Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....Weisbrod, Conrad 1819 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  CONRAD WEISBROD was for many years prominently connected with the agricultural
  interests of Sullivan county, but is now living retired in the enjoyment of a
  well-earned rest, his industry, enterprise and perseverance having brought to
  him a comfortable competence. He is one of the worthy sons of the Keystone state
  that the Fatherland has furnished to America. He was born in Cohessa, Germany,
  on the 1st of June, 1819, and is a son of Henry and Lena (Item) Weisbrod, who
  were also natives of Germany, where the father spent his entire life, devoting
  his energies to agricultural pursuits.  His wife died on the farm which is now
  the property of our subject, September 11, 1865, at the age of forty-four years,
  and her remains were interred in Germany cemetery, of Dushore, Pennsylvania. She
  was a daughter of John and Catherine (Snyder) Item, who were farming people of
  Germany, where their entire lives were passed. To Henry and Lena Weisbrod were
  born six children, namely: John, who remained in Germany; Lewis, who came to the
  United States; Gitterof and Kate, who never left their native land; Elizabeth,
  wife of John Kile, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Conrad, of this sketch.
  
      The last named acquired his education in his native land, and there learned
  the weaver's trade which he followed until his emigration to America. He was
  also a member of the German army for five years. Hearing of the advantages
  afforded young men in the New World, he resolved to try his fortune beyond the
  Atlantic, and in 1843 became a resident of Sullivan county. For a year he
  rented, of Philip Miller, a farm in Cherry township, and then purchased the farm
  which is now owned by his son, Edward J., and upon which he has resided
  continuously since. The tract contains sixty acres, and for the same he paid
  Ward & Mason, land agents, two dollars per acre. It was then an unbroken
  wilderness, but he soon made a clearing, built a log cabin, and continued the
  work of development and cultivation until the place was transformed into rich
  and productive fields. After a time the cabin home was replaced by a more modern
  residence, and other important improvements were made, which add to the value
  and attractive appearance of the place.
  
      On the 17th of July, 1847, Mr. Weisbrod was married, in Germany, to Miss
  Elizabeth Snyder, a daughter of John and Catharine Snyder, who spent their
  entire lives in the Fatherland. Ten children have been born of this union:
  Margaret, who is now deceased; Edward J.; Catherine E., wife of Charles
  Whitebred, of Dushore, Pennsylvania; John, who married Anna Sick and carries on
  agricultural pursuits in Forks township, on a farm adjoining our subject's;
  Anna, wife of Joseph Litzelswope, a farmer of Cherry township; Elizabeth, who
  died at the age of eleven years; and four who died in infancy.
  
      Conrad Weisbrod is a consistent member of the Lutheran church, and in his
  political views is a Republican, keeping well informed on the issues of the day.
  Thrift and enterprise have crowned his efforts with a fair degree of success,
  and he is now numbered among the substantial as well as highly-respected
  citizens of the community.
  
  
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  Extracted from: 
                
              History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                        by Thomas J. Ingham
                
                             Compendium of Biography
                
              The Lewis Publishing Company
    Chicago: 1899
  
  
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