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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

         [pg 67]

         S. S. CONOVER is a native of the state of New York. In 1837, at
       the age of nineteen years, he went to Milwaukee, and was a resident
       of that city for thirty years. He was sheriff of Milwaukee County,
       during the years 1856 and 1857. In 1867 he came to Manistee and
       engaged in the manufacture of harness, saddles, etc. He manufactured
       the first harness and saddles made here. He continued in that busi-
       ness until the fire of 1871, when he was burned out, and did not
       afterwards resume business. MR. CONOVER was elected justice of the
       peace in 1868, and with the exception of two years has held the office
       ever since. Since 1872 he has been engaged chiefly in real estate and
       insurance business. During his residence in Milwaukee, MR. CONOVER
       figured prominently in an event that is memorable in Wisconsin his-
       tory. In 1854 he was under-sheriff of Milwaukee County, and in charge
       of the jail at the time the fugitive slave GLOVER was lodged there,
       and shortly afterwards taken by a crowd who attacked the jail, and
       got possession of the slave.
       
       Transcriber's Note: Newspaper articles from Wisconsin give his name
                           as SAMUEL S. CONOVER. He died 30 July, 1898 in
                           Milwaukee, WI., and was interred in Forest Home
                           Cemetery.

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