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John Nichols Conn, Sr. was born November 18, 1819 in Ireland. At 14 years old, in 1833, he was sent to leave his home by his father, William Conn, to Liverpool, England. It was time for John to move to America and he was already an apprenticed haberdasher at 14 years of age by Ireland's established occupational trade. At that particular time in history, dangerous rivalries ensued between the Londonderry (Protestants) and the Derry (Catholics). John recalled the story the day he left Londonderry. His story was passed to his son John N. Conn, Jr who passed this story to his grandson, John Conn McCreary: "Standing at night on the ship to leave home, I looked back across the water, just feeling helpless and horrified to see my homeland of Londonderry ablaze with fire... Many times in my life I wrote to my parents and their close friends to find anyone who knew what happened to my family, but I never heard from anyone since the day I sailed away." In 1834, John was one of the passengers who sailed on the Russell Baldwin from Liverpool and arrived at the New York port 20th of July 1834 and went through Castle Garden for his immigration process. Mr. Conn became acquainted with the Silvanus Morris family in 1838 and married one of the daughters, Miss Winifred Lavinia Morris on February 21, 1843 at the United Methodist Church in New York City, NY. Soon after their marriage, their first child was born and died a few days later in Newtown. Lavinia and John had 5 more children, all who were born in Astoria (Newtown), NY and were baptized in the Newtown Dutch Reformed church. This specific church is where many of his wife's family and cousins attended. Mr. Conn was a trained and skilled haberdasher trade and pursued ownership of a hat shop in Manhattan, NY. He soon established his US citizenship to own property. He sent for his citizenship papers and was naturalized on November 2, 1846 in the Marine Court of NYC. In 1848, he established a Hat Shop with a partner Mr. Frances Drake with the address of 133 Water Street, Manhattan Island and ferried to work from his residence in Newtown, Long Island 1840 - 1852. He was a Master Mason and also an active member of Tammany Hall. He moved his family in 1852, from the dangerous political upheaval in New York to establish his family in St. Louis, Missouri. His 5 children (John, Sidney, Jennie Lind (Jane), Lavina and Mary "Fannie" graduated from Central High School in St. Louis City. John Conn's hat shop was on Olive Street by the Mississippi River for many years. As a researcher, I found that Mr. Conn's hat shop was located around that vicinity. He moved his hatter's shop six times (six addresses) Newspaper articles were discovered regarding John Conn, Sr. as a well known, "famous" hatter in his day. By 1878, he closed his shop and moved to the village of Rush Tower countryside near Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri. His wife Lavinia had inherited this piece of property, years earlier from her brother, Hiram Morris. John and Lavinia hired William B. Grable, John's son-in-law, to design and build a 2 story home there for their family. His sons Sidney and John, Jr. worked the land and prepared for their their parents to move from St. Louis to that area. John, Sr. established the first Rush Tower school, a one room, all age school establishment. John, Sr. also established the first church, now named Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. death notice
Items of News
We just heard last week of the death of Mrs. John N. Conn, of Rush Tower, which occurred about a month ago.
Published in the Jefferson Democrat on Thursday, 5 March, 1908, Page 2c
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. was born November 18, 1819 in Ireland. At 14 years old, in 1833, he was sent to leave his home by his father, William Conn, to Liverpool, England. It was time for John to move to America and he was already an apprenticed haberdasher at 14 years of age by Ireland's established occupational trade. At that particular time in history, dangerous rivalries ensued between the Londonderry (Protestants) and the Derry (Catholics). John recalled the story the day he left Londonderry. His story was passed to his son John N. Conn, Jr who passed this story to his grandson, John Conn McCreary: "Standing at night on the ship to leave home, I looked back across the water, just feeling helpless and horrified to see my homeland of Londonderry ablaze with fire... Many times in my life I wrote to my parents and their close friends to find anyone who knew what happened to my family, but I never heard from anyone since the day I sailed away." In 1834, John was one of the passengers who sailed on the Russell Baldwin from Liverpool and arrived at the New York port 20th of July 1834 and went through Castle Garden for his immigration process. Mr. Conn became acquainted with the Silvanus Morris family in 1838 and married one of the daughters, Miss Winifred Lavinia Morris on February 21, 1843 at the United Methodist Church in New York City, NY. Soon after their marriage, their first child was born and died a few days later in Newtown. Lavinia and John had 5 more children, all who were born in Astoria (Newtown), NY and were baptized in the Newtown Dutch Reformed church. This specific church is where many of his wife's family and cousins attended. Mr. Conn was a trained and skilled haberdasher trade and pursued ownership of a hat shop in Manhattan, NY. He soon established his US citizenship to own property. He sent for his citizenship papers and was naturalized on November 2, 1846 in the Marine Court of NYC. In 1848, he established a Hat Shop with a partner Mr. Frances Drake with the address of 133 Water Street, Manhattan Island and ferried to work from his residence in Newtown, Long Island 1840 - 1852. He was a Master Mason and also an active member of Tammany Hall. He moved his family in 1852, from the dangerous political upheaval in New York to establish his family in St. Louis, Missouri. His 5 children (John, Sidney, Jennie Lind (Jane), Lavina and Mary "Fannie" graduated from Central High School in St. Louis City. John Conn's hat shop was on Olive Street by the Mississippi River for many years. As a researcher, I found that Mr. Conn's hat shop was located around that vicinity. He moved his hatter's shop six times (six addresses) Newspaper articles were discovered regarding John Conn, Sr. as a well known, "famous" hatter in his day. By 1878, he closed his shop and moved to the village of Rush Tower countryside near Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri. His wife Lavinia had inherited this piece of property, years earlier from her brother, Hiram Morris. John and Lavinia hired William B. Grable, John's son-in-law, to design and build a 2 story home there for their family. His sons Sidney and John, Jr. worked the land and prepared for their their parents to move from St. Louis to that area. John, Sr. established the first Rush Tower school, a one room, all age school establishment. John, Sr. also established the first church, now named Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. death notice
Items of News
We just heard last week of the death of Mrs. John N. Conn, of Rush Tower, which occurred about a month ago.
Published in the Jefferson Democrat on Thursday, 5 March, 1908, Page 2c
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No Tombstone
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. was born November 18, 1819 in Ireland. At 14 years old, in 1833, he was sent to leave his home by his father, William Conn, to Liverpool, England. It was time for John to move to America and he was already an apprenticed haberdasher at 14 years of age by Ireland's established occupational trade. At that particular time in history, dangerous rivalries ensued between the Londonderry (Protestants) and the Derry (Catholics). John recalled the story the day he left Londonderry. His story was passed to his son John N. Conn, Jr who passed this story to his grandson, John Conn McCreary: "Standing at night on the ship to leave home, I looked back across the water, just feeling helpless and horrified to see my homeland of Londonderry ablaze with fire... Many times in my life I wrote to my parents and their close friends to find anyone who knew what happened to my family, but I never heard from anyone since the day I sailed away." In 1834, John was one of the passengers who sailed on the Russell Baldwin from Liverpool and arrived at the New York port 20th of July 1834 and went through Castle Garden for his immigration process. Mr. Conn became acquainted with the Silvanus Morris family in 1838 and married one of the daughters, Miss Winifred Lavinia Morris on February 21, 1843 at the United Methodist Church in New York City, NY. Soon after their marriage, their first child was born and died a few days later in Newtown. Lavinia and John had 5 more children, all who were born in Astoria (Newtown), NY and were baptized in the Newtown Dutch Reformed church. This specific church is where many of his wife's family and cousins attended. Mr. Conn was a trained and skilled haberdasher trade and pursued ownership of a hat shop in Manhattan, NY. He soon established his US citizenship to own property. He sent for his citizenship papers and was naturalized on November 2, 1846 in the Marine Court of NYC. In 1848, he established a Hat Shop with a partner Mr. Frances Drake with the address of 133 Water Street, Manhattan Island and ferried to work from his residence in Newtown, Long Island 1840 - 1852. He was a Master Mason and also an active member of Tammany Hall. He moved his family in 1852, from the dangerous political upheaval in New York to establish his family in St. Louis, Missouri. His 5 children (John, Sidney, Jennie Lind (Jane), Lavina and Mary "Fannie" graduated from Central High School in St. Louis City. John Conn's hat shop was on Olive Street by the Mississippi River for many years. As a researcher, I found that Mr. Conn's hat shop was located around that vicinity. He moved his hatter's shop six times (six addresses) Newspaper articles were discovered regarding John Conn, Sr. as a well known, "famous" hatter in his day. By 1878, he closed his shop and moved to the village of Rush Tower countryside near Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri. His wife Lavinia had inherited this piece of property, years earlier from her brother, Hiram Morris. John and Lavinia hired William B. Grable, John's son-in-law, to design and build a 2 story home there for their family. His sons Sidney and John, Jr. worked the land and prepared for their their parents to move from St. Louis to that area. John, Sr. established the first Rush Tower school, a one room, all age school establishment. John, Sr. also established the first church, now named Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. death notice
Items of News
We just heard last week of the death of Mrs. John N. Conn, of Rush Tower, which occurred about a month ago.
Published in the Jefferson Democrat on Thursday, 5 March, 1908, Page 2c
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. was born November 18, 1819 in Ireland. At 14 years old, in 1833, he was sent to leave his home by his father, William Conn, to Liverpool, England. It was time for John to move to America and he was already an apprenticed haberdasher at 14 years of age by Ireland's established occupational trade. At that particular time in history, dangerous rivalries ensued between the Londonderry (Protestants) and the Derry (Catholics). John recalled the story the day he left Londonderry. His story was passed to his son John N. Conn, Jr who passed this story to his grandson, John Conn McCreary: "Standing at night on the ship to leave home, I looked back across the water, just feeling helpless and horrified to see my homeland of Londonderry ablaze with fire... Many times in my life I wrote to my parents and their close friends to find anyone who knew what happened to my family, but I never heard from anyone since the day I sailed away." In 1834, John was one of the passengers who sailed on the Russell Baldwin from Liverpool and arrived at the New York port 20th of July 1834 and went through Castle Garden for his immigration process. Mr. Conn became acquainted with the Silvanus Morris family in 1838 and married one of the daughters, Miss Winifred Lavinia Morris on February 21, 1843 at the United Methodist Church in New York City, NY. Soon after their marriage, their first child was born and died a few days later in Newtown. Lavinia and John had 5 more children, all who were born in Astoria (Newtown), NY and were baptized in the Newtown Dutch Reformed church. This specific church is where many of his wife's family and cousins attended. Mr. Conn was a trained and skilled haberdasher trade and pursued ownership of a hat shop in Manhattan, NY. He soon established his US citizenship to own property. He sent for his citizenship papers and was naturalized on November 2, 1846 in the Marine Court of NYC. In 1848, he established a Hat Shop with a partner Mr. Frances Drake with the address of 133 Water Street, Manhattan Island and ferried to work from his residence in Newtown, Long Island 1840 - 1852. He was a Master Mason and also an active member of Tammany Hall. He moved his family in 1852, from the dangerous political upheaval in New York to establish his family in St. Louis, Missouri. His 5 children (John, Sidney, Jennie Lind (Jane), Lavina and Mary "Fannie" graduated from Central High School in St. Louis City. John Conn's hat shop was on Olive Street by the Mississippi River for many years. As a researcher, I found that Mr. Conn's hat shop was located around that vicinity. He moved his hatter's shop six times (six addresses) Newspaper articles were discovered regarding John Conn, Sr. as a well known, "famous" hatter in his day. By 1878, he closed his shop and moved to the village of Rush Tower countryside near Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri. His wife Lavinia had inherited this piece of property, years earlier from her brother, Hiram Morris. John and Lavinia hired William B. Grable, John's son-in-law, to design and build a 2 story home there for their family. His sons Sidney and John, Jr. worked the land and prepared for their their parents to move from St. Louis to that area. John, Sr. established the first Rush Tower school, a one room, all age school establishment. John, Sr. also established the first church, now named Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
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John Nichols Conn, Sr. death notice
Items of News
We just heard last week of the death of Mrs. John N. Conn, of Rush Tower, which occurred about a month ago.
Published in the Jefferson Democrat on Thursday, 5 March, 1908, Page 2c
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