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ROBERT CONN, Jr., farmer, P. O. Russellville. Robert Conn, Sr., father of our subject, was born in Ireland in 1790, and emigrated to America about 1809; located in Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio. In 1814, during the war with Great Britain, he belonged to a battalion of Light Horse Infantry from Ohio and Kentucky, under command of Gen. McArthur. At the close of the war, he received an honorable discharge and returned home. In 1818, he married Catherine Creakbaum, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living. In 1818, he moved to Brown County and settled where Ripley is now located. He lived in this locality for the remainder of his life. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and died in the spring of 1877; his wife died in the summer of 1858. Robert Conn, Jr., subject of this sketch, was born December 27, 1824, in Ripley, Brown County; he received but a limited education. On September 11, 1856, he married Mahala Williamson, by whom he has seven children, five of whom are still living, viz., Samuel A., Harriet O., James A., Edward R., and Duella. He was one of the members of the firm of Conn, Wilson & Co., who in 1875, bought the Russellville Grist Mill, and ran thy same until 1879, when they dissolved. The mill was then run by a new firm, under the title of R. Conn & Co. This firm dissolved in January, 1882, and the mill is now run and managed by S. A. Conn, whose sketch appears in this work. Mr. Conn is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 465 acres of land; he resides in the western portion of Jefferson Township.