HENRY CONRAD, proprietor of the only tin shop in Burgettstown, was born November 5, 1838, in Prussia, and is a son of Charles Conrad, whose father was born and reared in that country, being there married to a Miss Schules. Grandfather Conrad was a merchant and farmer, and both he and his wife died in Prussia. Charles Conrad was born in 1798, in Prussia. In early manhood he married Catherine Conrad, a member of another family of the same name, and their children were Catharina, Julia, Elizabeth, Caroline, Charles, Henry, Jacob and Daniel. In 1846 he and his family embarked in a sailing vessel for America, landing at New York after a heavy storm, which lasted a day and a night, the crew and passengers thinking every moment would be their last. After arriving in New York, the family proceeded westward to Lock No. 17, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, where Mr. Conrad purchased a farm, on which he remained twenty years. He then moved to Wabash county, Ind., and there passed the remainder of his life. He was an ardent member of the Evangelical Church, and contributed liberally to its support; in politics he was a Democrat. He followed agricultural pursuits.
Henry Conrad, a son of Charles and Catherine Conrad, lived with his parents until sixteen years of age, when he began learning the trade of tinner with one John Luchenbough, of Canal Dover, Ohio, serving an apprenticeship of three and a half years. He then followed his trade at Zoar, same State, afterward moving to Pittsburgh, Penn., and few years later to New York, where he remained one year. He then returned to Pittsburgh, and in 1872 opened a tin shop in Burgettstown, this county, where he has since continued. On July 12, 1866, he was united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Andrew Ulrich, a native of Germany, and two children have been born to their union: George H. and Margaret. In 1876 Mr. Conrad started a small greenhouse, which has increased to his present magnificent collection of beautiful and varied vegetation, including both flowers and vegetables, which are kept in a large and elegant conservatory. Mr. Conrad has made his own way to the upper round of the ladder of success. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion has been a member of the Evangelical Church for years.
George H. Conrad was born June 30, 1867, received his early education in the schools of Burgettstown, and at the age of fourteen years attended the Evangelical School at Pittsburgh, Penn. When sixteen years of age he entered his father's shop, where he has since remained. On January 21, 1892, he married Sadie E., daughter of William Jones, of Midway, Penn. Politically George H. Conrad is a Republican, and in religious faith he is a member of the Evangelical Church.
Text taken from page 1010 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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