Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-26
CAPTAIN CONNOR
PIONEER CITIZEN
OF NORTH TEXAS
VIXEN DEATH CALLED CAPTAIN
o. c. coNNoR. PARIS LOST A
CITIZEN WHO HAD DEDICATED
AIS LiFE FOR THE uP6UlLo or
AIS HOME CITY.

=
IN Paris On september a. % Captain
+ ID. -. Conner one Of The most prom
n"ii North Texans and for many
i ysars ona - the eadlng citizens q
/ lslris Captain Connor was the father
q w. a Conner. "a prominent Corpus
+ chglstian.
/ a gloom q sadness passed over the
entire city Of Paris this morning when
g was learned that one of the cliy 4
eldest. n1bls-s, and most cherished cit
.zsns. Captain o. G. C'onnor. had p.,sss
ID away 81 his home hst nisht at
+ 1880 o'clo,'t. after contlrued illness
= several weeks The fisE az the
city hall IL IL half mast today. " hon
% ~ tho DISTINGUISHED service he had
rendered the city years ago
The funeral will oe heA At Centen-
any Methodist Church Saturday after
noon at O'CLOCK.
orange ClccIo common WAS born noas
somersillc Tenn September D. 1879
10 WAS ono % large family q sons
ard daughters bonn 10 Orange and
judith Common ond during his child.
hood attended the common schools ~
ha, day end Ia hls early young man.
hood finished bis education OF the So.
meieillo Baptist College
As u youth iua, budding into man
hood he came with his father ana
mother 60 what is now Morris county.
in this state Ills father eEgaRsi in
farming and reared a large family, who
lLlye an made useful citizens ll.s
father and mother have long since pro-
coded %. maud ma Is survived only 10y
"a nrothcr. " y Common ana 4 sister.
Mrs s. C. Glass both Of Dangerfield.
rrNAs
November %, 1852, be married Miss
Mop 4. a. Akcn, a daughter " the
ate Colonel W D. Akin % tails city.
and cnga sed ln farming soon he laid
sslde the Implements of huspNndry Cor
thu-n ~ vat enliailng "a the can of
his state aa a volunteer In tho wan
between tho states IN Aiay. iSel lie
waa elected first lientenant oThls com
pnny. and served Ia thu, capacity With
bravery md diitlnctlon almost durirg
iho whole ~ tho War
After tho cnfon,cd pcare ~ again
engaged la farming and ~ mcrchin-
dislng lie continued the former oc.
curauon until his death but abandoned
tho latter .1ter hls store on the south
side Of the Square was destroyed 10y
the rrctt fire thirty sever years aga.
lie moved to Paris in February. 1870.
and has resided here since that time
n his early ilfe he became a mem.
Der ~ the Methodist Episcopal church.
South. and continued. not only 60 he q
eousistcnt COMMUNICATE - mat church
un,l his death. but also "a broad mind.
81 ard tiuc Chr,suaa ,,Rd was always
. liberal contributor o. al churCa
nirdr
lie never he'd any vlvn office. save
that ~ irsticv OF the pence. and rcvet
Niusht other pniitir.a. prtnrment
lie tosothcr Nith v7lict Raboocl,
lchn L Barry James u wor,ham ana
other aelf-Acr.ncing citiaens orcnn-
lscd the first volunteer fire company
= this vity. and continued IN actisr
ser' Ice uhtl hat company was nld
aside Tor 50 raid department He was
'ls-p on" ~ the tirs, monters of the
reN.'a state firemen's Association. ANA
was ole ,'~f lis prcsNfent declining re-
cleeiior GA tho ground that others as
worthy vwN entitled to the honorable
dlstlnction
Captain Conner had always hecn
titled with every movement for the
material and monu unbulldlng Il Mis-
rountry and particularly - this beau
ttul city whlch be- choSc Tor his homc
The death % his wife occmr,d IA
his ely Jme 20. isi9. only a few
months ucforo the siS,lcth anniversary
~ their marriage lie IS survived by
thc following children; ". \. C,onro-
~ Corpus CHRISTI y. : Conner. q. G.
Common Pr Mrs re,fle (. Dvk~,n.
ard Mrs paisic &, iarrce OF this esty.
aud Mrs ErInina G. Rray ~ Dallas.
An wero with him at tho time 81 his
death. ana minis,ered to aim durinc
his last hours"