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Conner, David – Conrad, George Elihu
Conner, David
naval officer, was born in 1792 in Harrisburg, Pa. He entered a counting-house in Philadelphia in 1806 , became a midshipman in the navy in 1809, and, as acting lieutenant, took part in the action between the Hornet and the Peacock, 1813. He died March 20, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Conner, James
typefounder, was born April 22, 1798, in Hyde Park, N. Y.
He did much for the art of printing, inventing among other things a new kind of type called agate, and a process for producing matrices for casting type by chemical precipitation. He died in May, 1861, in New York city.
Conner, John C
soldier, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1842, in Noblesville, Ind. He entered the army in 1862 as a lieutenant, and served until the close of the war; and upon the reorganization of the army in 1866 was appointed a captain in the forty-first infantry, and served in Texas. He was elected to the fortyfirst and forty-second congresses. He died in Washington.
Conner, Samuel S
soldier, congressman, was born in New Hampshire.
He was a lieutenant-colonel in the United States army in 1812. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1815 to 1817; and held the office of surveyor-general in Ohio in 1819. He died Dec. 7, 1820, in Covington, Ky.
Conners, Maria W
poet. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled A Wreath of Maple Leaves. For many years she was a resident of Washington, and was there known as the Puget Sound poetess.
Conness, John
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 20, 1821, in Ireland. He was elected to the state legislature, and was re-elected three times. In 1859 he was candidate for lieutenant-governor of California, and in 1861 a candidate for governor. In 1863 he was elected a senator in congress from California, for the term ending in 1869.
Connolly, Daniel Ward
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 24, 1847, in Cohocton, N. Y. Upon the organization of the new county of Lackawanna, in 1878, he was elected president judge, but the state supreme court decided there was no vacancy. He was an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1880; and in 1882 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortyeighth congress.
Connolly, William J
farmer, educator, state legislator, was born Feb. 27, 1860, in Washington, Ohio. He taught school for fifteen years, and in 1888-89 was in the railway mail service. He was a member of the seventy-second general assembly of Ohio as a democrat.
Connor, Henry W
congressman, was born in August, 1793, in Prince George county, Va. He was aid-de-camp to General Joseph Graham in the Creek war; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1821 to 1841, when he declined a re-election. In 1848 he served in the general assembly; and declined a re-election. He died Jan. 15, 1866, in North Carolina.
Connor, Patrick Edward
soldier, journalist, was born March 17, 1820, in Ireland. He served in the Florida war; and also in the Mexican war. In 1863 he was commissioned a brigadier-general; and at the close of the war was brevetted major-general. He located the first silver mine in Utah; wrote the first mining law; introduced navigation on the Great Salt lake; built the first silver-lead smelting works; and founded the town of Stockton.
Conrad, George Elihu
lawyer, was born March 22, 1852, in Bollinger county, Mo. He graduated from the Missouri State university, and has received the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of pedagogics, and bachelor of laws. In 1885-86 he was prosecuting attorney of his county; and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Marble Hill, Mo.