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Born 1823
From History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present (1881), Memorial record of Licking County, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the country, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894)
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Conard, Mrs. Hannah. — Mrs. Conard wa born in the State of Virginia, in 1779,
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As printed in History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
YRUS M. CONARD, a prominent farmer of Burlington Township, is a native of Licking County, having been born February 18, 1823, upon the farm now owned by his brother Joseph. He is the youngest of ten children born to Nathan and Hannah (Butcher) C’onward,of whom further mention is made in the sketch of Joseph Conard on another page. His education was gained in the primitive log school-houses of pioneer times and was somewhat meager, but has since been supplemented by thoughtful reading and observation.
Thelife occupation of Mr. Conard has been thatof agriculture, although for a number of years he combined therewith the buying and selling of all kinds of stock, and during the late war he bought and sold a great many horses for the Government. His first marriage took place October 5, 1846, uniting him with Miss Phoebe Long, a native of Licking County, Ohio. They became the parents of three daughters: Mary M., who is unmarried and lives at home; Caroline A., wife of William Johnson, a farmer living in Macon County, Ill., and Amanda A., a dressmaker in Newark. The mother of these children passed from earth April 4, 1859.
The present wife of Mr. Conard, whom he married in October, 1860, was Miss Sarah Kinsey, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and daughter of Ingham and Eliza Kinsey, of that county. Eight children blessed this union, as follows: Phoebe
Alice, who married Charles Weaver, a farmer of Licking County, and they have one child, Hiram
I) who is interested in agricultural pursuits and in the buying and selling of horses; Charles K., who married Eva Jackson and resides in Mt. Vernon, where he conducts a lucrative practice as a physician; Sarah Elizabeth, a teacher in the public schools of Homer, Ohio; John W., who has lived in Illinois for a few years; Joseph M., a talented young man, recently connected with the Columbus Building A Loan Association, but at present in poor health; Dora E., George W. and Clinton G., who are at home, the boys assisting in the cultivation of the farm.
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While Mr. Conard is not actively identified with any denomination, lie is a believe in religion and his family attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a stanch Republican and has held various official positions in his township, including those of Assessor and Trustee. He is engaged in the raising of stock and grain upon his home farm of two hundred and five acres. The property iias been placed under a high state of cultivation and bears all the improvements of a model estate.
As printed in Memorial record of Licking County, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the country, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Charles Weaver (b. 1856) Joseph Conard (b. 1819) William Johnson (b. 1860)
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