“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


CONRAD FAILINGER,  merchant, Waterloo; born in Prussia Feb. 16, 
1838; came to America in 1848, locating at  Waterloo; in 1850, engaged 
as clerk in the mercantile business at Portland; in 1859, went to farming 
until 1861; came to Waterloo as clerk in a dry-goods store; in 1862, went 
with an army sutler as clerk; returned to Waterloo, where, in 1866, he 
went into the mercantile business at his present store.  Has been 
Treasurer of the village and Treasurer of the town.  Married, in Jefferson 
Co., Wis., Dec. 13, 1865, Lydia S.M. Forsyth, of Milwaukee; have two 
sons - Louis C., born Nov. 23, 1867, and Zeno O., Oct. 29, 1878.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)