Elias Gregory Conger

Brief Life History of Elias Gregory

When Elias Gregory Conger was born on 27 April 1859, in Exline, Appanoose, Iowa, United States, his father, James Conger, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Lowe, was 32. He married Emma Frances Ruggles on 15 April 1908, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Adams Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Jackson Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 12 December 1934, in Ollie, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Van Orsdall Cemetery, Sigourney Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elias Gregory Conger
1859–1934
Emma Frances Ruggles
1881–1933
Marriage: 15 April 1908
Farris Adna Conger
1909–1986
Woodrow Harold Conger
1913–1995

Sources (20)

  • E G Couger, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elias G. Conger, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • Elias Conger, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Rooks, Kansas, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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