Bio of CONFER, Ogden A. (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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OGDEN A. CONFER - Vol III, pg 508-511
Progressive business methods and a slogan known from coast to coast "Confer with
Confer", have won a nation-wide reputation for Confer Bros., Inc., a real estate
firm established by Ogden A. Confer, its president.
A trail of push and energy have marked the extraordinary activities of Mr.
Confer to the leadership of a successful business. The trail started in the
Southwest, where a mere boy "bucked" rivets in the construction work in the
Standard Oil Company's oil fields; then as a "trouble shooter" on the Kansas
toll lines of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company; later as a cowboy on
the Salina, Kansas, ranch of Prank Rockefeller and in the Kansas City stock
yards-thus Mr. Confer continued through his youth the colorful and strenuous
life of the Southwest of yesterday.
Mr. Confer entered the real estate field in 1903 as an errand boy in the offices
of Thorpe Brothers. He soon became a salesman and in February, 1914, entered
business for himself under the name of the Ogden A. Confer Company. In two years
he had built up a thriving business. Samuel C. Confer, a brother, came into the
firm at that time and the business was continued under the present name of
Confer Bros., Inc. The firm has built up a complete real estate, loan, rental
and insurance business and for years has been recognized as the leading
Minneapolis residence property broker. Advertising, courage and energy, plus an
enduring faith in the square deal, are responsible for the outstanding successes
of Confer Bros. Ogden A. Confer has been the leading advocate of real estate and
community advertising in the Northwest. He is prominent in the activities of the
Minneapolis Real Estate Board and the National Association of Real Estate
Boards.
Mr. Confer was born in Minneapolis, March 13, 1886. His parents, both natives of
Blair county, Pennsylvania, were Angus Loyd Confer and Cannie Jane (Moore)
Confer. The family came to Minneapolis in 1878. A. L. Confer, the father, was
engaged in the wholesale meat business and in the grain trade for a number of
years and is now associated with his sons in the real estate business.
On May 17, 1912, Ogden A. Confer was married to Miss Ruth Palmer of Mankato,
Minnesota. They have three children; Mary Jane, Ruth and Ogden Palmer, the
eldest nine years old, the second six years old and the youngest still an
infant. The family residence is at No. 1606 West Twenty-eighth street. Mr.
Confer's offices are on the fifth floor of the Andrus building.
Ogden A. Confer is active in the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Minneapolis Golf
Club and the Lafayette Club. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of
Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Grace Presbyterian church
and is an active worker in the church, the Sunday school and the Young Men's
Christian Association, and is identified with the Hennepin County Sunday School
Association. To the material, social and moral development of the community he
has given due consideration. His standards of life have made him worthy of the
esteem and trust that are so uniformly accorded him and the friendship of the
many with whom he is associated.