Leander Aaron Conner

biography

Conner, Leander Aaron, farmer, P. O. Riceville, was born in 1834 in Chautauqua County, N. Y.; son of James and Nancy (Correll) Conner, natives of Ulster County, N. Y. , and Lancaster County, Penn., respectively, and who, after living in Chautauqua County, N. Y. , several years, came to this county, settling in Athens Township in 1842. They were parents of the fol­lowing children: Henry, in Chautauqua County, N. Y. ; William; James F.; Abel and Winfield in Michigan; Mrs. Roxana Yarrington, of Iowa; and L. Aaron, besides four deceased. Mrs. Conner departed this life March 17, 1881, Mr. Conner following her June 6, 1883. They were an upright, pioneer people of the strictest honor. Our subject grew to manhood, sharing the many disadvantages common to the sons of the early settlers, improving, to the best of his ability, the limited educational opportunities afforded him. He spent six years, while a young man, traveling over the various States in the Northwest, and returned in 1858. In 1861 he married Julia B. Goldfinch, born at Elizabeth, N. J., in 1843, daughter of William and Christiana Goldfinch, of Folkestone, England. They then settled down on the old homestead, com­prising seventy-five acres of well-improved land, taking care of Mr. Conner’s parents until their decease. They have one son—Leon A. Both are firm adherents of the Baptist faith and enthusiastic advocates of the temperance cause. Mr. Conner, a carpenter and joiner by trade, as was his father before him, is a skillful mechanic.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 778.