Jasper Herald
June 14, 1935

Margery A. Conrad, daughter of David and Julia Wineinger Milburn was born May 15, 1845 and departed this life June 5, 1935, aged 90 years and 27 days. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, of which only two are yet living. At an early age she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hillham and later changed her membership to the United Brethren Church at the same place. Many years later, there being no United Brethren congregation near her home, she placed her membership with the Christian Church of Cuzco, in which she remained until the end. On October 23, 1870, she was united in marriage to Harrison Conrad. To this union was born one child, Nina Alexander. The husband preceded her in death more than sixty years ago. She worked hard to rear the little daughter. She was patriotic, and during the Civil War she helped her mother make a living while her father was in the army. During the World War she knitted more garments than any person of this place for the soldier boys. She was one of the few who could relate experiences of hearing the wolves howl in the woods and other incidents of pioneer days.