Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Anoka County And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton In Hennepin County, Minnesota by Albert M. Goodrich pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis page 200-201 OLIVER CONFORTH was born in Waterville, Kennebec Co., Maine, Sept. 12, 1820. When gold was discovered in Cali- fornia in 1849 he went there as a miner. In 1855 he came to Minnesota and in 1884 to Champlin, where he worked at lumbering. He was married in 1841 to HANNAH CORSON. Children: JAMES A., CLARENCE (deceased), GRACE (Mrs. W. H. GAY), IDA (Mrs. W. H. MIARS). ============================================================================