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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles Gerard CONN
(1844-1931)
CONN, Charles Gerard, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y.,
January 29, 1844; moved with his parents to Elkhart, Ind., in 1851;
attended the common schools; enlisted in the Union Army May 18,
1861, and served as a private in the band of Company B, Fifteenth
Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; discharged September 10,
1862; reenlisted in Company G, First Michigan Sharpshooters,
November 18, 1862; was wounded and taken prisoner, being released
from Columbia (S.C.) prison camp at the close of hostilities;
engaged in the grocery and bakery business and, in 1877, in the
manufacture of band instruments at Elkhart, Ind.; mayor of Elkhart
1880-1883; member of the State house of representatives in 1889;
established the Elkhart Daily Truth in 1890; was owner of the
Washington (D.C.) Times during part of his congressional term;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4,
1893-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894;
resumed the manufacture of band instruments at Elkhart, Ind.; in
1916 retired and moved to Los Angeles, Calif., where he died on
January 5, 1931; interment in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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