Oren J. Conant
Oren J. Conant, farmer, P. O. Grove, Geauga County, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, January 30, 1851, son of Gardner and Mary (Wood) Conant, natives of Vermont, of English and French descent, respectively, who settled early in life in Geauga County, Ohio, and moved to this county in 1854, where they lived until their death. Mrs. Conant died December 16, 1875, aged fifty-three years, and Mr. Conant November 5, 1882, aged seventy-eight years. Our subject has never left the home farm, and here he now has 130 acres of well-improved land, containing good buildings, etc. He was married June 22, 1876, to Miss Stella F. Bancroft, of Nelson Township, this county, where she was born October 23, 1853, the daughter of Barnos K. and Anna (Chalker) Bancroft, natives of Massachusetts and Ohio respectively, and of English descent, who settled in an early day in this county, where Mr. Bancroft died in 1870 and his widow still resides. To Mr. and Mrs. Conant has been born one daughter—Jessie M., born May 24, 1879. In politics our subject is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885