BIO:  Daniel CONRAD, 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, Chanceford Township, Pg 89

DANIEL CONRAD is a native of Lancaster County, Penn., born in 1828, and is a son of Daniel and 
Mary (Erisman) Conrad.  His grandfather, Daniel Conrad, was a native of Lancaster County, Penn., 
and a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  He had three sons and four daughters.  At the age of 
eighteen years our subject was apprenticed to the wheelwright’s trade, and after serving three 
years began business for himself at New Danville, Lancaster Co., Penn., where he remained until 
1860.  He then removed to Chanceford Township, York County, and purchased a farm, and is now 
engaged in farming and keeping hotel.  Mr. Conrad was married in 1855, to Miss Martha Zercher, 
of Lancaster County.  They have four children:  Elvina, Benjamin F., Daniel W. and Henry.  Mr. 
Conrad is a member of the German Reformed Church.