Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Conrad, John Meredith February 18, 1848 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

  JOHN MEREDITH CONRAD, son of Nathan and Martha (Lukens) 
Conrad, was born at the old homestead of the Conrad family 
in Whitpain township, February 18, 1848. He attended the 
public schools at Sandy Hill and the Ellis school on the 
DeKalb street road near Washington Square. He also was a 
student for some time at Treemount Seminary, then in charge 
of Professor John W. Loch, Norristown. He married, March 5, 
1874, Elma B., daughter of Lee and Mary S. (Wood) Garrigues, 
of Jarrettown, in Upper Dublin township, Montgomery county. 
Elma B. Garrigues was born March 1, 1850, and, after 
attending the public schools of the neighborhood, became a 
student at Millersville State Normal School, where she 
completed a course and returned to her home at Jarrettown.

  John M. Conrad and wife have had five children: Mary 
Garrigues; born November 20, 1875, unmarried, resides with 
her parents; Ellie Wood, born April 2, 1878, unmarried and 
resides with her parents; Lee Garrigues, born June 12, 1881, 
met an awful fate, losing his life at the burning of Park 
Hotel, New York city, February 22, 1902, whither he had gone 
with his relative, Henry C. Conrad, his charred remains 
being afterwards found and interred in Plymouth Friends' 
burying-ground; John Meredith, born February 12, 1889, 
resides at home and attends the Friends school at Plymouth 
Meeting: Ida Garrigues, born July 24, 1893, is a student at 
the same institution.

  Nathan and Martha Conrad had the following children: 
Edwin, born May 17, 1840, married, February 14, 1867, Annie 
Yerkes; Ellen M., born December 24, 1842, unmarried; 
Ellwood, born August 27, 1844, married Mattie S. Wood, March 
20, 1873, and (second wife) Hannah Edmunds, in 1879; Lukens 
B., born December 5, 1845, died September 26, 1852; John 
Meredith, born February 18, 1848, married Alma M. Garrigues, 
March 5, 1874; Rachel, born October 29, 1851, died September 
26, 1852; Nathan, born December 26, 1854, died unmarried.

  Nathan Conrad (father) was born March 11, 1808, on the old 
homestead now occupied by his son, John Meredith Conrad. He 
was the son of Henry and Anna (Osborn) Conrad. He married 
Martha Lukens Meredith.

  Henry Conrad (grandfather) was the son of John and Ann 
(Rogers) Conrad, and married, February 27, 1787, Ann Osborn. 
John Conrad (great-grandfather) was the son of Henry and 
Catharine (Streypers) Cunreds, and died in Norristown 
township in 1793.

  Lee Garrigues, father of Mrs. John M. Conrad, was the son 
of Benjamin and Ann (Lee) Garrigues, and was born August 1, 
1819, and married, February 13, 1845, Mary Wood, born June 
9, 1822, the daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Malone) Wood, 
and their children were: Anna Garrigues, born July 11, 1846, 
died July 11, 1847; Edward Garrigues, born December 29, 
1847, died in 1867; Elma B. Garrigues, born March 1, 1850, 
married Mr. Conrad; James Sanford Garrigues, born September 
9, 1855, married Ida F. Rittenhouse, they residing on 
Stanbridge street, Norristown.

  The Conrad family have always been attached to the 
religious belief of the Society of Friends and take an 
active interest in its affairs. Nathan Conrad (father) was 
an overseer and elder of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, of which 
John M. Conrad and his family are members, attending 
Plymouth Meeting. In politics John M. Conrad's forefathers 
were Federalists and Whigs. He is a Republican, but has 
never sought or held office. The homestead on which he and 
his family reside contains ninety-eight acres. He devotes 
his attention to general farming, combined with a dairy.

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