984. William1 Conover (339242); per Woodrow Conover was born New Jersey; m. Anna J. Kerr (341044).
He was also known as (Unknown) Conover.
Children of William1 Conover (339242) and Anna J. Kerr (341044) were as follows:
985. Ralph R.2 Conover (303103) was born 1811 Middlesex County, New Jersey; m. Ellen Snedeker (303102), daughter of John Snedeker (303091) and Margaret Smock (303092); d. 1888.
He was also known as Rafe Conover. He was are found on the tax list Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1834. He and Ellen Snedeker (303102) removed to Indiana in 1840. He was a brick mason on August 25, 1850.
Ralph R. Conover (303103) and Ellen Snedeker (303102) appeared on the census of August 25, 1850 Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Indiana. He was shown in the census on June 18, 1860 as a brick mason.
Ralph R. Conover (303103) and Ellen Snedeker (303102) appeared on the census of June 18, 1860 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; real estate value 15,000.00, personal property 1,000.00.
Ralph R. Conover (303103) and Ellen Snedeker (303102) appeared on the census of June 29, 1870 Fourth Ward, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; realestate value 22,000.00 personal 1,300.00. He was a brick mason on June 29, 1870.
Ralph R. Conover (303103) and Ellen Snedeker (303102) appeared on the census of June, 1880 Harrison Twp. and Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was a plasterer in June, 1880.
Ellen Snedeker (303102) was born circa 1821 New Jersey. She died in February, 1908. She was also known as Eleanor Snediker.
Children of Ralph R.2 Conover (303103) and Ellen Snedeker (303102) were as follows:
Eliza Conover (357238) appeared on the census of June 29, 1870 with parents, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
986. William2 Conover (339236) was born circa 1816 New Jersey; he was born September, 1816 Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey; m. Catherine Warth (339237), daughter of Marcus Warth (357907) and Elizabeth Becker (357908), 1837; d. 1886 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
He removed to Millcreek Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio, circa 1838. He was a plasterer between 1840 and 1856 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
William Conover (339236) and Catherine Warth (339237) appeared on the census of August 7, 1850 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; 1,800 in real estate listed in her name. He was shown in the census on August 7, 1850 as a plasterer. He and Catherine Warth (339237) removed to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, circa 1856.
William Conover (339236) and Catherine Warth (339237) appeared on the census of June 29, 1860 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
William Conover (339236) appeared on the census of June 29, 1860; a ? mason.
William Conover (339236) and Catherine Warth (339237) appeared on the census of 1880 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was a plasterer in 1880.
Catherine Warth (339237) was born circa 1821 Switzerland. She died in 1905. She was also known as Anna Catherine Warth.
Children of William2 Conover (339236) and Catherine Warth (339237) were as follows:
He was also known as William Marcus Conover. He was also known as Marcus William Conover.
He was a platerer in 1880.
She and Anna Conover (339243) were possibly one and the same.
987. Mary Jane3 Conover (357241) was born circa 1838 New Jersey; m. William H. Merry (357233) July 4, 1854 Vigo County, Indiana; d. November, 1908.
She was also known as Jane Conover.
William H. Merry (357233) was born in 1831 Indiana.
Children of Mary Jane3 Conover (357241) and William H. Merry (357233) were as follows:
Samuel M. Merry (357249) appeared on the census of June 1, 1880 With grandparents Ralph & Ellen Conover, Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Indiana.
988. Alfred A.3 Conover (357235) was born circa 1844 Indiana; he was born April, 1850 Indiana; m. Ellen O'Neill (357255) October 9, 1865 Edgar County, Illinois; m. Elizabeth (Unknown) (357264) November 20, 1895 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; bur. Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
He was a brick mason on July 11, 1870.
Alfred A. Conover (357235) and Ellen O'Neill (357255) appeared on the census of July 11, 1870 Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Illinois; next to David Conover 33 b Indiana Brick Mason
Anna Conover 21 b Indiana
Minnie Conover 1 b Indiana. He was a farmer on June 14, 1880.
Alfred A. Conover (357235) and Ellen O'Neill (357255) appeared on the census of June 14, 1880 Matton Twp., Coles County, Illinois. He resided at 820 8th Ave., Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, in 1892. He was a contractor in 1892. He was shown in the census on June 7, 1900 as a brick contractor.
Alfred A. Conover (357235) and Elizabeth (Unknown) (357264) appeared on the census of June 7, 1900 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He resided at Seventh Street, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, before 1908.
Ellen O'Neill (357255) was born circa 1845 Indiana.
Children of Alfred A.3 Conover (357235) and Ellen O'Neill (357255) were as follows:
Elmer Conover (357261) appeared on the census of June 7, 1900 with his parents, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was shown in the census on April 23, 1930 as a brick mason.
Elmer Conover (357261) appeared on the census of April 23, 1930 with Pauline Roberts, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; a widower
he is listed as the step father in law.
A. Alva Conover (375414) and Daisy (Unknown) (375417) appeared on the census of April 28, 1930 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; real estate value 2,200.00. He was shown in the census on April 28, 1930 as a woodworker in an auto body shop.
Elizabeth (Unknown) (357264) was born in July, 1856 New York. Her parents were both born in Germany.
There were no children of Alfred A.3 Conover (357235) and Elizabeth (Unknown) (357264).
989. Daniel K.3 Conover (357236) was born circa 1847 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; m. Annie O'Neil (357247) April 8, 1868 Indiana; d. August 22, 1886 Vigo County, Illinois; bur. Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
Annie O'Neil (357247) was born on January 31, 1849 Indiana. She died in November, 1912 at age 63. She was also known as Ann O'Neil.
Children of Daniel K.3 Conover (357236) and Annie O'Neil (357247) were as follows:
He was also known as Emanuel Conover.
Harry Conover (357248) and Ella Cowan (357285) appeared on the census of January 2, 1920 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was a brick mason on January 2, 1920. .
Harry Conover Sr., James August Conover, and Ella Cowan.
Owen Conover (357268) appeared on the census of 1900 Military and Naval Forces, Portevedra, Capiz Panay Islands?,, Philippines; single
residence North 7th Street Terre Haute, Indiana
DOB Jul 1880.
Owen Conover (357268) and Dora Langford (357291) appeared on the census of April 29, 1910 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; 3 children, 3 living. He was shown in the census on April 29, 1910 as a brick mason..
990. Aaron H.3 Conover (303105) was born July 10, 1852 Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Indiana; m. Nettie Metcalf (357242) November 1, 1876 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; d. April 30, 1920 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at age 67; bur. Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
Aaron H. Conover (303105) appeared on the census of June 29, 1870 with his parents, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was a brick mason on June 29, 1870.
Aaron H. Conover (303105) and Nettie Metcalf (357242) appeared on the census of April 28, 1910 Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Indiana; 4 children, 2 living. He was shown in the census on April 28, 1910 as a farmer.
Aaron H. Conover (303105) and Nettie Metcalf (357242) appeared on the census of January 2, 1920 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. AARON CONOVER - The farm which Aaron CONOVER owns and operates is one of the historic ones of Vigo county and is the site of the county's first fair grounds. It was used by the soldiers during the Civil war, and Mr. CONOVER can yet recall to mind when the soldier boys bunked in the stable of the fair grounds. A small frame building still standing near his barn was used by the commissary, and it has a number of times in recent years been photographed by the soldiers. The old canal which was in operation in the fifties also runs through this historic farm, and as a boy Aaron CONOVER rode a mule up and down its banks. In those early days he was well acquainted with a negro who, unable to swim, often performed the feat of crossing the canal by wading in and crawling on the bottom to the opposite shore.
Aaron CONOVER was born in Harrison township, July 10, 1852, a son of Ralph and Eleanor (SNEDEKER) CONOVER, both of whom were born in New Jersey, the father in 1811 and the mother in 1821. The husband passed away in death in 1888, and the mother in February, 1908. They were married in New Jersey, and in 1840 came to Indiana and cast their lot with the early residents of Terre Haute, where the husband and father followed the trade of a brick mason for many years and many of the older brick buildings of the city still stand as monuments of his handiwork. His first work here was on the Terre Haute House. He was a Republican and both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. Their eleven children were Aaron (first), deceased; William, also deceased; Jane, the widow of William MERRY; Harmon, deceased; Alfred, who resides on Seventh street, in Terre Haute; Daniel, deceased; Aaron (second), of this review; Belle, deceased; Gertrude, the wife of William MASON, who also resides on Seventh street, in Terre Haute; Eliza, the widow of Scott HOVEY, and Ralph, whose residence is on Third street, Terre Haute.
During his early life Aaron CONOVER learned the mason's trade of his father, and after following it as an occupation for five years he turned his attention to farming and gardening, now owning an estate of one hundred and twenty acres in Harrison township. At one time he was quite extensively engaged in the breeding of registered Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs, but in recent years has followed farming and gardening exclusively. As a Republican he has been active in the public affairs of his community, and for an extended period served in the office of supervisor, his first term extending from 1881 to 1889, and was re-elected in 1903 and again in 1905, his term expiring on the 10th of December, 1907.
Mr. CONOVER married, November 1, 1876, Nettie METCALF, born at Paris, Illinois, in February 12, 1856. She was reared in her native city, and her parents dying when she was young, she came to Terre Haute, and it was here that her marriage occurred. Four children were born of the union, but the first born, Carl, born August 21, 1877, is deceased. Earl, the second son, born February 1, 1879, is a graduate of the high school and a commercial college in this city and of the Medical College of Louisville, Kentucky, and is now practicing his profession in Evansville, this state, one of the city's most prominent physicians. Warren was born December 21, 1880, and died at the age of five years. Beulah, the youngest of the family, was born March 13, 1889, and for four years was a student in the Catholic school at Oldenburg, Indiana.
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Nettie Metcalf (357242) was born on February 12, 1856 Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.
Children of Aaron H.3 Conover (303105) and Nettie Metcalf (357242) were as follows:
He was shown in the census on April 19, 1910 as a doctor.
Dr. Earl B. Conover M.D. (357244) appeared on the census of April 19, 1910 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. .
Dr. Earl B. Conover M.D. (357244) and Amalia Matthes (411347) appeared on the census of January 13, 1920 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. He was shown in the census on January 13, 1920 as a physician.
Dr. Earl B. Conover M.D. (357244) and Amalia Matthes (411347) appeared on the census of April 3, 1930 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana; real estate value 12,000.00. He was shown in the census on April 3, 1930 as a physician. .
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OBITUARY: Evansville, Indiana Newspaper - March 1951
DR. EARL CONOVER, NOTED CITY SURGEON FOR FOUR DECADES, SUCCUMBS AT 72 YEARS
Dr. Earl Conover, 72, Evansville physician for 40 years, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at Deaconess hospital.
He had been ill for several years, but he entered the hospital only 10 days ago.
Dr. Conover, who resided at 1930 Bayard Park Drive, maintained offices at 110 Southeast Second Street from the time he began practice, in 1907, until he retired in 1947.
A native of Terre Haute, he was a 1905 graduate of Louisville University Medical school, and served internship at Deaconess hospital.
He was noted for his skill with a surgeon's knife, and many surgeons now practicing in this area were trained and helped by him. He gave financial aid to many struggling young students, but no one except the student was ever aware of it.
With a business associate, Phil Moore, he was instrumental in constructing Lake Talahi, commonly called Conover's lake, near McCutchanville. The lake, now the site of an exclusive residential development, is one of the largest private artificial lakes in the Tri-State and was built about 25 years ago.
Dr. Conover was an ardent hunting and fishing enthusiast. He was a member of the staffs of Deaconess, St. Mary's, and Boehne Hospital, and on the consulting staff of Welborn Baptist Hospital and the old Marine hospital (now the Naval reserve armory).
Dr. Conover was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Rite and Hadi Shrine Temple. He was a member of Bethel Evangelical and Reformed church and the Elks lodge.
In 1911 he married Miss Amalia Matthes, of St. Louis, a graduate nurse employed at Deaconess Hospital, who died in 1932. They had one daughter, Mrs. John A. Kimm of Evansville.
He married Miss Mildred Lowrance, who survives, in 1934.
Two grandchildren, John A. Kimm, Jr., and Jocelyn Earl Kimm, also survive.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at J. Max Lowe Colonial Chapel. Rev. Ruben Bierbaum, pastor of Bethel Church, will officiate. Following the services, the body will be sent to Indianapolis for cremation.
Beulah Conover (357246) appeared on the census of April 28, 1910 with her parents, Harrison Twp., Vigo County, Indiana.
991. Gertrude3 Conover (303106) was born June 23, 1859 Vigo County, Indiana; m. William Miles Mason (303107), son of James Mason (303108) and Elizabeth Albright (303109), April 29, 1874 Vigo County, Indiana.
Gertrude Conover (303106) appeared on the census of June 29, 1870 with parents, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. She resided at Seventh Street, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, before 1908.
William Miles Mason (303107) was born on May 11, 1846 Gill Twp., Sullivan County, Indiana. He died on November 29, 1914 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at age 68.
Children of Gertrude3 Conover (303106) and William Miles Mason (303107) were as follows:
992. Ralph L.3 Conover (357240) was born circa 1861 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; m. Belle Snedeker (357272), daughter of William Snedeker (357273) and Carrie (Unknown) (357274), 1883; d. October 6, 1909 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; bur. Highland Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
Ralph L. Conover (357240) appeared on the census of June 29, 1870 with parents, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He resided at Third Street, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, before 1908.
Belle Snedeker (357272) was born in 1862 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. She died before 1908.
Children of Ralph L.3 Conover (357240) and Belle Snedeker (357272) were as follows:
993. Ralph L.3 Conover (339239) was born circa 1858 Indiana; m. Anna Smith (357693).
He was a plasterer in 1880.
Anna Smith (357693) was born Indiana.
Children of Ralph L.3 Conover (339239) and Anna Smith (357693) were as follows:
Warren Conover (357695) and Lutie Johnson (357696) appeared on the census of January 6, 1920 South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. He was a salesman on January 6, 1920. The Johnson Brothers
Between 1903 and 1918, Johnson Brothers Motor Co. of Terre Haute built marine motors, motor bicycles and America“s first successful monoplane. By 1928 the same brothers, then located in Waukegan, Ill., fabricated more than half the outboard marine engines in the world. It all began after Vandalia Railroad employee Soren Johnson and wife Bertha moved here from Effingham, Ill., in 1898 with their five youngest children. In 1903 Louis Johnson, 21, and brother Harry, 19, assembled a recreational inboard motor in a shed behind the family home at 717 N. 10th St. Its success launched a business the younger siblings (all redheads) joined as they matured. When Julius, two years younger than Harry, came aboard in 1905, he contrived a precision three-horsepower engine
which amazed Wabash River boating fanatics. Sales escalated, dictating expansion in 1908 to 1602 Hulman St. Louis became chief executive and designer; Harry was the creator; Julius was master machinist; and Clarence was chief mechanic. Warren Conover, a local man fascinated by internal combustion engines, joined the team after marrying sister Lutie May Johnson in 1910. To promote their creative lightweight four-cylinder VEE engine, the Johnsons
adapted it for aircraft. Flight attempts from the MacBeth farm near Blackhawk in Aug. 1910 were unavailing. But at the Elroy Smith farm in Ellsworth (northern Vigo County) on Aug. 8, 1911, Lou triumphantly piloted the innovative American-made monoplane. For two summers, Lou and aviator Ross Smith gave exhibitions at area fairs and carnivals, prompting Hulman & Co. to offer the ”Monoplane… brand cigar. The engine business flourished. Lamentably a tornado on Easter of 1913 wrecked the uninsured Hulman Street plant. Julius went to work for North Baltimore Glass Co. here, but the others toiled to rebuild, marketing the nation“s first successful motorbike in 1916. Offered a South Bend facility in 1918, the Johnsons relocated. Nine years later a larger plant was built on Lake Michigan near Waukegan. On Sept. 30, 1936, Johnson Motors Engineering Co. was consolidated into Outboard Marine Co., which still produces the popular Johnson Sea Horse engines. The brothers all survived into their eighties. A replica of the Johnsons“ pioneer monoplane was placed on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute in 1959. Louis Johnson piloted America“s first successful monoplane — designed and built by the Johnson brothers — on Aug. 8, 1911.
994. Nettie3 Conover (339240) was born circa 1865 Indiana; m. Oliver P. Shaw (357354); d. circa 1898.
Oliver P. Shaw (357354) was born circa 1862 Iowa. He married Isabell (Unknown) (357358). He died on December 15, 1929 home of his daughter, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. He was a police officer Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
Oliver P. Shaw (357354) and Isabell (Unknown) (357358) appeared on the census of January 6, 1920 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. He was a truck driver, city on January 6, 1920.
Children of Nettie3 Conover (339240) and Oliver P. Shaw (357354) were as follows: