Judge Conger was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Cortland.

The evidence

• “"Judge Conger, having passed an excellent examination, was admitted to the bar in 1844, and commenced the practice of his profession at Cortland. He possessed the respect and confidence of the people among whom he resided in so high a degree that he had already been called upon to discharge responsible public duties.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 225 / book p. 728

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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