Member Biography

Conrad Feger Sr.

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1820-1821       5 Federalist
1821-1822       5 Federalist
1822-1823       6 Federalist
1823-1824       6 Federalist

COUNTIES: Berks, Schuylkill  


Biography

07/02/1758 - 04/16/1837


Conrad Feger, Sr. (Federalist5) Berks and Schuylkill Counties 1820-1822 (Federalist6) Berks and Schuylkill Counties 1822-1824

Early Life:

Conrad Feger, Sr., born July 2, 1758, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Johannes Heinrich Feger and Susannah Margaretha Lentz; major, Revolutionary War; Sheriff, Berks County 1806-1808; operated a tavern inside the jail; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1811-1814; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate 1820-1824; married, Elizabeth Snyder Schneider, children, Daniel Feger, Elizabeth Feger Mellon, Jacob Schneider Feger, Conrad Feger; died, April 16, 1837 (aged 78), Berks County, Pennsylvania; interment, Spies Zion Cemetery, Alsace Manor, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Major, 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Revolutionary War. Operated, tavern inside the jail.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Sheriff, Berks County 1806-1808.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1811-1814.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5h district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1820-1822

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1822-1824.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Currently unavailable.

Cited:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37131369/conrad-feger