Son of John and Hannah "Beals" Conger. (John was born in 1803 at Arlington, Bennington County, Vt.), The husband of Emily (Bronson) Conger and father to Kenyon B., Arthur W. and Latham H. Conger. Col. Conger served in the Union Army of the Cumberland during the Civil War. Once discharged from the military at the end of the war, he returned to Akron, Ohio and farmed. Then in 1870 he became a director with Whitman & Miles Manufacturing Co.
When Whitman and Barnes began in 1877, Conger became president. He later became president of Akron Steam Forge Co. and of some various plate-glass companies in Indiana. Mr. Conger was also involved in several railroad companies. For a time, he was elected Summit County Treasurer. His wife, Emily would serve the post of Deputy County Treasurer under him. He died in 1899 after a series of strokes.
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THANKS TO: Zella for the following:

According to his obit in the Akron Daily Democrat, he died at Des Moines, IA, on 25 February 1899.
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THANKS TO Vickie Sneddon for the following:

According to Summit Memory's Akron Beacon Journal archives (http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/ABJarchives/id/2377) they had an infant son named Erastus Irving who died. This is how Irving Lawn Manor got it's name. I don't see his name nor this information listed.
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From a column dated May 25, 1985, by James S. Jackson, Former Akron Beacon Journal Newsman:

Arthur L. Conger. President of Akron Steam Forge Co. and Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing Co., makers of knives for mowers.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:

1868
A.L. Conger, county treasurer, home - near Bowery St.

1875
Arthur L. Conger, traveling salesman - Whitman & Miles Mfg. Co., home - ne Mill St., 2nd door west of College Ave.

1880
Arthur L. Conger, vice pres. - Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., home - 633 E. Mill St.

Also from the 1880 Directory:
Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., mower knives and reaper sickles, sections, spring keys, etc., office and works - corner of Middlebury St., and the Railroad.

1885
Arthur L. Conger, vice pres. - Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., pres. - Akron Steam Forge Co., home - Irving Lawn.

1890
A.L. Conger, pres. - Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., office - corner of E. Buchtel Ave., and the Railroad, home - Irving Lawn.

1895
Col. A.L. Conger, (Emily B.), pres. - Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., home - Irving Lawn.
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