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- Nickname: Cappy
1830 census, Augusta, pg 182, 0000 1 - 0001 (or s/o Peter?)
1840
1850 census, Highland, Grant Co, Wisconsin, Christian Cunrad50, farmer, (PA),
Elizabeth 38 (PA), Mary E 18 (PA), Geo N 16, David 14, Elizabeth 12, Sarah J 10,
Electa A 6 (MI), Jacob 4 (IL), Newton 1
1860 census, Coffin's Grove, Delware Co, IA, Christian Conrod 68, farmer, (PA)
Elizabeth 45, Mary E 26 (PA), George 24, David 22, Charlotte 21, Jane 19 (PA)
Electa 16 (MI), Peter 13 (IL), Newton 12, Isabell 7, John 5 (IA), Christeen 1 (IA)
$400
1870 census, Coffin's Grove, Delaware Co, IA, Christian Coonrad 80, farmer,
born in PA, Elizabeth 56 (PA), Christina 11 (IA), John O 15 (IA) $1000/357
1880 census, Coffin's Grove, Delaware Co, IA, Christian Coonrad 94, farmer,
bornGermany, Elizabot 67 (PA), Christine 19 (IA) (daughter)
(by Nuton Coonrad 30).
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http://www.iowaoldpress.com/IA/Polk/1885/NOV.html
Christian Conrad, 104 years, Coffin's Grove, Delaware county
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Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Delaware & Buchanan, IA, Vol II,
1890:
Christian Coonrod, a farmer, residing in Coffin's Grove township, about
six miles northwest of Manchester, is certainly the oldest man in Delaware
county, andprobably the oldest man in northeast Iowa. He says that he was
born September 22, 1780. He would, therefore, at this writing (September,
1890) be 110 years old. There are no means at hand for verifying the dates,
the fact as to thetime of his birth resting upon his memory, unsupported by
any corroborative evidence. Still, if we grant Mr. Coonrod the same privileg
in reference to testifying for himself as to his age that we grant other men,
and take his statement in reference to that fact as we take the statements of
other men, the dateabove given must stand in the record as the time when he
made his appearance in this world. He was born in Cumberland county, PA, and
comes of ancestry which, according to his statement, was remarkable for its
longevity. His father, Jacob Coonrod, lived to be only 55, but his
grandfather Coonrod reached the great age of 106; his grandmother Coonrod was
something over 100, while his mother died at 102 and his maternal grandfather
at 97. He is of German & Frenchextraction, his father having been a native
of Germany & his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Steinbrook, a native
of France. Christian Coonrod wasreared in Cumberland county, PA. He served
in the War of 1812, taking part in the assault on Queenstown heights & the
battle of Fort Erie, witnessing Perry's great victory on the lake, & concluded
his military career at Sackett's harbor, where he was discharged at the end of
the war. He remembers events connected with the war quite well, but he can
not fix dates. This, and the fact that he lost his discharge papers years
ago, has prevented his getting a pension for his military services at that
time.
Returning to Pennsylvania at the close of the War of 1812, Mr. Coonrod
took up farming, & followed it until the Erie canal was opened to traffic,
when he sought & secured employment on that, running a line boat for several
years between the chief commercial points on that water-way. He had
previously operated a small boat on the Schuylkill river, when Philadelphia
was a place of only a few thousand, Reading, a small country town, &
Pittsburgh consisted of two stores & a boarding-house.
Tim's notes:
it certainly seems like Christian belongs in this family, considering hisparents being
Jacob Conrad and Catharine Steinbrook. The ages seem exaggerated, including
his own. Growing up in Cumberland Co could be possible since Christian was
orphaned at a young age. Or it refers to Northumberland.
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http://iagenweb.org/delaware/bios/misc/Coonrod_Christian.htm
Biography Souven
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Abt 1808 - 1896 (~ 88 years)