Macoupin County IL Archives Biographies.....Conley, John Dykeman 1843 - 
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

CONLEY, John Dykeman, scientist, was born at Brockport, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1843; 
son of John Ward and Pamelia Elizabeth (Johnson) Conley; grandson of Thomas 
and Margaret (Warner) Conley, and of William F. and Lucy (Hamlin) Johnson. His 
maternal grandfather was the son of Edmund Johnson, a soldier in the war of 
1812, and grandson of a Revolutionary soldier. John Dykeman Conley received 
his preparatory education at Canastota, N.Y., was graduated at the Albany 
state normal school in 1863, and taught school at Roslyn, N.Y., until 1865. He 
was graduated at Hamilton college in 1869, and until 1876 was principal of the 
preparatory department of Blackburn university, Illinois. He was also 
professor of chemistry and natural science in that institution from 1871 to 
1887, when he was elected to the chair of geology, chemistry and physics in 
the state University of Wyoming. During his connection with the university he 
was its vice-president, and for nearly one year its acting president. In 1896 
he resigned his position and in 1897 was elected to the chair of physical 
sciences in Blackburn university. He was married in 1873 to Virginia C., 
daughter of S. T. and Elizabeth (Palmer) Mayo of Carlinville, Ill., and niece 
of Senator John M. Palmer. He is the author of two large geological charts, 
and five bulletins on geology, artesian wells and meteorology.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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