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ELIAS G. CONGER was born on a farm in Colfax County, Nebraska on October 5, 1893. Shortly afterward, his parents moved to a farm near Neligh, Nebraska, where he grew up.  In 1917 he assisted in organizing the old Company I, 6th Nebraska National Guard in Neligh and later served in France in World War I.  After his discharge in 1919, he set up farming near Neligh.  He discontinued farming in 1937 to serve on the Antelope County Board of Supervisors and then as Farm Loan Supervisor for the Federal Government, which brought him to the Pender area.  In 1917 he married Olive Napier, who passed away in 1980.  They had one son, Philip, also deceased, and had one granddaughter and one great granddaughter.  He retired from the insurance and real estate business.  He served as Clerk of the District Court of Thurston County from 1947 to 1973 when he retired at the age of 81 as the oldest Clerk of Court in Nebraska.  He served one term as President of the Pender Chamber of Commerce and one term as Pender Probate Judge.  He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and an active member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.  Elias passed away on September 9, 1990 and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Pender, Nebraska.

Source Unknown: Originally submitted for this website in June 2007