Surnames: Conwell, Craft, Kelly, Christopher
David C Conwell, an industrious, steady and prosperous farmer of the wealthy old township of Luzerne, is a son of Yates S Conwell and Anna Craft Conwell, and was born in Luzerne township, Fayette county, Penna, September 8, 1824.
His grandfather, Jehu Conwell, was a pioneer settler of Luzerne when it was infested by wild beats and vengeful savages. He was a Revolutionary hero and afterwards a prominent man of the township.
David C Conwell grew up to manhood on a farm and was thoroughly tained to farm work and farm management. His educational privileges were those afforded by the subscription schools of his immediate neighborhood. His education was necessarily limited t the frew branches understood by his teachers. His school, Heistersburg, was as good as any in the township, excepting Merrittstown. Leaving school he engaged in farming and stock raising, and has continued successfully in that line of business until the present time.
In 1880 he married Mrs Elizabeth Kelly Christopher, daughter of Samuel Kelly of Luzerne township.
David C Conwell owns a fine farm of 140 acres of good land situated in an industrious and prosperous community, convenient to church and school, and near to mill and store. He is a republican and is now serving his second term as postmaster of Heistersburg, and has repeatedly served on his township election board, but does not let political matters engage his attention from the labors of his farm or the care of his stock.