Boone County, KY - Bios:  Conner, Reuben

Posted by Sandi Gorin on Thu, 21 Sep 2000

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Reuben CONNER 4858, Boone Co. 



Surname: Conner, Anderson, Carpenter, Grubbs, Fleming, Kenady



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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,Boone Co.



HON. REUBEN CONNER, a prominent farmer of Boone County, Ky., was born in Boone 

County, February 4, 1825, and was the second of a family of seven children born 

to John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Conner. John Conner was a farmer by occupation. 

Reuben Conner was reared on a farm, and received a common-school education in 

Boone County, Ky., and chose farming for an occupation. He now owns 500 acres 

of fine land in Boone County, Ky., and was elected representative of Boone County 

in 1879-80, and re-elected in 1885-86. He married Miss Mary Carpenter in 1852, 

daughter of Jonathan and Pollie (Grubbs) Carpenter, and to this union five children 

were born, all living: John, Laura J., William W., Meredith and Mary. His wife died 

in 1876; Mr. Conner then married Miss Jennie Fleming (December 29, 1879), daughter 

of Thomas and Dinah (Kenady) Fleming, of Butler County, Ohio. Our subject and wife 

are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is a Democrat.