BIO:  George Conn, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Spring Garden Township, Pg 187

DR. George CONN, seventh of eleven children, of Henry and Mary (Shrum) Conn, was born August 
25, 1819, in Manchester Township.  He was reared on a farm and educated in Spring Garden 
Township.  November 8, 1849, Dr. Conn married Maria Shepp, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
(Slagle) Shepp, of Manchester Township.  Three children blessed this union:  Annie Mary, wife 
of John Sipe; Susanna, wife of Albert J. Bower, and Alexander (deceased).  When our subject was 
twenty-eight years of age he began the successful treatment of cancer; his success in the 
treatment of this loathsome disease was so marked and exceptional that he made it his life 
work.  Many persons in York and adjoining counties in the enjoyment of health to-day can 
testify to Dr. Conn’s success in their cases after having failed to get relief from eminent 
physicians in the large cities.  Dr. Conn resides in the village of Pleasurville, about three 
miles from York, in Spring Garden Township.  His postoffice address is Box 509, York, Penn.