MARTIN CONLAN - Biography

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This biography appears on page 665 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

MARTIN CONLAN, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Raymond; was born in Ireland, in
1807; came to America in 1834, and located near Utica, N. Y.; removed to
Wisconsin, in 1837, and located in Milwaukee County; from there he went
to Illinois, remained for a time, and returned to Greenfield, Milwaukee
County; resided there for fourteen years, and then removed to Racine
County, where he has resided ever since. In 1837, he married Miss Mary
Crane, a native of Ireland; they have seven children. Members of the
Catholic Church. Owns 174 acres of land in Sections 3 and 4. Mr. Conlan
was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Milwaukee County, and held
various other offices while there. In Raymond he has been Town Assessor
for the last twelve years.