1874, leaving four children -- Olive, John, George and Albert, the latter being the first child born in Seymour. One son, Walden, died in infancy. Mr. Conger married for his present wife Mrs. Alice Shedd, youngest daughter of J. T. McVay. She was reared in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Pleasant Hill Seminary, West Virginia, in 1861, adopted teaching as her profession, and had charge as principal of one of the Indianapolis public schools for several years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are members of the Christian church. In his political views Mr. Conger affiliates with the Republican party. His father, John Conger, was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, born June 8, 1808, and when quite young he removed with his father to Monroe County, Ohio, where he was reared. He married in that county to Elizabeth Atkinson. To this union were born eight children, of whom four are living -- Elizabeth, wife of Ichabod Henkle, and early settler of Appanoose County, Iowa, but now living in Benton County, Oregon, where he settled in 1852; Charles A., our subject; Nancy J., wife of Wallace M. Harvey, of Appanoose County, and Lydia, wife of Newton C. Michael, of the firm of Conger & Michael; Julia died in Ohio, in childhood. Mary died in Appanoose County, after reaching her majority; William was a member of Company I, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and died in the service at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, December 12, 1862, and Able died in Appanoose County, aged about sixteen months. John Conger removed with his family to Iowa in April, 1849, remaining till the fall of the same year in Lee County. He then removed to Appanoose County, and settled on a farm about five miles south of Centerville. In the spring of 1864 he removed to Centerville, remaining there several years, when he returned to his farm for a short time. In 1869 he engaged in business at Genoa, as before stated. He came to Seymour when his son settled here, living here till his death, which occurred August 8, 1883. His widow is still living in Seymour with her daughter, Mrs. Michael.
Death date and place see "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG27-QGR4 : 22 August 2018), Charles A Conger, 1922.
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Charles A. CONGER is the senior member of the general mercantile firm of Conger & Michael. This business was first establishes at Genoa in 1869, under the firm name of Conger, Michael & Conger, the father of C. A. Conger being for a short time associated in the business. In 1872 the business was removed to Seymour, where it has since been carried on under the present firm name. Their store is located on Main street, opposite the Rock Island depot, and is one of the oldest business houses in the town. Charles A. Conger, whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Monroe County in 1836. In the fall of 1860 he engaged in the general mercantile business as junior partner of the firm of Harvey & Conger, in the town of Bellair, Appanoose County, Iowa. During the summer of 1861 E. E. Harvey, his partner, raised a company and entered the service as its Captain, leaving the business entirely in charge of Mr. Conger, which he continued for a short time and then closed up its affairs and was soon after appointed Sutler of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Calvary, which position he resigned, and returning home in the spring of 1864 he assisted in raising Company B, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and on the organization of the company he was made Second Lieutenant. He served six months, and much of the time had charge of the company, owing to the illness of the Captain and First Lieutenant. In 1866 he was married to Margaret L. Ow, who died in 1874, leaving four children -- Olive, John, George and Albert, the latter being the first child born in Seymour. One son, Walden, died in infancy. Mr. Conger married for his present wife Mrs. Alice Shedd, youngest daughter of J. T. McVay. She was reared in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Pleasant Hill Seminary, West Virginia, in 1861, adopted teaching as her profession, and had charge as principal of one of the Indianapolis public schools for several years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are members of the Christian church. In his political views Mr. Conger affiliates with the Republican party. His father, John Conger, was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, born June 8, 1808, and when quite young he removed with his father to Monroe County, Ohio, where he was reared. He married in that county to Elizabeth Atkinson. To this union were born eight children, of whom four are living -- Elizabeth, wife of Ichabod Henkle, and early settler of Appanoose County, Iowa, but now living in Benton County, Oregon, where he settled in 1852; Charles A., our subject; Nancy J., wife of Wallace M. Harvey, of Appanoose County, and Lydia, wife of Newton C. Michael, of the firm of Conger & Michael; Julia died in Ohio, in childhood. Mary died in Appanoose County, after reaching her majority; William was a member of Company I, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and died in the service at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, December 12, 1862, and Able died in Appanoose County, aged about sixteen months. John Conger removed with his family to Iowa in April, 1849, remaining till the fall of the same year in Lee County. He then removed to Appanoose County, and settled on a farm about five miles south of Centerville. In the spring of 1864 he removed to Centerville, remaining there several years, when he returned to his farm for a short time. In 1869 he engaged in business at Genoa, as before stated. He came to Seymour when his son settled here, living here till his death, which occurred August 8, 1883. His widow is still living in Seymour with her daughter, Mrs. Michael.
Death date and place see "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG27-QGR4 : 22 August 2018), Charles A Conger, 1922.
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Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886
Charles A. CONGER is the senior member of the general mercantile firm of Conger & Michael. This business was first establishes at Genoa in 1869, under the firm name of Conger, Michael & Conger, the father of C. A. Conger being for a short time associated in the business. In 1872 the business was removed to Seymour, where it has since been carried on under the present firm name. Their store is located on Main street, opposite the Rock Island depot, and is one of the oldest business houses in the town. Charles A. Conger, whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Monroe County in 1836. In the fall of 1860 he engaged in the general mercantile business as junior partner of the firm of Harvey & Conger, in the town of Bellair, Appanoose County, Iowa. During the summer of 1861 E. E. Harvey, his partner, raised a company and entered the service as its Captain, leaving the business entirely in charge of Mr. Conger, which he continued for a short time and then closed up its affairs and was soon after appointed Sutler of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Calvary, which position he resigned, and returning home in the spring of 1864 he assisted in raising Company B, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and on the organization of the company he was made Second Lieutenant. He served six months, and much of the time had charge of the company, owing to the illness of the Captain and First Lieutenant. In 1866 he was married to Margaret L. Ow, who died in 1874, leaving four children -- Olive, John, George and Albert, the latter being the first child born in Seymour. One son, Walden, died in infancy. Mr. Conger married for his present wife Mrs. Alice Shedd, youngest daughter of J. T. McVay. She was reared in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Pleasant Hill Seminary, West Virginia, in 1861, adopted teaching as her profession, and had charge as principal of one of the Indianapolis public schools for several years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are members of the Christian church. In his political views Mr. Conger affiliates with the Republican party. His father, John Conger, was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, born June 8, 1808, and when quite young he removed with his father to Monroe County, Ohio, where he was reared. He married in that county to Elizabeth Atkinson. To this union were born eight children, of whom four are living -- Elizabeth, wife of Ichabod Henkle, and early settler of Appanoose County, Iowa, but now living in Benton County, Oregon, where he settled in 1852; Charles A., our subject; Nancy J., wife of Wallace M. Harvey, of Appanoose County, and Lydia, wife of Newton C. Michael, of the firm of Conger & Michael; Julia died in Ohio, in childhood. Mary died in Appanoose County, after reaching her majority; William was a member of Company I, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and died in the service at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, December 12, 1862, and Able died in Appanoose County, aged about sixteen months. John Conger removed with his family to Iowa in April, 1849, remaining till the fall of the same year in Lee County. He then removed to Appanoose County, and settled on a farm about five miles south of Centerville. In the spring of 1864 he removed to Centerville, remaining there several years, when he returned to his farm for a short time. In 1869 he engaged in business at Genoa, as before stated. He came to Seymour when his son settled here, living here till his death, which occurred August 8, 1883. His widow is still living in Seymour with her daughter, Mrs. Michael.
Death date and place see "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG27-QGR4 : 22 August 2018), Charles A Conger, 1922.
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Charles A. CONGER is the senior member of the general mercantile firm of Conger & Michael. This business was first establishes at Genoa in 1869, under the firm name of Conger, Michael & Conger, the father of C. A. Conger being for a short time associated in the business. In 1872 the business was removed to Seymour, where it has since been carried on under the present firm name. Their store is located on Main street, opposite the Rock Island depot, and is one of the oldest business houses in the town. Charles A. Conger, whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Monroe County in 1836. In the fall of 1860 he engaged in the general mercantile business as junior partner of the firm of Harvey & Conger, in the town of Bellair, Appanoose County, Iowa. During the summer of 1861 E. E. Harvey, his partner, raised a company and entered the service as its Captain, leaving the business entirely in charge of Mr. Conger, which he continued for a short time and then closed up its affairs and was soon after appointed Sutler of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Calvary, which position he resigned, and returning home in the spring of 1864 he assisted in raising Company B, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and on the organization of the company he was made Second Lieutenant. He served six months, and much of the time had charge of the company, owing to the illness of the Captain and First Lieutenant. In 1866 he was married to Margaret L. Ow, who died in 1874, leaving four children -- Olive, John, George and Albert, the latter being the first child born in Seymour. One son, Walden, died in infancy. Mr. Conger married for his present wife Mrs. Alice Shedd, youngest daughter of J. T. McVay. She was reared in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Pleasant Hill Seminary, West Virginia, in 1861, adopted teaching as her profession, and had charge as principal of one of the Indianapolis public schools for several years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Conger are members of the Christian church. In his political views Mr. Conger affiliates with the Republican party. His father, John Conger, was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, born June 8, 1808, and when quite young he removed with his father to Monroe County, Ohio, where he was reared. He married in that county to Elizabeth Atkinson. To this union were born eight children, of whom four are living -- Elizabeth, wife of Ichabod Henkle, and early settler of Appanoose County, Iowa, but now living in Benton County, Oregon, where he settled in 1852; Charles A., our subject; Nancy J., wife of Wallace M. Harvey, of Appanoose County, and Lydia, wife of Newton C. Michael, of the firm of Conger & Michael; Julia died in Ohio, in childhood. Mary died in Appanoose County, after reaching her majority; William was a member of Company I, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, and died in the service at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, December 12, 1862, and Able died in Appanoose County, aged about sixteen months. John Conger removed with his family to Iowa in April, 1849, remaining till the fall of the same year in Lee County. He then removed to Appanoose County, and settled on a farm about five miles south of Centerville. In the spring of 1864 he removed to Centerville, remaining there several years, when he returned to his farm for a short time. In 1869 he engaged in business at Genoa, as before stated. He came to Seymour when his son settled here, living here till his death, which occurred August 8, 1883. His widow is still living in Seymour with her daughter, Mrs. Michael.
Death date and place see "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG27-QGR4 : 22 August 2018), Charles A Conger, 1922.
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