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From: Doug W Schueths
To: Chird
Sent: Tuesday,
February 26, 2002 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Searcy College, Searcy,
AR
Hi.
This was data in my files on:
John
William CONGER born 27 Feb 1857 at Jackson, Madison Co, TN died 7 Apr
1924
(son of Philander Drew Whitehill CONGER and Eliza Jane CHAMBERS)
The notes I have:
"Found in Maxine Crowell Leonard's CONGER FAMILY
OF AMERICA I: pg: 326 & 426
and article in CFA II pg 145-147
Married to Judge E E McKinney's daughter. She died after 6 months of
marriage.
of 5 children only are listed in CFA I; Hamilton and
John W.
********
from ancestry.com
The Twentieth Century
Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume II
'CONGER, John
William, educator, was born in Jackson, Tenn., Feb. 20, 1857; son of
Philander Drew Whitmill and Eliza Jane (Chambers) Conger. He came of
Scotch and English descent, and his paternal grandfather, James B. Conger,
was the inventor of the turbine waterwheel. In 1878 he was graduated at
Southwestern Baptist university, Jackson, Tenn. He was president of the
Odd Fellows college, Humboldt, Tenn., 1879-82, and in 1883 organized Searcy College
in Arkansas. He was president of Ouachita college, Arkadelphia, Ark., from
June, 1886, organizing the institution and selecting its faculty. The
college buildings were completed at a cost of $65,000. He was elected
president of the State teachers' association. In 1885 Southwestern Baptist
university conferred on him the degree of A.M.'"
Best of luck
Doug W Schueths
Lincoln NE
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