Charles G. Conn
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Charles Gerard Conn (January 29, 1844 - January 5, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Phelps, New York, Conn moved with his parents to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1851. He attended the common schools. Enlisted in the Union Army May 18, 1861, and served as a private in the band of Company B, Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged September 10, 1862. Reenlisted in Company G, First Michigan Sharpshooters, November 18, 1862. He was wounded and taken prisoner, being released from Columbia (South Carolina) prison camp at the close of hostilities. He engaged in the grocery and bakery business and, in 1877, in the manufacture of band instruments at Elkhart, Indiana. He served as mayor of Elkhart 1880-1883. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1889. He established the Elkhart Daily Truth in 1890. He was owner of the Washington (D.C.) Times during part of his congressional term.
Conn was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed the manufacture of band instruments at Elkhart, Indiana. In 1916 retired and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he died on January 5, 1931. He was interred in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana.
