Shadrach B. A. Condor
West Baden, Orange County, Indiana, commissioned 30 Jul 1862, mustered in 19 Aug 
1862, mustered out with Regiment.  Shadrach B. A. Conder is a native of Orleans 
Township, this county, born 23 Nov 1829, a son of John and Elizabeth K. (Carter) 
Conder, who were natives of Kentucky and of Irish-German descent.  He was raised 
on a farm, and in 1847 became a member of Company D of the Regular Army, serving 
through the Mexican war and at its close was discharged at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
In 1861 he again volunteered his services in his country's behalf,. and for six months 
belonged to the Twenty-fourth Regimental Band of the United States Army.  In 1862 he 
was commissioned a Second Lieutenant by the Governor, and after recruiting Company 
E of the Sixty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was elected First Lieutenant.  He served 
through some of the hardest fought battles and campaigns of the late war, and was 
honorably discharged at its conclusion.  From that time until 1878 Mr. Conder followed 
merchandising at Orleans, and from then until 1881, when he was burned out, was 
engaged in the saw and planing-mill business. In politics he was a Whig, but since its 
organization has been a warm supporter of the Republican party, and as such was 
elected Sheriff of the county in 1882.   Since 1852 he has been a member of the I.0.0.F., 
and has served in various responsible positions in this order. To his marriage with 
Miss Amy E. Lee, which occurred in June, 1850, seven children were born, only two 
yet living. The mother died in 1862, and three years later Mr. Conder selected Miss 
Sarah J. Webb for his second wife and of the eight children born to their union all are 
dead but three. Mrs. Conder belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Source for
this information is Goodspeed's History of Orange County, 1884, page 583