Leander Conover was born on 11. Oct. 1849 at Egypt, Monroe County, New York. He was the son of
Van Rensselaer Conover and
Cynthia Matilda Dunham.
Leander Conover appeared on the census of 15. Jun. 1880 at with his mother, Perinton, Monroe County, New York. He married
Ella E. Warner. Leander Conover married
Mrs. Harriet Shader in 1892. Leander Conover was shown in the census in 1900 as a farmer.
Leander Conover and
Mrs. Harriet Shader appeared on the census of 1900 at Perinton, Monroe County, New York; she has 2 children, 2 living.
From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY
by William F. Peck (1895)
Part III, p. 92 - 93
Conover, L. A., of Egypt, is a son of the late Van Rensselaer Conover, who was born in Victor, Ontario County, and an early settler in Egypt. In 1845 he married Cynthia, daughter of Gersham Dunham, a well-remembered pioneer of Penfield. Mr. Dunham was for a period of eighteen years a justice, and for forty years a deacon in the Congregational church. His daughter Cynthia, now residing with her son Leander at Egypt, is nearly eighty years of age, but of unimpaired mental vigor, and her reminiscences of early times in Penfield are full of interest. Of her seven children all are deceased except Leander and one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Howe. Leander Conover was born at Egypt October 11, 1849, and now lives at the old home. He received an academic education at Lima and Macedon, and is a gentleman of broad views and sterling character. His first wife was Ella E. Warner of Lima, who at her death in 1888 left three children: George, Leander, jr., and Bessie. In 1892 he married Mrs. Harriet Shader, of Milo.