Hannah PrescottDEATH: 18 Oct 1907, age 67, b. 1840 (CFA II, p. 721)
1988. Martin V. Conger
Martin V. CongerDEATH: According to the biographical sketch of his son, Horace S. Conger, his father Martin V. Conger drowned in the St. Lawrence River.
1999. Patrick Henry Conger
Patrick Henry CongerPARENTS: Gershom Conger and Lydia Sanford
RELATIONSHIP: Patrick Henry Conger and his second wife, Amy Conger, were 1st cousins. Their common ancestor was Asher Conger.
RECOLLECTIONS: Conger Street in Waterloo, Iowa is named for Patrick Henry Conger, 1819, and runs alongside the property he sold in 1875 for $100.00 -- the land upon which now sits the vast John Deere factory.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 43a- Maxine Crowell Leonard)RECOLLECTIONS:
Patrick Henry Conger was superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park. [No source citation]He served in the Civil War, enlisting at Dubuque, Iowa on 14 May 1864, Co. A, 47th Iowa Inf.
Patrick Henry Conger's great grand-daughter, Eva J. (Conger) Nichols of Rapid City, SD, claims that he was a Colonel in the Civil War.
Besides his position with Yellowstone Park, he was sent as an Indian Agent to the Yankton Sioux Tribe, now at Wagner, SD.
She wrote, "At the time of the Minnesota uprising, runners were sent to Chief War Eagle who was then living where Sioux City is today. He was told to kill all white settlers in that area, but he refused this request because his own grandchildren were part white. His daughter Dawn (Anpao) had married Theophile Brugier, a French trapper and trader, [the] parents of my grandmother, Julia Brugier.
"When Cassisus M. Conger met my grandmother and became interested in her, his father quit the service to return to Dubuque, but my grandfather ran away from him at Sioux City and returned to the Yankton Indian Agency and married Julia.
"He did have a brother who died quite young and only had a sister, Mrs. Reicker of Dubuque who was a very wealthy woman. She also had tremondous holdings in Waterloo, Iowa where I believe she is buried in a Conger vault. I also seem to remember that there was some part in Waterloo named the "Conger Park" she had given it to the city."
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 417 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
4415. Iona Jane Conger
Iona Jane CongerRESIDENCES: Mrs. Reicker of Dubuque, [Iowa]
Amy CongerPARENTS: Asher Conger and Polly Wheaton
SPOUSE: Amy Conger was the 2nd wife of Patrick Henry Conger.
RESIDENCES: As of Nov 1895, Mrs. P.H. Conger of Waterloo, IA
2002. Hiram May Conger
Hiram May CongerMILITARY: Enrolled 23 Apr 1861 in Co. I, 1st Iowa Inf; mustered out 21 Aug 1861.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 232 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
2007. Amy Conger
Amy CongerPARENTS: Asher Conger and Polly Wheaton
SPOUSE: Amy Conger was the 2nd wife of Patrick Henry Conger.
RESIDENCES: As of Nov 1895, Mrs. P.H. Conger of Waterloo, IA
Patrick Henry CongerPARENTS: Gershom Conger and Lydia Sanford
RELATIONSHIP: Patrick Henry Conger and his second wife, Amy Conger, were 1st cousins. Their common ancestor was Asher Conger.
RECOLLECTIONS: Conger Street in Waterloo, Iowa is named for Patrick Henry Conger, 1819, and runs alongside the property he sold in 1875 for $100.00 -- the land upon which now sits the vast John Deere factory.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 43a- Maxine Crowell Leonard)RECOLLECTIONS:
Patrick Henry Conger was superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park. [No source citation]He served in the Civil War, enlisting at Dubuque, Iowa on 14 May 1864, Co. A, 47th Iowa Inf.
Patrick Henry Conger's great grand-daughter, Eva J. (Conger) Nichols of Rapid City, SD, claims that he was a Colonel in the Civil War.
Besides his position with Yellowstone Park, he was sent as an Indian Agent to the Yankton Sioux Tribe, now at Wagner, SD.
She wrote, "At the time of the Minnesota uprising, runners were sent to Chief War Eagle who was then living where Sioux City is today. He was told to kill all white settlers in that area, but he refused this request because his own grandchildren were part white. His daughter Dawn (Anpao) had married Theophile Brugier, a French trapper and trader, [the] parents of my grandmother, Julia Brugier.
"When Cassisus M. Conger met my grandmother and became interested in her, his father quit the service to return to Dubuque, but my grandfather ran away from him at Sioux City and returned to the Yankton Indian Agency and married Julia.
"He did have a brother who died quite young and only had a sister, Mrs. Reicker of Dubuque who was a very wealthy woman. She also had tremondous holdings in Waterloo, Iowa where I believe she is buried in a Conger vault. I also seem to remember that there was some part in Waterloo named the "Conger Park" she had given it to the city."
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 417 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
2010. Ira Asher Conger
Ira Asher CongerProblem: Was the date of birth, 22 Sep 1834 or 27 Sep 1834? Both listed, in CFA I.
NAME-CONFLICT: Ira Conger in CFA; Ira Asher Conger on website of Timothy MacLaine, Merrifield, VA.
Leora BunkerERROR: Her name was Leora, not Laura, CFA II, p. 717.
4432. Horace Conger
Horace CongerERROR-RELATIONSHIP: Clarence and Horace Conger were not twins as listed in CFA I. Apparently born on the same day in different years.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 717 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)NEVER_MARRIED: Unmarried
2011. Mary J. Conger
Mary J. CongerPARENTS: Asher Conger and Polly Wheaton
OBITUARY: MRS. C.R. MORSE
The long illness from which Mrs. Charles R. Morse suffered ended in death on Wednesday evening [21 Nov 1895] at 6:30 o'clock, five months, to a day, from the beginning of her attack. During this period she frequently rallied and seemed to take a new hold on life, giving rise to hopes that she would soon recover, but for weeks before her death her physicians had no expectation that she would survive. Her suffering was very great during much of this time, and through it all she was patient and hopeful, and when she was told several weeks ago that she could not live long she calmly disposed of various objects that she had prized to different members of the family and friends.Mary J. Conger was born in St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., in the year 1837, and was a daughter of the late Mr. Asher Conger of that county, where she grew up to womanhood. In 1861 she came to Dubuque, Iowa, where one of her sisters, Mrs. Conger, resided. Here she became acquainted with Mr. Morse and they were married in 1863, Mr. Morse being then on a furlough from service in the Twenty-first Iowa Reg. Soon after their marriage Mr. Morse returned to his regiment in Louisiana. At the close of the war Mr. and Mrs. Morse went to reside in Chicago, remaining there three years. They then came to Iowa, and lived in Waterloo until 1873 when they came to Grinnell, where their home has been since. Mrs. Morse was fully devoted to her family and to the home life, and made that the center of attraction for her husband and two daughters. In November, 1894, the family moved from their handsome home in south Grinnell into the beautiful mansion built by Mr. Morse at High Street and Fourth Avenue. The poor lady was not long to enjoy this new home in the building of which she took so much interest, for her illness began June 20th, when she took to her bed and was not again able to be about.
Mrs. Morse leaves, besides her husband, her two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Morse Clark and Miss Helen C. Morse, five sisters--Mrs. Jackman of Laurel, Mrs. P.H. Conger of Waterloo, Mrs. Elisha Wilson and Miss Charlotte Conger of St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., and Mrs. H.B. Gifford of this city--and two brothers, one in St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., and one in Minnesota.
The funeral took place at 2:30 p.m. to-day, Rev. Prof. Parker and Rev. G.H. White officiating. A quartette consisting of Mrs. Christian, Mrs. Holyoke, Mr. E.B. Brande and Mr. James Allison sang the hymns selected for the occasion. The pallbearers were Messrs. R.M. Haines, R. MacDonald, E.A. Marsh, W.J. Rapson, H.H. Robbins and J.A. Stone.
Among the relatives and friends here from abroad were Mrs. Conger and daughter of Waterloo and Mr. Rugee of Milwaukee.
(Source: The Grinnell (IA) Herald, Nov. 22, 1895, posted on the Internet by Marilyn Holmes)
Charles R. MorseOBITUARY: CHARLES R. MORSE
Hon. Charles R. Morse was born at Randolph, Ohio, October fourteenth, 1837 and died at his home in Grinnell, Iowa, on April 9, 1905, so was in his sixty-eighth year.When but a boy of about nineteen years he joined the army of emigrants which at that time was pouring like a flood into Iowa from the Buckeye state and made the trip across the prairies to Dubuque, enduring all the hardships which the life of the prairies had to offer to the traveler in those days. He had been there but a short time when Lincoln's call for men was sent out and he was among the early ones to respond to that call. Being a member of the regiment which was the pride of the state, the "Governor's Grays" as they were called, in which regiment his friend and neighbor H.B. Gifford was also enlisted, he went to Missouri where he served under the famous General Siegel till the time of enlistment was up. Receiving an honorable discharge he returned to his country's aid and re-enlisted with a regiment which was sent to New Orleans. Here he contracted a disease which never left him and was sent home to Dubuque where he was ill for some time.
Later he went into the grain business and at different times was concerned in business ventures at Chicago, Dubuque and Waterloo. In the early seventies Mr. Morse moved to Grinnell where he became the senior member of the grain firm of Morse and Whitney. After conducting a successful business and building one of the largest grain elevators in the central part of the state they sold out to Dudley and Cass.
A little later the Merchants National Bank was organized and Mr. Morse was elected its vice president. With the departure of Col. S.F. Cooper to California Mr. Morse became its president in which position he served it well for some years. At the time of his death he was a faithful member of its board of directors.
Since 1882 he has been a member of the banking firm of C.W.H. Beyer and Company and as such his efforts have been marked with the same success that has always attended his business dealings.
While at Dubuque Mr. Morse married Miss Mary J. Conger and to them two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Morse Rugee and Mrs. Mabel Morse Spencer, were born, the latter of whom survives him.
Last winter Mr. Morse had the misfortune to fall and injure his spine. His constitution, impaired by the disease contracted in the army, was not able to withstand the nervous complications which followed and death resulted after months of illness. Funeral services were held from the fine resident on High Street and were conducted by Prof. L.F. Parker. The services were beautifully simple in accord with the preference of the deceased. Beautiful music was furnished by a quartette composed of Mrs. W.A. Heidel, Mrs. A.B. Mack and Messrs. E.E. Brande and O.F. Parish. The remains were laid to rest in Hazelwood cemetery.
The deceased was a man who did not seek public attention and who would himself have desired no fulsome tributes after he had passed away. And indeed the best tribute to his life is in the town which he helped to build and which contains many lasting evidences of his efforts for it. He served his fellow citizens in many positions as councilman, member of the school board and mayor--in each of them he was an honor to himself and his town which he served well. Though not himself a member of he Congregational church he was broad minded enough to serve it faithfully as a member of its board of trustees in former years. The church building itself stands as a monument more lasting than any epitaph to his generous efforts as a member of the building committee. Later he again showed the same interest by acting as a member of the committee which put in the church galleries. that he was a good business man and an honest man goes without saying in this community which has known him so well and so long and which will miss his presence. The college and many other public enterprises will have cause to remember his name long for his benevolences. In his home he was kind and indulgent and the love of children and grand-children are eloquent tributes to his tenderness as a parent. He was always hospitable and cheerful in his home and enjoyed the company of his friends. The sympathy of the whole community, which has lost a prominent and a useful citizen, goes out to those who have lost a beloved relative and a kind friend.
Those present from abroad at the funeral services were: Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Spencer of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, the latter a sister of the deceased and their daughter Mrs. Mary Hart of the same place, Mr. F.P. Rugee of Milwaukee, Mrs. Ezekiel Clark of Des Moines and Miss Pauline Dobson of Kirksville, Mo.
(Source: The Grinnell Herald , Grinnell, Iowa, Friday, April 14, 1905, posted to the Internet by Marilyn Holmes)
4434. Mabel Morse
Mabel MorseNAME: As of April 1905, Mrs. Mabel Morse Spencer
4435. Helen C. Morse
Helen C. MorseNAME: As of Apr 1905, Mrs. Nellie Morse Rugee
2035. Clinton William Conger
Clinton William CongerCOMMENT-CEMETERY: Clinton William Conger may have been married before marrying Mina when he was 50 years old. From tombstone inscriptions in the Baptist Cemetery, Bangall, Dutchess Co., NY, Vol. 40, pb 46: "July 3, 1851, Ezra B. Conger, son of Clinton W. and Angeline Conger, died age 11 yrs, 11 months, 3 days (b. 1 Aug 1840?)". Clinton's father is buried in this cemetery.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 82 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RESIDENCES: Milan, NY (CFA I, p. 163)
OCCUPATION: As of 1838, farmer, age 24, Milan, NY (CFA I, p. 163)
AKA: Probably called, Mina
RESIDENCES: California
2044. William H. Conger
William H. CongerCHILD-ADOPTION: His second wife is unknown, with whom he adopted a daughter, Cora Conger. (CFA I, p. 38)
4443. Cora Conger
Cora CongerADOPTION: Adopted daughter. CFA I, p. 38 says this child was adopted with the second wife.