Columbia-Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....Kreamer, Conrad 1824 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 30, 2005, 5:45 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Company CONRAD KREAMER, one of the representative farmers of Madison township, Columbia County, lives in a beautiful residence near Jerseytown, where he owns a large tract of 400 acres of land which embodies the fruits of many years of industrious toil. He is a son of Conrad and Catherine (Bowman) Kreamer, and was born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 28,1824. Conrad Kreamer, Sr., the father of our subject, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and was young when he came to America, locating in Philadelphia. There he followed the trade of a baker for several years, but finally moved to Columbia County, near White Hall, Montour County, where he purchased a farm of 130 acres and followed agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred while he was yet in the prime of life. In religious attachments he was a member of the Lutheran Church. He formed a matrimonial alliance with Catherine Bowman, who was also a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and they became the parents of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, as follows: Conrad: Catherine; John, deceased; Margaret, deceased; Charles; Joseph; William; Frederick; Christian, deceased; and Jacob. Conrad Kreamer, the subject of this biographical record and the first child born to his parents, received a limited school training, but is well-read and posted on the current topics of the day. He has always been engaged in tilling the soil, and during his younger days was also engaged in buying and selling lumber. In 1857 he embarked in the mercantile business in Jerseytown and also in the lumbering business, which he continued with marked success until 1893, a period of thirty-six years. He is a man of superior business propensities and untiring industry, and he has accumulated a handsome competency. In March, 1855, he moved to his present home, which lies in the outskirts of a beautiful valley near Jerseytown, and comprises 400 acres of fertile land suitably adapted to stock raising, of which Mr. Kreamer has always made a specialty. He is a man of intelligence and high ideas and occupies a prominent place in the estimation of his fellow-citizens. On January 28, 1855, our subject was united in matrimonial bonds to Mary Hendershot, a daughter of Edwin Hendershot, formerly of Jerseytown, Pa., but now a resident of Michigan, and this happy union has been blessed by the birth of the following children: Margaret Jane, deceased; William, a collector and clerk in Milton, Pa.; Ida, the wife of Charles Carey of Madison township, Columbia County; George Frederick, a clerk in a wholesale house at Naugatuck, Conn.; John Jacob, of Jerseytown, Pa.; Charles A., a farmer; Anna, the wife of E. F. Johnson of Harrisburg, Pa.; Evan H., who follows the occupation of a farmer; Florence B.; and Lewis. Mr. Kreamer was bereaved of his beloved wife's companionship by death, March 25, 1898, she being aged sixty-three years three months and eleven days. She was a loving wife, a kind mother and a true friend. Religiously she was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Kreamer is a firm Democrat and has served as poor director for several years, and formerly served as school director. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb