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Washington Pioneer Samuel Conner’s Long City Life
Samuel Conner arrived in Washington on November 17 1844 at age twenty. He helped build the first church in town the Seceder church and worked on many early structures including the 1845 church and college building. He later helped seat churches and served as city assessor from 1892 to 1904 while witnessing Washington grow from a farm town with thirty seven houses to a developing city.
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Samuel Conner
Washingon
Washington
Conner
H. A. Burrell
Oconner
A. Hi. Patterson
Carson Anderson
Memorial
Seceder
Frank Brindley
George Vincent
Wm. McCauley
Copner
McCauley
van Buren County
Samuel Kinney
John Daugherty
Norman Everson
Capt
Court House
George Ross
Washington House
Iowa House
Crail
Cook & Sherman’s
John Malin
Samuel Gardner
East Washington Street
Gospel Ridge
East Main Street
Washington City