Cora M. (Nicholson) Conover ~ daughter of Alexander & Margaret (Park) Nicholson
NORTHWESTERN
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
C. E. CONOVER
Clifton E. Conover, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Ida county, Iowa, is
a worthy native son of that county. He was born on the 2d of October, 1881,
his parents being Cornelius B. and Samantha A. (Rogers) Conover, to whom
extended reference is made on another page of this publication. He attended the
country schools in the acquirement of an education and following his
graduation took up farming pursuits, to which he has devoted his attention
continuously to the present time. Mr. Conover first purchased one hindred and
thirty-six acres of land in association with his brother, Clark Henry Conover, and
in the year 1920 bought an additional tract of one hundred and thirty-six
acres. Golden harvests annually reward his well directed labors, for he utilizes
the most scientific methods of farming and is at all times industrious and
diligent. He keeps a herd of thirty pure bred Hereford cows (not registered)
from which he raises every year a load of calves, which he feeds as baby
beeves. He also feeds two or three loads of other cattle for the market yearly,
and he is meeting with splendid success as a stockman.
In early manhood Mr. Conover was married to Miss Cora M. Nicholson, daughter
of Alexander and Margaret (Park) Nicholson. A biography of her father,
Alexander Nicholson, may be found in another part of this work. To Mr. and Mrs.
Conover have been born six children, namely: Alexander Burdette, whose birth
occurred August 24, 1909; Cathleen Beryl, whose natal day was March 18,
1912; Cornelius Bourghs, who died in infancy; Sarah Maybell, born May 18, 1917; Jean Elizabeth, born December 19, 1922; and Thomas Wayne, who was born on the 15th of March, 1924.
Mr. Conover gives his political support to the republican party and is now
serving acceptably as chairman of Logan township. In religious faith he is a
Presbyterian. He enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance in the
community which has always been his home and in the development of which he has taken an active and helpful part.
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Deborah
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*Cornelius Bourghs, may have been Cornelius Burroughs after his grandmother or great-grandmother. Do not know this to be a true fact.