Conrad Emery

Conrad Emery, deceased, who settled here August 7,1835, was born in New Jersey. Was reared principally in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Sarah Fisher before they removed to Holmes county, Ohio, where they lived until 1835, the time of settlement here. The journey west was made with ox teams and wagons, the party comprising four families, viz.: Jacob Emery and wife, Debodota, Joseph Emery and wife, Hannah, Jesse and wife, Margaret, and Conrad, the father of three sons. Conrad purchased 240 acres of wild lands at congress prices, and on this land he settled and lived during his life. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and did duty on the frontier in defense of the homes and lives of the border settlers. To them were born thirteen children, eleven of whom came to Stark county with their parents, viz.: Jacob (Galva), Catherine (deceased), Joseph (deceased), Edith Russell, Jesse (Princeville, Ill.), Sarah McClennehan (deceased), Conrad (deceased), Milly (Iowa), David (Iowa), Mary (Iowa), and John, who resides on the old homestead.