557. David Beeman Conger
David Beeman CongerProblem: Was his middle name, Beaman or Beeman, CFA I uses both?
RESIDENCES: As a young man, Morris county, NJ; central New York near Phelps and Ontario counties, New York; Lake Co., OH; Cleveland, OH; Mt. Clemmens, MI
RELATIONSHIP: Mrs. H.D. Lough was the granddaughter of David Conger. She provided information to Maxine Leonard. It appears that Mrs. Lough's lineage cannot be determined from the information contained in CFA I.
RECOLLECTIONS: A letter written by David Conger's granddaughter, Mrs. H.D. Lough from Grand Rapids, MI, dtd 13 Dec 1900 states:"David Conger is thought to have been one of the children of the first marriage of Thomas Conger. In the event this is true, then his mother would have been Lydia Beeman, daughter of David and Mary Beeman, of Morris county, New Jersey. In the subsequent naming of his own children, there seems to be sufficient indication that Lydia Beeman was his mother.
"It is also quite evident that David Conger had two sisters, namely: Diadema and Charity Conger. Diadema married Joel Brown in Rockaway Presbyterian Church on 6 Jan 1810, and Charity married James Lockwood. Our reason for this assumption lies in the fact that David B. Conger subsequently named his youngest daughter, Diadema; he named another daughter 'Charity,' and gave his son James the middle name of 'Lockwood.' These are the only two instances where the names Diadema and Charity were ever used in any Conger family, that we have any knowledge of."
We find in Morris County Deed Records that David Conger and wife, Hannah, owned land in Pequanack Twp., Morris County, NJ, which they sold to George Stickle in the year 1805. The name of David B. Conger appears quite frequently in the Deed Records for a number of years. In 1807, he sold to Trustum Harriman some land in Randolph and Hanover Townships.
According to Mrs. Lough's letter, she states, "My grandfather, David B. Conger, lived as a young man in Morris County, New Jersey. I do not know where he was born. He married Hannah Lockwood about 1800 and moved to central New York near Phelps and Ontario counties, New York. He went from there to Lake county, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio and from there to Mt. Clemmens, Michigan, where he died about 1839."
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 112 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
George PattersonCHILDREN: Had two young sons in the Civil War. One died at the close of the war in a military hospital in Indianapolis, IN. (CFA I, p. 112)
Unknown VanderhoofMARRIAGE: By Mrs. H.D. Lough
Hannah Conger married a Vanderhoof near Canadaigua, NY and had several children.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 112 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
558. Sarah Conger
Sarah CongerCOMMENT: The Sarah Conger who married Abraham Teachman is believed to be the daughter of Thomas Conger and Lydia Beaman.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 438, Maxine Crowell Leonard)DEATH: Abt 1809, Sarah Conger died on the birth of her last child, Merina.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 438, Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Abraham TeachmanBIOGRAPHY: Abraham Teachman was prosperous--owned bank stock--left $1,000 when he died at age 98. He never remarried. The only male lineage of Abraham today extends through his son, William A. Teachman, great grandfather of Alfred E. Teachman of Denver, CO.
At the age of 65, Abraham, retired in 1838 and went to live with his daughter, Mary Ann Lyon at Bath, NY.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 438 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
1459. Mary Ann Teachman
RESIDENCES: As of 1838, Mrs. Mary Ann Lyon of Bath, NY.
1460. William A. Teachman
RELATIONSHIP: Alfred E. Teachman of Denver, CO was a descendant.
561. Diadema Conger
Diadema CongerNAME-CONFLICT: Diademia Conger (CFA I, p. 486); Diadema Conger (CFA II, p. 267)?
Joel BrownAKA: Joel Brown, CFA I, p. 112; Jacob (Joel) Brown, CFA I, p. 486; Joel Brown, CFA II, p. 266-267.
MARRIAGE: 6 Jan 1810 at the Rockaway Presbyterian Church, Rockaway, NJ
563. John Pierson Conger
John Pierson CongerOCCUPATION: Edge tool maker
CENSUS: 1850, in Essex Co., NJ, Newark. Also in the household were: David Pierson, 30; Phebe, 26; Sarah, 3; Catherine 4/12; and Mary Felton, 25.
ERROR-MOTHER: The mother of John Pierson Conger is correctly listed as, Phebe Pierson, on p. 486 of CFA I. The mother, Lydia Beeman, listed on p. 314 of CFA I, is in error. Lydia was the first wife of John's father.
PROBATE-LAND-RESIDENCES: John P. Conger was mentioned in the will of his father, being named as one of the executors. On 24 Mar 1832 his mother, Phebe, signed a release to her son, John P. Conger, for lands in Morris county, [NJ]. Some of these lands had been purchased by Thomas Conger from George Stickle in April 1789. The original deed was not recorded until 1832, afther the death of Thomas Conger, grantee. In a deed from Samuel Hicks, Jr. to John P. Conger dated in 1832 for land in Morris county, John P. Conger is referred to as of Elizabeth, NJ and from this reference, it it thought that he resided there.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 314 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Catherine HicksRESIDENCES: As a widow, 114 Bellville Avenue. Place name not listed in CFA I, p. 314.
565. William Conger
William CongerProblem: Was the date of death, 5 Feb 1879 (CFA I, p. 507) or 15 Feb 1879? CFA I, lists both dates.
BIOGRAPHY: The first structure (hotel) stood on the site of the present hotel and was commenced by William Conger, son of Thomas Conger, who, with his three sons was a manufacturer of edge tools at Rockaway, [NJ]. (CFA I, p. 284)
PROBATE: William Conger was named in the will of his father, Thomas Conger, being nameed one of the executors. (CFA I, p. 507)
LAND-EMIGRATION: In 1827 he and his wife deeded land in Pequanack Twp. to his brother, John P. Conger, and proably removed to Newark, NJ, about this time.
CHURCH_AFFILIATION-EMIGRATION: The Rockaway Presbyterian Church records show that he removed from Rockaway, [NJ] before 1832 without taking regular letters of dismissal. (CFA I, p. 507)
Mary Ann BaxterPARENTS-SIBLINGS: Mary Ann Baxter's mother, Jean McKethney, was dis-inherited from her family for marrying John Baxter, a court tailor. They had children: Jean, Mary Ann, John, William and Maria. The oldest daughter, Jean, remained in Scotland. Mary Ann was 14 when the family came to America.
Jean McKethney was the daughter of Robert McKethney and Mary Glendenning, who were married about 1767. Mary was a court lady in Scotland and Sir Walter Scott wrote a sonnet to her calling it, "Mary G."
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 508 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
1484. Henry Conger
Henry CongerCENSUS: 1850 census shows son, Henry, age 1, not listed in CFA I.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 717 & 723 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
568. Abijah Conger
Abijah CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
RESIDENCES: New Jersey; Blount County, TN; Athens, GA
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: strong Presbyterian
OCCUPATION-RESIDENCES: Abijah Conger, 1782, and his family, along with his sister, Emily (Conger) Talmadge and her family, settled at the Brainard Mission Station for Cherokee Indians, now the site of Chattanooga, TN. They were Presbyterian Missionaries.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 39a - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RELATIONSHIP: Miss Mary E. Woods was a great great granddaughter of Abijah Conger. (CFA I, p. 8)
RECOLLECTIONS: A letter written by J.E. Brown of Los Angeles, California on 6 Oct 1905 states that he was a grandson of Abijah Conger, late of Athens, GA; that Abijah Conger was born in New Jersey about 1780. He also stated that his information concerning Abijah was quite meager, and entirely verbal and traditional.He stated that Abijah Conger was said to have ten brothers and sister, but that the only one of whom he heard were Emily Conger, who married a Talmadge, and a brother, John, who lost an eye as a youth, learned the blacksmith's trade and settled in New York City; that his grandfather, Abijah, emigrated to the South long before the Civil War, going first to Blount County, Tennessee, where some of his children were born, and thence to Athens, GA, where he lived the remainder of his life.
Mr. Brown further stated that Abijah was a strong Presbyterian. He claimed that all of the Congers descended from three brothers who came from England; that "his" grandfather, Abijah, was one of the three, and that they were of Irish and Italian descent.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 8 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
BIOGRAPHY: The History of Morris County, New Jersey, mentions that Abijah Conger was a Trustee of the Rockaway Church in 1818-1819 (p. 340). On page 355, it mentions that in 1820 Abijah Conger built a cider mill on the north side of the road from Dover to Franklin, and on the same page mention is made of his teaching school at Rockaway, in the absense of the regular teacher, or when no teacher had been engaged.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 8 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
BIOGRAPHY: Miss Mary E. Woods, great great granddaughter of Abijah Conger, gives information through newspaper clippings of the "Athens Advertiser, 9 Sep 1964 and "The Athens Daily News (Banner-Hearld) 12 Jun 1966, p. 9.Abijah Conger grew to manhood in Rockaway, [NJ] and served in the War of 1812. He married his neighbor, Phoebe Tappan, and they began their family. At this time Abijah was teaching in the academies of New Jersey.
From 1808 to 1820 his name frequently appears in land records of Morris County, [NJ]. On 14 Sep 1819 he appointed his brother, Judge Stephen Conger, to be his attorney, with full power to take care of and dispose of his land, and after this date there is only reference of his disposing of any land himself, and that was on 5 Jun 1821, when he sold some lands in Hanover to his brother, Stephen.
On 1 Apr 1814, Abijah Conger bought some land in Newark, Essex, NJ, from Moses Rolf and wife Mary, of Hanover (Essex County Deeds C 2:96). He sold this on 4 Jan 1828 through his attorney Stephen Conger, to William Jackson of Pequanock Twp., Morris County. The deed recites the power of attorney, issued to Stephen Conger (Essex County Deeds Y 2:422).
These records state that Abijah Conger was the son of David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres, grandson of John Conger and Sarah Tuttle, great grandson of Joseph Conger and Mary Marsh, and 2nd great grandson of John Conger and Sarah Cawood -- which seems to contradict the foregoing statement about his grandfather being named Abijah also.
The Conger family were strong Presbyterians, and when the call went out for missionaries to preach to and teach the Cherokee Indians, both Abijah and his sister and brother-in-law, John and Emily Talmadge, responded. Both families left prosperous New Jersey to take up life at the mission at Brainard Station, now the site of Chattanooga, Tennessee. While the fathers taught and preached to the Indians, the young Conger and Talmadge children grew up with Indian playmates, speaking several Cherokee dialects.
The Federal government began in 1831 the mass removal of all Indians from the region east of the Mississippi River, and the Cherokee tribes were among those to be resettled in Oklahoma. The missionaries at Brainard Station divided; part went west with their Indian charges, while other families sought to begin life again in the "White Man's World." The Conger and the Talmadges went to Athens, Georgia to settle.
Abijah Conger, with typical vigor, began to build houses for himself and others. He purchased land in the vicinity of Baldwin Street, now on the university campus, and erected a story-and-a-half dwelling for himself, wife and unmarried children, and built the house still lived in by his descendant, Mr. A.Y. Woods Sr. on the Danielsville Road, for son David and his family.
Abijah lived to see his children and grandchildren go off to war, and died shortly before the final surrender of the Confederacy. His contribution to mankind -- faith, and hard work, a heritage of which his descendants can be justly proud. His granddaughter remembered him as an old man, wrapped in a cloak from shoulders to shoes in cold weather, always present in his pew on Sunday.
Mrs. W.B. Brook, great great granddaughter of Abijah's sister, Emily Conger Talmadge, found an article about the Brainard Mission in "Torchlights to the Cherokees." This includes a sketch, made by Thomas E. Paine in 1821, which shows locations of the boy's school house, boy's cabin, Mission House, Girl's House, Girl's school house, barn, Farmer's house, Carpenter's house, sawmill, garden and graveyard.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 8-9 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Mr. BrownCHILD: Probably had a son, J.E. Brown who was living in Los Angeles, CA on 6 Oct 1905. He wrote a letter about his grandfather, Abijah Conger on that date. (CFA I, p. 8).
569. Stephen Conger
Stephen CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
OCCUPATION: Referred to as, Judge Stephen Conger, attorney, in land documents of his brother, Abijah Conger. (CFA I, p. 8)
OCCUPATION: Stephen Conger was a judge of the Morris County Court [Morris Co., NJ].
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: He was also a trustee of the Presbyterian Church at Rockaway, [NJ] in the years 1814-1818; 1827-1829; 1837-1843.
(Source: Morris County [NJ] History, p. 340 - CFA I, p. 475)RESIDENCES: Stephen Conger lived in the house of his grandfather's brother, Zena Conger, and died there.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 475 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
PROBATE: The will of Judge Stephen Conger, dated at Randolph, Morris, NJ, on 5 Mar 1853 was probated 14 Apr 1853.He named his wife Phoebe L. and six children; the executors were Henry H. Conger, his son, and Samuel R. Halsey. (Morris County, NJ Wills)
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 475 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
COMMENT: Crayon's "Rockaway Records," states that Stephen Conger learned the trade of stone mason, but whether or not he refers to Judge Stephen Conger or his uncle, Stephen Conger, who removed from [sic] North Carolina about 1790 is a question.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 475 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
BIBLE:
The data comprising the names and births, deaths and marriages of the children of David and Elizabeth Ayres Conger was gathered from various sources in Morris county, New Jersey and elsewhere, but are fully corroberated by the family Bible of Judge Stephen Conger, purchased at Morristown, New Jersey in 1806 for $8.00.Photostatic copies of the Bible pages were sent by Stephen H. Conger, 509 Sycamore Street, Weldon, NC 27890.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 475 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
BURIAL: The earthly remains of Judge Stephen Conger, together with those of his two wives, Mary Halsey and Phoebe Lewis, are interred in the old church yard of the Presbyterian Church, as well as those of his parents, David, b. 1760 and Elizabeth Ayres Conger, and his grandparents, John, b. 1724, and Sarah Tuttle Conger.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 475 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Phoebe Lewis DaytonSPOUSE: Phoebe Lewis Dayton was the 2nd spouse of Stephen Conger.
1505. Lewis Conger
Lewis CongerCENSUS: 1850 Census of Morris Co., NJ
QUESTION: Could this be Samuel Lewis Southard Conger?
1506. John Dell Conger
John Dell CongerCENSUS: 1850 Census of Morris Co., NJ
570. John Conger
John CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
BIOGRAPHY: John Conger lost an eye as a youth, learned the blacksmith's trade and settled in New York City. (CFA I, p. 8)
RESIDENCES: Rockaway, Morris Co., NJ; he removed to New York City as a young man and at the time of death lived at 435 Grand Street, New York, NY.
PROBATE:
His will in the Surrogate's Office in New York City is an unusually long one, comprising some fifteen or more closely written pages. The will is dated 19 January 1858, with a codicil dated 12 Sep 1861, and was probated 18 Mar 1862. The testator speaks of himself as "John Conger, gentleman" of 435 Grand Street, New York City. The will disposes of several lots on Grand Street, as well as property in Clinton county, Michigan and Morris county, New Jersey. His wife, Mary (Frost) Conger, was given the home on Grand Street.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 289 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
573. Anna Conger
Anna CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
George StickleAKA: Stickel; Stickle
579. Elizabeth Conger
Elizabeth CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
AKA: Betsey Conger
Abijah AbbottCHURCH_AFFILIATION: The couple joined the Rockaway Presbyterian Church of Morris Co., NJ in 1829.
1524. Eliza Abbott
Eliza AbbottAKA: Lizzie
580. Emily Conger
Emily CongerPARENTS: David Conger and Elizabeth Ayres
CEMETERY: Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery
EMIGRATION: The Congers went to Brainerd Mission Station in 1829
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 797 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)OCCUPATION-RESIDENCES: Abijah Conger, 1782, and his family, along with his sister, Emily (Conger) Talmadge and her family, settled at the Brainard Mission Station for Cherokee Indians, now the site of Chattanooga, TN. They were Presbyterian Missionaries.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 39 a - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
RELATIONSHIP: Mrs. W.B. Brook was a great great granddaughter. (CFA I, p. 9)
585. William Conger
William CongerMILITARY: Regular Army from Conneticut in the War of 1812.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 506 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)