- BERNARD CONRY. A man of naturally sound judgment and shrewd
perception, characteristics
- of the Celtic race of which Bernard CONRY, farmer of Delavan
township, Walworth county, is a descendant, he has so ordered
his career as to be eminently eligible to representation in a
work of this kind. He has risen through his strictly moral habits,
his attention to business and his desire to deal fairly, promptly
and honestly with his fellow men, and his name stands high today
in all business circles with which he has come into relationship.
His domestic and social connections have ever been of the most
pleasant character, and the fact that his surroundings are such
as to make life enjoyable is due solely to his individual merits,
his affable and courteous treatment of others and his strict
adherence to justice in all his dealings.
- Mr. CONRY was born on December 8, 1852, at Clinton, Rock
county, Wisconsin. He is the
- son of Patrick and Elizabeth (WELCH) CONRY, both natives
of Ireland, where they grew to maturity, received such education
as the common schools afforded and there they were married, and
from there they emigrated to the United States in 1844, first
settling in Albany, New York, where they remained about two years,
then came to Clinton, Wisconsin, buying a farm near there, on
which they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying on
November 20, 1878,and the mother on October 15, 1879.
- Nine children were born to Patrick CONRY and wife, namely:
John W. and Michael, both
- deceased; George lives in Sharon, this county; Thomas J.
lives in Clinton; Mrs. Kate NEWBURGH is deceased; Margaret A.,
who lives in Delavan township, this county, is the widow of Mr.
NORTON; Ellen lives in Clinton; and Bernard, subject of this
sketch.
- Bernard CONRY grew up on the home farm and there helped with
the work when he was a boy
- and he received his education in the common schools. On
August 18, 1897, he was united in marriage with Anna HORNE, daughter
of Dr. George R. and Kate (MARTIN) HORNE, natives of England,
from which country they emigrated to America when quite young
and settled at Whitewater, Wisconsin, where the death of the
mother occurred in 1878.
- Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. CONRY, namely:
Bernard A, born July 31,
- 1898; Eliza K., born April 6, 1900; Gladys V., born November
7, 1903.
- Mr. CONRY came to Walworth county in 1899 and for some time
was extensively interested in
- the creamery business, having several different branches
in both Walworth and Rock counties, and was well known in this
line of endeavor. He finally turned his attention to farming
and now resides on his farm of one hundred forty-eight and one-half
acres in section 7, Delavan township. He has a fine farm which
he has under excellent improvements and cultivation, and he keeps
good live stock. He has a pleasant home and excellent outbuildings.
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- Taken from "The History of Walworth County, Wisconsin,
Vol. II" by Albert Clayton Beckwith, (c)1912, pp. 958-959.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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