- STEPHEN CONLEY, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Clinton; born in Ireland
June 14, 1826; son of John
- CONLEY; Stephen, at an early age, came to America and to
Vermont, and, in 1849, settled in Sec. 24, in Clinton; now has
a fine farm of 140 acres under the best of cultivation; has fine
stock of cattle and sheep. Married Sept. 5, 1851, Sarah Jane
FENNY, of Vermont; have had eleven children - Joseph B., born
July 1, 1852 (he is in Bremen Co., Iowa); Julia, March 2, 1855
(living at home); Mary Jane, March 26, 1857 (now at Mineral Point,
teaching school); George F., June 28, 1859 (now in a dairy business
at Allen's Grove); Charles F., April 9, 1861 (is at home on farm);
Ursula, Oct. 6, 1863; James F., July 20, 1866; Matilda, Nov.
4, 1868; Richard M., November, 1870; Gertrude, Oct. 6, 1875;
Helena, April 27, 1878. Mr. CONLEY was elected Supervisor in
1857; held the office three years, and in 1860, was elected Justice
of the Peace; held the office eight years; then went to Sharon
and handled grain and general merchandise from 1867 to 1869;
came back in 1869, and was again elected Supervisor, and in 1873,
was elected Assessor, and held that office for five years, and
was elected again in 1879, by a caucus vote of 137 for, 115 against.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 778.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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