Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Peter CONRAD, manufacturer and shipper of butter and cheese, Peotone; born in Odenbach 
Rheinphalz, Bavaria, Germany, May 29, 1825, where he lived until 32 years of age, when 
he learned and worked at the trade of shoemaking until he emigrated to America, where he 
arrived May 29, 1857, landing in New York; coining directly West, he located in Elmhurst, 
Du Page Co., living there two years and worked at his trade, from there he went to Proviso, 
Cook Co., where be lived seven years and followed shoemaking; he then came to Greengarden 
Twp., Will Co., and settled upon a farm for one year, when he removed to his present place 
in 1866, and again followed shoemaking for a period of five years, since which time he 
has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married in Germany June 11, 1849, to 
Katharina GROSS, who was born in the Earldom of Hesse-Homburg; they are the parents of 
seven children now living - Peter H., Katarina, Dora, Maggie, Elizabeth, Bertha and Clara. 
Mr. CONRAD has held the office of Police Constable, and is now serving his third term as 
School Treasurer of Peotone Township.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.