San Benito-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Conley, John 1831 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

JOHN CONLEY, a well-known farmer, living near Paicines, San Benito county, was
born in Ireland in 1831. He bade adieu to the Emerald Isle in 1852 and sailed
for America, landing in New York city. He spent some time in Onondaga county,
and subsequently lived in Albany. In the fall of 1855 he came to California. He
located at San Jose, and was an employe of the County and City Government a
portion of the fourteen years he spent there. For several years past he has been
in San Benito county, and now owns a good farm near Paicines.

  Mr. Conley married Miss Catharine Gallagher, and has three sons: John, James,
and Martin.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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