Henry L. LuskProblem: Was his first name, Harold or Henry? Ethel Conger Heagler lists, Henry. CFA I, p. 761, lists Henry L. Lusk.
9973. James Henry Lusk
James Henry LuskRELATIONSHIP: James Henry and Ray Thomas Lusk were twins.
9974. Ray Thomas Lusk
Ray Thomas LuskRELATIONSHIP: James Henry and Ray Thomas Lusk were twins.
5866. Elzy Madison Conger
Elzy Madison CongerProblem: Was the first name, Elgy or Elzy? Ethel Conger Heagler lists, Elzy.
CFA I, lists, Elgy on p. 260.
Laverta BrileyProblem: Was the surname, Bridey or Briley? Ethel Conger Heagler lists, Briley.
9975. Margaret Doerr Conger
Margaret Doerr CongerADOPTION: Margaret Doerr Conger was adopted.
5867. Maud Oza Conger
Maud Oza CongerProblem: Was her middle name, Oza or Aza? Maxine Crowell Leonard lists both. Aza on p. 766 of CFA I.
Problem: Was she born in McLean Co., IL or Macomb, IL? Ethel Conger Heagler lists, Macomb, IL.
Asher MillerOCCUPATION: farmer
RESIDENCES: Bushnell, IL
9978. James Myrle Miller
James Myrle MillerOCCUPATION: National Guard, Camp Forrest, TN
5869. Orral Barnhouse
Orral BarnhouseMrs. Orral (Barnhouse) Laughlin and her brother, Dick, lived on and operated
large sheep ranches in Central Oregon. Their father and mother went into the,
then, new country of Oregon in 1872, two years after their marriage in Illinois
and a stay of one year in Missouri.The Laughlin Ranch, high in a valley of the John Day River, contained thousands
of sheep and more than five thousand acres. It was too high for any
cultivation of grain. Their only crop was hay of which many tons are stacked
for the winter feeding of the sheep. In the summer the sheep were taken up
higher on the mountain and into the timber.Ethel Conger Heagler wrote that a visit to this ranch in 1937 was an experience
never to be forgotten. During the haying season with many men employed on the
job and the daughters at home helping with the cooking and sixteen at every
meal.Dick lived further down the valley and had fruit and grain on his ranch. Some
of his married children lived on nearby ranches.
(Source: "Conger History 1664-1941," by Ethel Conger Heagler - furnished by
Robert Guilinger)
Emmitt Rankin LaughlinRESIDENCES: Laughlin Ranch near Mitchell, OR
Clarence HowellMILITARY: World War soldier, Medical Corp Base Hospital, Fort McArthur, San Pedro, CA
Frank MillerCOMMENT: Frank Miller was from Fossil, OR
RESIDENCES: Canyon City, OR
HOBBIES: It is not clear whether Frank or Mary was a good pianist
5871. Peter Richard Barnhouse
Peter Richard BarnhouseRELATIONSHIP: Peter Richard and Aaron Riley Barnhouse were twins.
Problem: Was the date of birth, 31 Aug 1876 or 3 Aug 1876? Ethel Conger Heagler lists, 3 Aug 1876.
RESIDENCES: John Day, OR
OCCUPATION: Employee in a bank at John Day, OR
9991. Maxine Barnhouse
Maxine BarnhouseEDUCATION: Graduate of John Day Oregon High School
5874. Sarah E. Conger
Sarah E. CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
RELATIONSHIP: Sarah E. Conger married her first cousin, William Murray Stevens. Their common ancestor was their grandfather, Moses Conger. The father of Sarah E. Conger was George Washington Conger the brother of the Sarah Conger the mother of William Murray Stevens.
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Sarah Stevens of Sumner, MO
William Murray StevensProblem: How was his middle name spelled, Murray, Murry, Murrary?
Problem: A birth date of 18 Dec 1854 has been listed. CFA II, p. 430 lists, Abt. 1860. He probably wasn't born in the same year as his brother Eli.
MARRIAGE-CONFLICT: 18 Sep 1887 according to CFA II, p. 430
MARRIAGE: LDS record page 5481 - Sarah E. Conger married William M. Stevens, 18 Sept 1881, Chariton Co., Mo.. (d/o George Washington Conger)
(Furnished by Joyce Posey)RELATIONSHIP: William Murray Stevens and his wife, Sarah E. Conger, were 1st cousins. Their common ancestor was Moses Conger.
OBITUARY:
WILLIAM M. STEVENS, the son of D.T. and Sarah Stevens, was born in Appanoose County, near Centerville, Iowa, Dec. 18, 1854, and died Sept 5, 1938 aged 83 years, 8 months and 18 days.[He] Came to Missouri 20 years ago. He married Sept 18, 1881 [sic, 1887 listed elsewhere] to Sarah Conger. To this union were born, one son, Clyde Stevens. Survived by the son, wife, two grandsons, 1 brother, R.M. Stevens of Brewster. Washington.
Buried Lakeside Cemetery.
(Source: unknown newspaper, probably dated, Friday, 9 Sep 1938, provided by Chariton Co., Mo., Historical Society in Salisbury to Joyce Posey)
9992. Clyde Stevens
Clyde StevensCHILDREN: 2 sons
5875. Moses Conger
Moses CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
ERROR: In the CFAs two Moses Conger are listed as one person. Moses Conger who was born 10 Feb 1861 and d. Nov 1932 was the son of George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown. Moses Conger who was born 9 Apr 1864 in Appanoose Co., IA and died on 13 Jul 1947 in Hammond, Lake Co., IN was the son of Moses and Lorinda Conger.
(Furnished by Joyce Posey and Richard E. Henthorn)PARENTS: Moses Conger, b. Abt. 1861 is probably the son of George Washington Conger, b. 1829 and Elizabeth Catherine Brown.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 380 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)QUESTION-PARENTS: Can anyone cite a source that would prove that Moses Conger was the son of George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown?
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: b. 10 Feb 1861, d. Nov 1932; md Mary Ann Wilson, b. 12 Nov 1846, d. 10 Feb 1902; son, Frank, not listed with family, b. Abt. 1886.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 721 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)MARRIAGE-COMMENT: There was no marriage record found for Moses Conger and Mary Ann Wilson in the records of Chariton Co., MO, per research commissioned by Joyce Posey. Can anyone cite a source for the marriage information listed in
CFA II, p. 721?RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Washington State
Mary Ann WilsonDEATH: Place of death may have been Chariton Co., MO
9993. Frank Conger
Frank CongerPARENTS: Moses Conger and Mary Ann Wilson
MILITARY: Served overseas during WWII (CFA II, p. 716)
CONFLICT: Listed as, b. Abt. 1888 & unmarried (CFA II, p. 716)
COMMENT: "A statement from the undertaker in Newcastle, [WY] said: "Frank was used to carrying a .45 revolver tucked into his belt and was not afraid to use it. Am told he was a man not to try and cheat or cross." Maybe that is why he was omitted from the family group. Another source stated he had served in WWI and was shell shocked. The name of Frank Conger was found in Mary's obit.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 97 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Mary GiachinoNAME-CONFLICT: Mary Giochio; Mary Giachino on p. 97 & 169 of CFA II. Mary Giochino
5876. Harvey William Conger
Harvey William CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
AKA: Harry William Conger. Harvey William Conger in CFA II. Harv Conger; Harve Conger
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Sumner, MO
PROBLEM-DEATH: 1 Jan 1947 on p. 103 of CFA II. 1 Jan 1942 elsewhere
CEMETERY: Supplement to Lakeside Cemetery, page 13
Conger, Harv - 1862- 1947
Conger, Almira Jaynes - 1872-1935
(Furnished by Joyce Posey)
Amanda Almira JaynesNAME-CONFLICT: Almira Jaynes
5878. Joseph Albert Conger
Joseph Albert CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
AKA: Albert Conger, 4, b. in MO in the 1870 census of Chariton Co., MO.; Bert Conger in court documents.
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Sumner, MO
RECOLLECTIONS: Joseph Albert Conger, b. 1866, homesteaded in Oklahoma. CFA I, p. 41a.
AKA: Bert
CHILDREN-BIRTH: His children born in Oklahoma were born near, Thomas, in Jackson Co., OK
RESIDENCES: Farm near Olustee, Jackson Co., OK
PROBATE: Affidavit of Administrator; State of Missouri, County of Chariton,
ss.
This day personally appeared before me, the Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Probate Court for the County of Chariton, the undersigned Clyde Stevens who, being by me, duly sworn, upon his oath say that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the names of the heirs of Bert Conger late of the County of Chariton aforesaid, deceased, and their places of residence, are respectively as follows:
Catherine E. Conger, widow, Olustee, Ok.
Albert Lonzo Conger, son, 1818 Sutter St. Valley Jo, Cal.
William Melton Conger, son, Motor R.3, Colorado Springs, Colo.
James Harvey Conger, son, R2, Olustee Okla.
Jester Cedric Conger, son, R.2, Olustee Okla.
Laura L. Conger, daughter, R.2, Olustee, Okla.
Bessie Conger Riddel, daughter, Olustee, Okla.
That the said deceased died on or about the ? day of July 1931; and that said estate of said deceased does not exceed the sum of Two hundred fifty Dollars in value, as this affiant is informed and believes; that to the best of his knowledge, the said deceased died without a will so far as he know and believe and that...
(Source: Probate Court of Chariton Co., MO - furnished by Joyce Posey, extracted by Richard E. Henthorn)
Catherine Elmira RussmanAKA: Russum on page 41a and 339 of CFA I; Russman; Russman in CFA II; Catherine E. Russum, CFA II, p. 707.
RESIDENCES: As of July 1931, Olustee, OK
RECOLLECTIONS: Discovered isin[g]-glass deposits on their farm which she heated and ground into a fine substance to make plaques to sell for grocery money.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 41a - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
RECOLLECTIONS: Catherine Elima Russman Conger was interviewed by the Works Progress Administration on 22 May 1937, for the Indian - Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma. This report is in the Indian Archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is as follows:My mother died when I was about twelve years old, and father married the second time about a year later. He only lived three years after his second marriage. At this time we broke up housekeeping and I went to live with my brother in northern Missouri. I was sixteen years old. I lived with him until I married three years later.
I married Joseph Albert Conger at Guthrie, Oklahoma, the 23rd day of February in 1889. We went back to Missouri and lived there for about ten years.
When we made another start for Oklahoma, we had a good wagon and teams. Altho it was a good outfit, and we had money to make the trip and keep us until we could get work or make a crop, it didn't keep us from having hardships all along the way. We were in constant fear of the Indians and wild animals. We came alone, and the only weapon we had was a Parker Gun, which is now over one hundred years old. We also had a good watchdog. One night when we were camped not far from Blue Jacket (this was northwest of Guthrie), we heard what was either a wild cat or panther. I was so frightened that I sat up all night. I was afraid they would harm or carry one of the children away.
On our way we had to cross the Arkansas, Missouri and Grand Rivers. We crossed the Arkansas and Grand on ferryboats and the Missouri on a steamboat.
We found our first work in Custer county at a little place called Seven Oaks; I do not think this place is there now. We got a farm with a dugout. It had a dirt floor and we had to carry water; but found wood plentiful in the canyons, although it was very difficult to get it out. It was free for the settlers, and as money was scarce the neighbors would go in groups to cut and haul it out.
We stayed in Custer county two years, raising cotton and corn. We made good crops, but had to take the cotton to Weatherford or Independence to get it ginned. We paid twenty cents per bushel for our seed corn.
After our second year we decided to go farther south and file on some land. We came to our present location, nine miles northwest of Olustee, Jackson county, Oklahoma, at that time part of the Indian Territory. My husband bought a relinquishment, the E 1/2 of the NW 1/2 and the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 27, Township 2N of Range, 22 WIM. We had a small shack on the farm twelve by fourteen feet, which we made into a half dugout. We had to get our water from a nearby well.
Our first post office was two miles north of Olustee at a gristmill, run by a man named Lee, and was called, Lee's Mill. The name was soon changed to Victory, and we then got our mail only once a week.
I didn't seem to learn how to keep a dirt floor clean. I took sacks and sewed them together, put down a layer of straw and put my sack carpet over this, which made a very nice covering, or so it seemed to me at that time, and made the work so much easier.
I bought three Plymouth Rock hens and one rooster. I had no poultry house, so my husband, not having any material with which to build nests and coops, hauled some large smooth stones and made some very substanial nests. By buying some eggs to set I raised one hundred and eighteen chickens the first year.
Our school was one-roomed rock school, five miles south of our farm and all the school we had. The children had to walk that far; that is, all except the two girls who got to go to Olustee two years. The building is still standing, but not in use.
I had two boys who fought in the World War. Millard J. Conger was in Co., A, 133rd Infantry and he died while on his way to France from influence and pneumonia. The body was buried at sea.
Albert L. Conger, 8th Regt, Fort Crockett, United States Marines.
One boy is in California, one in Colorado, two at Olustee, Route 2, one daughter is living at home with me, and the other lives two miles west of me on a farm.
I have always worked hard. I made my own soap, made dye out of sumac berries and walnut hulls, by boiling them in a sack. I would then stain by putting my cloth in the juice, and boiling until of the right shade. I put salt in to set the color. I knitted all of my stockings and gloves. I never had a pair of store-bought stockings before I was sixteen years of age. I helped my mother spin and weave.
But I think that of all my life's hardships, the worst was on September 18, 1923 when I lost everything I had in a Western Oklahoma cyclone. This loss I estimated to be about $3,000. One of the freaks of the storm was the fact that it picked the feathers from some of the turkeys, clean enough for the market. I had one of the neighbors haul away the dead turkeys and chickens in his grain wagon. There was a big load. I lost all of my furniture, new plow tools -- well just everything I had. We saw it coming and got in the dugout. I have not bought back any furniture, only necessities. I do not want any more.
It has been very difficult at times for me to make a living on my little farm, rear and educate my children; but I found in an early day that my farm had isin-glass deposits, which when cleaned, and heated, made a substance when ground as white and fine as flour. I learned to make plaques, which I sold to visitors and took the money to buy groceries and by some hook and crook I managed to stay and carry on, as many of the pioneer mothers have done before me. (Submitted by Wilma, wife of Robert Angelo Conger, b. 1934)
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 340-341 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
10003. Albert Lonzo Conger
Albert Lonzo CongerMILITARY: WWI, 8th Regt, Fort Crockett, United States Marines. (CFA I, p. 340)
RESIDENCES: As of July 1931, 1818 Sutter St., Valley Jo [Vallejo], CA
10004. Millard John Conger
Unmarried (WWI)
MILITARY: WWI, Co., A, 133rd Infantry. He died of influenza and pneumonia while on his way to France. Buried at sea. (CFA I, p. 340)
10006. Laura L. Conger
Laura L. CongerNEVER_MARRIED: Never married
RESIDENCES: Oxnard
RESIDENCES: As of July 1931, R.2, Olustte, OKEMIGRATION: Laura L. Conger wrote that the family moved from Missouri when she was 18 months old and went back when she was 29.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 339 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
10008. Bessie Catherine Conger
Bessie Catherine CongerRESIDENCES: Oxnard
RESIDENCES: As of July 1931, Bessie Conger Riddel, of Olustee, OK
5879. Laura Eliza Conger
Laura Eliza CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Laura Shaw of Washington state.
AKA: Laurie
5880. Rhoda Conger
Rhoda CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
RELATIONSHIP: Rhoda Conger and a baby that died young were twins.
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Rhoda Daughtery of Sumner, MO
10013. Mary Catherine Daugherty
Mary Catherine DaughertyNAME-CONFLICT: Mary (Mae) Catherine Daugherty, CFA II, p. 288.
10015. John Thomas Daugherty
John Thomas DaughertyBIRTH: 21 Feb 1898 and 27 Sep 1899 both listed on the same line in CFA II, p. 288.
5883. John P. Conger
John P. CongerPARENTS: George Washington Conger and Elizabeth Catherine Brown
RESIDENCES: As of Feb 1915, Conway, Iowa
EMIGRATION: Moved to Marysville [MO?] in 1926
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 142 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Zetta Pearl HuffSSN:
Individual: Conger, Zetta
Social Security #: 495-54-3525
Issued in: Missouri
Birth date: Dec 28, 1882
Death date: Jan 1971
Residence code: Missouri
ZIP Code of last known residence: 64423
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Barnard, Missouri
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-K, Ed. 7, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.54154.175]
10020. Nellie Conger
Nellie CongerDEATH: Died in a house fire.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 142 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
10021. Billie Conger
Billie CongerDEATH-HEALTH_HISTORY: Died of a heart attack.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 142 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)