PHILIP CONBOY
PHILIP CONBOY, farmer, P. O. Aubry, was born in Ireland in 1833, emigrated to America in the spring of 1851, and was generally employed for three years in the city of New York; then for four years engaged in teaming in Dixon, Lee County, Ill. In 1857 he removed to Westport, Mo., where he followed farming. He came to Kansas in 1866, and located on his present farm. He is now the largest land owner in the county; has in all 1,120 acres of land, and is largely engaged in breeding blooded cattle and hogs. Mr. Conboy was married in New York in February, 1854, to Sarah McCargle. They have nine children - Andrew, Mary J., Arthur, Maggie, Thomas, Sadie, Kate, Ellen and Philip.
From William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
