. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. en minutes walk from the seven-hun-dred-year-old church of his ancestors, whenmilitary orders made it necessary for him toabandon the idea of reaching the Mecca ofhis pilgrimage. John Conrad, father of W. X. Conrad, wasborn in Seibertshausen, Hessen-Cassel. Ger-many, Feb. 18. 1832, and came to Americawith his parents in early childhood, growingup in Indiana county. He read law with W. Taylor, of Indiana, Pa., and I. , of Johnstown, Pa., was duly examined,and was admitted to the bar at Ebensburg,Cambria Co., Pa
. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. en minutes walk from the seven-hun-dred-year-old church of his ancestors, whenmilitary orders made it necessary for him toabandon the idea of reaching the Mecca ofhis pilgrimage. John Conrad, father of W. X. Conrad, wasborn in Seibertshausen, Hessen-Cassel. Ger-many, Feb. 18. 1832, and came to Americawith his parents in early childhood, growingup in Indiana county. He read law with W. Taylor, of Indiana, Pa., and I. , of Johnstown, Pa., was duly examined,and was admitted to the bar at Ebensburg,Cambria Co., Pa., March 8. 1855, being sub-sequently granted the right to practice in In-diana and other counties in western Pennsyl-vania. In the summer of 1857 he removed toMarienville, Forest Co., Pa., where he was thepioneer lawyer, and became the first districtattorney of that county, serving in 1859 he located at Brookville, Pa., wherehe continued to practice, and he became wellknown here, gaining a high place among thetrustworthy attorneys at the Jefferson county. J. x Tit I JEFFERSON COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA 1 s:> bar. He had a long and honorable careerhere, dying at Brookville Nov. II, 1899, andis buried in the Brookville cemetery. W. N. Conrad, son of John Conrad, above,was born in Brookville Nov. n, 1874, andobtained his early education in the local publicschools, graduating from the Brookville highschool in the class of 1892. Thereafter he con-tinued his literary studies under private tutor-ship. He entered his fathers office as a lawstudent, was admitted to the bar of Jeffersoncounty May 11, 1896, and at once devotedhimself to active practice. Having gained ad-mission to the Supreme and Superior courtsand the Federal courts, he materially widenedthe scope of his work. His offices are in theTitle & Trust Companys building, and he hasbeen the attorney for the Brookville Title &Trust Company ever since its organization, inwhich he took a leading part and of which he
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