Conger, John

From Lane Co Oregon

John Conger (1855-1921) was five years old when his father was killed. His mother never remarried, so he lived and worked on the family farm until he was almost thirty. In 1882, he bought 340 acres west of Eugene, in the vicinity of Conger Street today. He soon married, and with his wife, Sarah E. Conger, set about the business of farming and raising a family. When Conger died, his son, Chester, stayed on with his own mother, as his father had before him. Both John and Sarah Conger are entombed in the Hope Abbey Mausoleum.