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Frederick M. "Fed" Conner

Male 1846 - 1887  (41 years)


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  • Name Frederick M. "Fed" Conner  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Fed 
    Born 26 Jul 1846  Tattnall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Oct 1887  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Conner Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Fed, along with his father Willis, and brothers William, John and Charles were indicted for the murders of Eli Low and Kit Smith after a short trial and based on a longstanding feud over free-ranging. Charles and Fed's trial was held first and they were found guilty. Charles was sent to prison for twenty-five years. Fed was given life in prison, but successfully appealed his case and was retried. He was again found guilty. He would never serve, however, as the jail was broken into and Willis, Fed, William and John escaped into the countryside- where they began a running war with the law enforcement of the day.
      The Texas Rangers were called in to assist in arresting the Conners, but were ambushed and one Ranger, J.H. (Jim) Moore was killed. William Conner was also killed and many others were wounded. Willis, Fed and John escaped the battle. The Rangers, having suffered a grievous defeat, left Sabine County and did not return.
      The people of the county, wanting to end the violence, began to pressure local officers to arrest the Conners. Eventually, a private investigator was hired and disguised as a cattle buyer went through the county looking for clues to the Conner's whereabouts. He learned that Willis and Fed's families left food and supplies for them on a trail somewhere deep in the woods. An ambush was set up and Fed Conner was killed. Willis escaped, but was killed a few weeks later, when his young grandson, a boy of twelve, was coming to give him food. The boy had been tracked and followed by a posse and in the ensuing gunfight, Willis and the boy were killed.
      This sad situation finally ended the Low-Conner Feud which had divided the county for so long. For years, no one wanted to discuss what had occurred as it was simply too divisive and the families too intermingled to be considered a worthy subject of conversation. Courtesy of Ed Wetterman (edwetterman@hotmail.com), as posted on his website http://clikto/sabinefeud
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1870 census
      not located

      1880 census
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    Person ID I7402  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Willis Conner,   b. 15 Mar 1822, Tattnall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1887, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Piercy Douglas,   b. 4 Apr 1824, Tattnall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1898, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1 Aug 1844  Tattnall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Pauline Travis,   b. 2 Sep 1852, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1927  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Aft 1870  [1
    Children 
     1. Millie Conner,   b. 24 Sep 1873, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1877, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Monroe Conner,   b. 3 Mar 1876, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1877, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Warner Conner,   b. 29 Sep 1878, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1948, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     4. Robert A. Conner,   b. Feb 1880, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1921, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
     5. Willis Cannon Conner,   b. 25 Nov 1881, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1959, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. William "Fed" Frederick Conner,   b. 26 Feb 1883, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1946, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Fannie Conner,   b. 17 Jun 1886, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1888, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F3509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Oct 1887 - Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records".

    2. [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5, PO Milam Enumerated 7 July 1860 Page 31 231-232 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 18822882 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S431] Toole, Blanche "1870 Census Sabine County, Texas".

    5. [S1394] Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944.