| Henry Conn was born July 02, 1764 in Somerset County, NJ (possibly born same date/Sept, and died September 18, 1835 in Lycoming County, PA. He married Joanna Burt or Ruth Abt. 1791. She may have been born December 23, 1763 , and died November 01, 1842 in Lycoming Co., PA.. It is unsure if Henry had other wives or if Joanna/Ruth is the mother of his children Henry Conn served in the Rev. War in 1780 in Capt. Comfort's Co., 3rd Batt. York Co., PA Militia and also the War of 1812. Henry Conn is listed in the 1790 Census of the state of PA as living in the then Northumberland County with 1 free white male under 16 years of age, and 4 free white females, including heads of families. Henry Conn, farmer, is shown in the list of taxables of 1800 as residing in Lycoming Township Lycoming County, PA (See p. 240 of the 'History of Lycoming County' by Meginniss.) Henry is buried at Old Lycoming Presbyterian Churchyard, Newberry, PA Children of Henry Conn and Joanna/Ruth are: Henry Conn, born February 13, 1792 in Northumberland Co., PA; died April 30, 1872 in Royal Center, Cass Co., IN. He married Elizabeth Sinclair 1831 in Lycoming County, PA, daughter of George Sinclair and Eunice. She was born Abt. 1794 in Lycoming County, PA, and died Bef. 1860. Jesse H. Conn, born January 26, 1800 in Lycoming County, PA; died September 29, 1867 in Winamac, Pulaski, IN. He married Sally Gundum May 14, 1829 in Lycoming Co., PA. Children of Jesse Conn and Sally Gundum are: Salmon Conn, born August 29, 1837. John Conn, born August 28, 1830. Samuel Conn, born October 07, 1839. Mary Ann Conn, born September 02, 1834. Elizabeth Jane Conn, born January 15, 1836. Emoline Conn, born March 10, 1842. Drusilla Conn, born April 22, 1845. William Henry Conn, born July 10, 1849. Henry Conn, born October 22, 1831; died April 08, 1833. Asahel or Asa Conn, born March 22, 1793 in Northumberland Co., PA; died May 12, 1863 in English Center, PA. He married (1) Mary Craig Thomas. He married (2) Sarah Welsh. He married (3) Rachel McFall. Israel Conn, born September 22, 1794 in Northumberland Co., PA; died December 1879 in Liberty, PA. He married Elizabeth Shook. Children of Israel Conn and Elizabeth Shook are: George Conn. Eve Conn. Susan Conn. Ester Conn. John H. Conn, born May 13, 1796 in Lycoming County, PA; died January 03, 1864 in Winamac, IN. He married Ester or Harriet Esterbrook. Children of John Conn and Ester Esterbrook are: Jane Conn. Mary Conn. Caroline Conn. John Conn. Marie Conn. Anna Conn. Henry P. Conn. Elizabeth (Polly) Conn, born 1798 in Lycoming Co., PA; died in Indiana. She married Frederick Cramer. David Conn, born April 12, 1799 in Lycoming County, PA; died November 30, 1867 in Royal Center, IN. He married Anna Burnham May 27, 1834 in NY. She was born September 25, 1813 in NY. Children of David Conn and Anna Burnham are: Lucetta Conn, born February 1835. Mary Conn, born August 01, 1836. Ashel Conn, born February 26, 1838. Ruth Conn, born October 28, 1841. Henry C. Conn, born June 17, 1844. Christina Conn, born December 21, 1849. Susan Conn, born August 12, 1847. William Conn, born April 22, 1852. Alzina Conn, born September 02. David Conn, born July 30, 185 |
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| This was written by Henry C. Conn of Star City, IN and read at Conn reunion in the year 1920 up to the year 1925: "This is a history of our ancestors the Conns was born in Pennsylvania there was six sons and one daughter in this family. I will give some of the dates of their coming to Indiana. Uncle Jes came in 1833. Uncle John came in 1841. Uncle Henry I do not know the date of his coming. My father David Conn came in 1852. Aunt Polly came in 1857. The two other brothers stayed in Pennsylvania. Their names was Ace and Isreal. The Five Families that came to Indiana settled in Cass County and Pulaski County and there was other familys settled in these countys besides the Conns. This part of the country was not settled much yet as I had a chance to know. My father and family came to Indiana in September 1852 so I have lived in Cass andPulaski counties 73 years and I will say to you people that are gathered together here to day having a good time that is all right. These reunions only come once a year and we ought to be glad to meet our relatives that often at best. Now I will tell you people now our fathers and their descendants had to work to make the improvements in this country that we are living in today. In those early days the timber was heavy especially in Cass County and of course Pulaski County had to use the axe grubbing hoe maul cross cut saw spade they built themselves log houses and log barns. NOTE: Henry and Joanna went to Butler Co., OH for a time, then 18 months later went to Indiana. In 1833 they pitched their tent in Harrison township, Cass Co.,where he bought 80 acres of government land to which he added by purchase 40 more acres. Henry Conn spent the rest of his life there, dying at the age of 80 years. He was a man of sterling integrity, a prosperous farmer and a man who in every way stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He served efficiently in some of the township offices. "Their main work was timber, which was very populated in Cass and some in Pulaski County. Part of it was prairie land. The early settlers built log houses and barns. For their tools they used axe, grubbing how, maul, cross cuts and a spade. They cut down timber and made rails, sawed lumber, and used logs to build the buildings. They cut cord wood and made ties for the railroad that was built from Chicago to Logansport in 1860. This was a great help to the country as they could ship their grain and livestock, etc. A mill was built by George Hunter and George Conn. Later on Jack Hamsleman built a plaining mill. This was a great help to Royal Center and the farmers that had heavy timber on their land, it gave them work. There was plenty of work to be done in those early days, as ditches had to be dug to drain off the water from the swamp land. Bridges had to be built across the rivers and smaller streams. At that time they were all wooden. There was roads to be built. The timber was big. Some of the kinds of trees were birch, white oak, red oak and others. They were from 4 to 6 ft in diameter and more. It was south of Royal Center in the neighborhood where Henry Conn and Jim Gates and others were cleaning up for farms. There was maple sugar trees from which they made their "sweetness" they called it. Each one had his own sugar camp, where they boiled down the sap that was made into syrup, sugar, molasses. They used big iron kettles to do this, with a slow fire burning under it until it was done to the right consistancy". Another written history by Henry C. Conn in 1925: "There was four brothers one sister came from Pennsylvania and settled in these two countys. These people all had familys the country was pretty thinly settled at that time there was no railroad at Logansport at that time the Erie Canal was still in operation when I first seen the town that was in the year 1852. These four brothers was Conns and their sister Aunt Polly as we called her married Fredrick Cramer so you see all of their children are descendants of these five familys that goes to make up our reunion now. I must come back to history of what our fathers and grandfathers and other familys have done to help make this country what it is at the present time. They have cut down the big timber that we had in early days made rails, sawed lumber, built log houses and barns coped cord wood made ties for the railroad that was built from Chicago to Logansport in 1860 that was a great help to the country they could ship their grain and livestock and there was a saw mill built by George Hunter and George Conn. On the George Hendee farm northeast of Royal Center. Later on Jack Goodrich and William Hanselman built planing mill so there was lots of lumber sawed and went through the planing mill. These mills was a great help to Royal Center and the farmers that had heavy timber it gave them lots of work getting their big trees cut down and sawed in to logs and hauled to the mill so you see how our fathers and their children had to work to help make this country work. "It is at the present time but not only our familys but others familys done their part to help improve this country that we are living in today the early settlers had ditches to dig there was lots of water to be drained off of the swamp land dredges to be built across our rivers and the smaller streams bridges at that time wasall wooden and there was roads to build. I can recollect seeing the heavy timber and the big trees that was there. There was birch white oak red oak these trees seemed to be and grow the biggest. I have seen trees in that timber from four to 6 ft in diameter or more this timber was south of Royal Center in the neighborhood where my Uncle Henry Conn and Jim Gates and others was clearing up farms. In them days they had their sugar camps where they boiled down and made sugar and molasses that twas their sweetness in early days. I will give a history of my schooling. I wint to school one term it was summer school that was at Ralston PA. That wasin 1852 That same year in September we come to Indiana and settled in Monroe Township Pulaski county, Ind and I went to school two terms west of Winamac in a log school house. It was in the wild woods the seats that we had to sit on was low down seats with out any backs to them. Our teachers was women and they was good to the scholars and they learned fast so in 1858 we moved down to Cass County west of Royal Center. I went to school about four terms in Royal Center and rest of my schooling I got northwest of Royal Center about three miles at the Hamilton School. The terms of school was about three months in them days". From letters of Henry Clay Conn: "I will give you some of the Conn family names. I believe that my great-grandparents were German. They came to this country some time in the beginning of the 17th century. . .My father David Conn was born April 12, 1799, in Pennsylvania. In his younger days he belonged to a horse company and trained for the service. His two older brothers Ace and Israel were drafted but were not called to go to war. Father said that was the War of 1812 in Arkansas at Little Rock. . .From the best history handed down to me, the Conns were among the first settlers of Lycoming Co., PA, and both of our great-grandfathers were revolutionary soldiers under Washington at Valley Forge. |
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