Daniel Confer, born March 3, 1838, in Hocking County, Ohio, was a respected farmer and citizen of Adams Township, Gage County, Nebraska, residing there from 1884. A Civil War veteran, he served in the Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry and participated in significant battles, including the siege of Vicksburg. After the war, Confer moved to Nebraska, where he became a successful farmer and community member. He married Mary L. Robb in 1864, and they had six children. Confer was active in the Grand Army of the Republic and a member of the United Brethren Church, known for his strong character and community contributions.
Daniel Confer, a well-known farmer and popular citizen of Adams Township, Gage County, Nebraska, has resided here since 1884. He is a frank and genial gentleman, successful in business, honored and esteemed at home and abroad. He made a creditable record as a soldier in the Civil War, and since returning to peaceful pursuits has done equally well in civil life.
Mr. Confer was born in Hocking County, Ohio, March 3, 1838, of a family noted for honesty, industry, and sobriety. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution. His grandfather, Andrew, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his father, John Confer, was born in Ohio, was a farmer, and died in Wells County, Indiana. He was a Democrat of the Jackson type. He married Miss Eliza Poling. She was a member of the United Brethren Church. They were parents of fourteen children, and four of the sons were soldiers in the Civil War: Daniel, William, of the One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, killed at Chickamauga; Peter, in the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry and now living in Wells County, Indiana; and Samuel.
Mr. Confer was reared on a farm near Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, was taught the value of independent labor and received his education in the public schools. In September 1861, he enlisted at Bluffton in Company A, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, under Captain Swaim and Colonel Steele. He veteranized in February 1863, and served till the end of the war. He was at the siege of Vicksburg for forty-seven days, until the stars and stripes floated over the fort on July 4, 1863; he was at Jackson, Mississippi, and under General Ord for some time. His regiment was then ordered to Texas, and was on duty there until the close of hostilities. After the war, he located in Wells County, Indiana, and remained there until he came west in 1884.
In 1864, Mr. Confer was married in Wells County, Indiana, to Miss Mary L. Robb, who has been a noble wife and mother for forty years. She was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, a daughter of Peter and Nancy Robb. Her brother, Rev. C. O. Robb, was a soldier in the war, and is now located at Pawnee City, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Confer have six children: Charles, John, William, Howard, Orman, and Martha Morical, of Firth, Nebraska. Mr. Confer is a staunch Republican. He is a member of the Sergeant Cox Post No. 100, G.A.R., at Adams, being popular among his old army comrades as with all his fellow citizens and associates. He is a man of strong physique, endowed with physical and moral courage for all the trials of life, and has a career to be proud of, both in Nebraska and wherever he has had residence. He and his wife are both members of the United Brethren Church.
Source: Lewis Publishing Company, A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska, 2 volumes, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904.