The following article was in the January 4, 1895, Lake County Star, and was brought to the library by Andera L. Fox, descensant of Conrad Jergens:
The STAR editor, at the end of this month, if nothing unusual happens, can make affadavit of the truth and nothing but the truth, that he has a Jersey cow, four years old, bought at the Jergens School Grove Stock farm, that has made 480 pounds of butter in 11 months and perhaps a little more. If any of our cow men can beat this, let them show up. This was not done by feeding marsh hay.
The following article was in a March 1905 Lake County Star, and was also brought to the library by Andera L. Fox:
Conrad Jergens is walking a little slower than usual this spring. His long service in the industrial harness aided by his long army experience and confinement in the Andersonville rebel prison is now commencing to shorten his steps. But he is only getting in the class of all the remaining soldiers of the Civil War who were serving their country more than 40 years ago. Their strides are growing shorter with each winter.
The following article was in a July 1906 Lake County Star, and was also brought to the library by Andera L. Fox:
The STAR's advice last week concerning railroad fires was none too soon. People along the bank of the roads can look for one now every time a train passes, and already some of them have had a warm time. A blaze was started at School Grove by a Panhandle engine Monday which burned over a large area, and the buildings on the Newton and Jergens farms had a very close call. Another fire ran over the Will Randolph place and several acres have been burned over north of Crown Point along the Erie track. It will be well to keep pickets out night and day on all farms along the right of way until a rain comes -- and chances for a downpour are not encouraging.
The following family tree was brought to the Lowell Public Library by Andrea L. Fox, descendant of Conrad Jergens:
Conrad Jergens
Born 1836 (according to his tombstone)
Died May 3, 1908 (according to his obituary)
Married Louise Schmitt
Born 1837 (according to her tombstone)
Died 1914 (according to tombstone)
THEIR CHILDREN
1. Caroline Jergens
Born Nov. 25, 1858, West Creek Twp., Lake Co., IN (according to marriage application)
Died Dec. 7, 1896 (according to obituary)
Married Frederick Schmidt on May 15, 1881 (according to marriage license)
Born Oct. 14, 1857, in Straslund, Germany (according to his obituary)
Died Nov. 27, 1931, in Hammond, IN (according to obituary)
2. John Jergens
3. Louisa Elizabeth Jergens
4. James Jergens
5. Mary Jergens
6. Edward Jergens
7. Daniel Jergens
8. Homer Jergens
The following article comes from the front page of the May 8, 1908, issue of the Lake County Star:
Death of Conrad Jergens
Conrad Jergens, a veteran of the civil war, a member of the 24th Indiana Battery, and a prisoner of war for a long time at Andersonville, passed away last Sunday, at his home in School Grove, at the age of about 72 years, after a long and painful illness. Up to a few years ago he was a prominent stock breeder and was well known in this county. He was recently brought from Chicago where he remained with a son for some time. He leaves a wife and several grown children. The funeral occurred at the home Tuesday afternoon, where many of his friends and neighbors congregated to pay their last respects to a law-abiding citizen and one who went at his country's call to defend the stars and stripes.
