Conrad MERDIAN, a native son of Marshall county, holds a good
position among the agriculturists of Henry township, where he is
engaged in general farming, and from which he derives annually a
comfortable income. His birth occurred June 29, 1854, and he
remained under the parental roof until after attaining his
majority.
On the 23d of October, 1877, Mr. MERDIAN led to the marriage
altar Miss Atillia ROTH, who was born in Ontario, Canada, and
came to Illinois at the age of seventeen with her parents,
Joseph and Mary (FRIESE) ROTH, who settled in Putnam county,
where they both died, the father, November 15, 1895, at the age
of seventy-three years, and the mother about two years
previously. After his marriage our subject rented a part of the
old home farm, which he operated until 1882, when he removed to
his present tract of one hundred and thirty acres of rich and
fertile land. This farm his father had purchased the year
previous of Peter MATTERN, and in the settlement of the estate
it fell to our subject.
Eight children have been born to Mr. MERDIAN and his excellent
wife – Andrew, Anna Atillia, Joseph, Julia Ella, Mary Eva, Adam
Henry, Paulina Maggie and Laura, all at home. The family is one
of prominence in the community and its members belong to the
German Catholic church. He uses his right of franchise in
support of the democracy, and has served his fellow-citizens as
school director. He is pursuing the even tenor of his way as an
honest man and good citizen, and has the esteem of all with whom
he comes in contact.
Extracted April 2011 by Norma Hass from The Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois, 1896.
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