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Jerome Amour Confer

Født 31 Aug 1840 Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Død 10 Sep 1929
Vielse 20 Sep 1860
Begravelse Advent Cemetary, Milesburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Fødsel 31 Aug 1840 Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Død 10 Sep 1929
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Jerome A. Confer is engaged in general farming on the Marsh Creek road, in Boggs township, Centre county, and is one of that honorable class of self-made men who owe their success in life to their own efforts. His energy, perseverance and capable management have been the essential factors in his prosperity, and the record of his career furnishes an example which might profitable be followed by many others.

A native of Centre county, he was born August 31, 1840, a son of Richard and Margaret T. (Packer) Confer, who were also natives of Centre county. They had four sons, namely: Jason who is living in Jefferson county; William, of Potter county, this State; Jerome A.; and John, of Centre county.

No event of special importance marked the boyhood days of Jerome A. Confer, who remained with his mother until twenty years of age, when he was married and began working in the lumber woods. He was thus employed until 1875, when he turned his attention to farming and located at his present home. For a year he rented and then purchased his farm, which comprises 184 acres of good land, the greater part of it being under a high state of cultivation and yielding to the owner a golden tribute in return for the care and cultivation he bestows upon it. In the midst of the well-tilled fields stands a handsome residence, while good barns and outbuildings have been provided for the care of grain and stock.

On September 20, 1860, Mr. Confer was united in marriage with Margaret Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Boggs township, on May 5, 1844, a daughter of James and Rachel (Heaton) Walker, also natives of Centre county.

Mr. and Mrs. Confer have a family of twelve children: Rachel M., born February 10, 1862, is the wife of Irvin Butler, of Boggs township; Susan M., born May 9, 1863, is now deceased; Mary E., born August 8, 1865, is the wife of Wilson Heaton, of Milesburg; Anna, born May 22, 1867, died in infancy; Richard S., born August 19, 1868, is living in Milesburg, Penn.; James E., of Milesburg, was born September 5, 1870; Alma, born May 22, 1873, is deceased; Lydia M., born May 5, 1874, is also deceased; Clara M., born June 20, 1876, has also passed away; Nelson A. was born April 20, 1878; Ethel E. was born August 12, 1880; Gertrude E. was born May 20, 1885; and Fannie M. was born August 28, 1887.

Mr. Confer is a man of great energy, of strong determination and resolute purpose, and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. All that he possesses he has secured through his own efforts, and his prosperity is certainly well merited.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898)