#4Of5 And This Was A Professional Painting And Old Early 1800s Photo That Was Painted At The Very Same Time Period As The William Conner Painting Of My Direct Lineage 7th Grandmother Elizabeth Chapman Who William Took As His 2nd Wife After His First Wife Mekinges Who Was A Princess Daughter Of The Delaware Indian Chief William Anderson Had Been Forced With All Of Williams Half Breed Children To Move West Of The Mississippi River In The Early 1800s Due To United States Laws That Required Such Drastic Actions Upon All The Native Americans In This Beloved Country Of Ours Placing Them All On Unwanted Reservations Not By Choice! =(
William And Elizabeth Were Married On 30 Nov. 1820!

#3Of5 And This Is An Old Early 1800's Professional Painting And Photo Of The Then Statesman William Conner In His Older Years Found In The Indiana Historical Society Book 'Sons Of The Wilderness' By The Well Known Indiana Historian Charles N. Thompson In 1937 Which Tells The Full Rich Conner Family Heritage Story From Beginning To Ending Of The Young German Bred Margaret Boyer And Of Her Handsome Knight In Shining Armor The Young Fur Trader Richard Conner! And The Richard Conner Mentioned In This Particular Story Would Be My 8th Generation Grand Father And William Conner Would Be My 7th Generation Grand Father Directly From Me As My Grand Mother On My Fathers Side Of The Family Helen Marguerite Conner Gabriel Is A Direct Descendant Of William And Richard Conner As She Was Born And Bred In Indiana As Well! =)
William Conner Was Born 10 Dec. 1777 Right In The Heart Of The Revolutionary War In Ohio In Lichtenau Coshocton County Ohio, And His Younger Brother Henry Conner Was Born On 07 Oct 1780 In New Schoenbrunn Ohio And His Youngest Sibling And Baby Sister Susanna Conner Was Born 16 Dec. 1783 In New Gnadenhutten In Macomb County Michigan In The Same County That Her Father Richard Conner Was Placed To Rest After He Had Passed On 22 April 1807 And Where Her Mother Margaret Boyer Conner Had Also Passed On 09 June 1813!

#1Of5 This Is An Artists Rendition Of John Conner The Indiana Famous Second Born Son Of German Descent Mother Margaret Boyer And Irish Descent Son Of The Revolution Father Richard Conner As He Was Born 27 Aug. 1775 In Schoenbrunn Tuscarawas County Ohio After His Oldest Brother James Conner Was Born 17 Sept.1771 In Connerstown Pickanay County Ohio! When Margaret Was A Very Young Girl With Her Older Brother And Younger Sister At Ft. Lehi Gap In Buck County Pennsylvania Pre Revolutionary War During The French Indian War Her Homestead Was Attacked By The Shawnee Indians Who Killed And Scalped Her Father John Jacob Boyer Along The Banks Of The River There And Was Taken Captive With Her Younger Sister Amongst The Shawnee Indian Tribes Of Pennsylvania And Ohio And Richard Conner Was At The Time A Privileged Fur Trader Who Was Traveling In That Ohio Country Trading Amongst The Shawnee When He Fell In Love With The Young And Very Beautiful Margaret Boyer And Traded The Indians Several Ponies Along With The Indian Tradition Agreement That They Had To Stay With The Tribe Until Their First Born Child Was Born To Be Given Also In Exchange For His Bride To Be, So They Reluctantly Left James With The Shawnee For A Spell Until He Was Retrieved And Margaret Was Released From Her Captivity As Well According To Colonial Laws Handed Down In Their Favor At The Time! =)

#5Of5 And This Is The Monumental Grave Stone Of My Ancestor William Conner Who Died 28 Aug. 1855 In Indiana!

#2Of5 This Is The Famous Indiana Historical Society Grave Stone Of John Conner In Connersville Indiana And Having Moved In With And Living With The German Extracted Moravian Missionaries At The Time Who Were Mainly Converting And Housing Indian Christian Converts First In Schoenbrunn Ohio Meaning 'Beautiful Spring' In German And Then In Lichtenau Meaning 'Meadow Of Light' In Coshocton County Ohio Under The Famous Humble Reverend David Zeisbergers Careful Fearful Very Watchful Eye And Hand During A Very Dangerous Time For Whites And Indians To Be Converging Together Under One Roof Of Learning As Tragedy Had Just Struck His Most Recent Indian Converts In Gnadenhutten Ohio When 90 Some Delaware Indians Converts Were Massacred By Uninspired White Settlers There And In Learning Several Indian Dialects Like The Shawnee And The Wyandot And The Delaware Which Was In Three Separate And Distinct Parts And The Chipewa And Others As Well As German From Their Young Once Captive Mother Margaret As Well As Proper English From Their Fur Trader Father Richard, John And His Brothers James And William And Henry And Youngest Sister Susanna Learned How To Speak Many Languages Very Quickly And Most Effectively And As A Result Of This Learning Curb All In Their Favor As Well As Taking On Their Fathers Very Lucrative Fur Trading Business Ventures John And William Set Up A Fur Trading Business From Connersville Indiana Where John Had Lived To Noblesville And Specifically Conners Prarie Where William Had Lived Along The Banks Of The Rivers There With The Delaware Indians Whom They Had Grew To Love And Admire And Traded Amongst Both The Indians And White Settlers There And Were Also Hired For Their Very Precious Indian Dialect Language Services Which Were Acquired By None Other Than The Governor Of The State Of Indiana Which Was General William Henry Harrison (The Future Short Lived President Of The United States) To Help In The Ratifying Of Many Fragile Delicate Indian Treaties During The War Of 1812 At The Time And Secured Them Very Influential Roles In Setting Up Indiana As Both John And Brother William Sat On A Nine Man Commission Naming Indianapolis To Be The State Of Indiana's Capital At The Time And Both John And William Later Were Either State Representatives Or Senators For The State Of Indiana And Lived Very Fulfilling Lives And They Had Both First Married Indian Wives Of The Delaware Indian Tribe Under Chief William Anderson But After United States Law Forced Their Half Breed Families To Go West Of The Mississippi To Be Placed On Reservations Early In The 1800s They Married Very Important Influential White Women For Their Second Wives!

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