Bio of CONFER, Samuel C. (b.1879), 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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SAMUEL CALVIN CONFER - Vol III, pg 407-408
Among the younger real estate operators of Minneapolis, Samuel C. Confer,
secretary and treasurer of Confer Bros., Inc., has been an active figure for
many years. In the political, business and club circles of Minneapolis, Mr.
Confer, familiarly known as "Cal," is called upon for civic work where
rapid-fire action is needed for success.
Samuel Calvin Confer was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1879, his
parents being Angus Lloyd Confer and Cannie Jane (Moore) Confer. The family
moved to Minneapolis while S. C. Confer was a boy, and he received his high
school education here, then entering the study of law at the University of
Minnesota. After leaving the University, Mr. Confer engaged in the live stock
business in Kansas City, returning to Minneapolis two and a half years later.
For a time he was interested in the grain business, which he left to become
connected with the firm of Thorpe Brothers, with whom he was associated for
sixteen years, becoming manager of the real estate department. He left Thorpe
Brothers to join his brother, Ogden A. Confer, in the firm of Confer Bros.,
Inc., which has built up a large business in the brokerage of all kinds of city
real estate and in loans, insurance and rentals.
Mr. Confer was married on December 28, 1899, to Miss Mary Beatrice Hurley of
Minneapolis, a granddaughter of Mrs. Calvin Church, who came to this city in
1843, establishing a residence adjoining the Ames homestead, where the National
Hotel now stands. As one of the very early families of Minneapolis, the Church
family long figured prominently in the social activities of the city. Mr. and
Mrs. Confer are the parents of three children: Richard Noble, who is associated
with Confer Bros., Inc.; Miriam; and Jane. The family's town residence is at No.
1801 Girard avenue South, and their country home at Minnetonka beach.
Mr. Confer has been active in the local organization of the republican party and
in the Minneapolis Real Estate Board, of which he is now vice president. He
belongs to the Masonic order, to the college fraternity Phi Delta Theta and to
the Minneapolis, Minikahda and Lafayette clubs.
An enduring faith in the future of Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Northwest
Territory, together with a deliberate policy of energetic progressiveness every
day in the year, are responsible for the business successes of Mr. Confer and of
Confer Bros., Inc.