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Find-a-Grave Memorial has a daguerreotype photo of Conrad, along with two articles that appear to have been cut from newspapers
There is a note about him and links to memorials fo his wife and a son, George
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Author: Edward P. Rigel, Jr.
Conrad Heyer was born in Waldoboro, ME, on 10 Apr 1749 to Johann Martin and Catherine Heyer. He was the first son born to German immigrants in the new settlement of Waldoboro. He was active in his church where he sang in the choir and served on a committee to select a new pastor.
Heyer enlisted in the Continental Army in 1775 and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was a member of the advance guard in the crossing of the Delaware River and survived the winter at Valley Forge with General George Washington. After serving three years, Heyer returned to Waldoboro and was granted a pension in 1818. He married Mary Weaver in 1778 and they had nine children: George, Mary Polly, Margaret, Catherine, Cornelius, Elizebeth, Sarah, Charles, and Lucy.
The Annals of Warren describe Heyer as a “hard-working, temperate man, and now, at the age of 102 years, is able to read fine print without glasses, although his hearing is somewhat impaired.” His father died before he was born, and it was believed that such men “who never saw their father” were able to heal sore eyes and other illnesses by a look or a touch. Heyer was thus sought after for that purpose and is rumored to have cured the daughter of a rich Bostonian but refused payment for fear of annulling the cure.
Conrad Heyer died on 19 Feb 1856 at the age of 106 years, 10 months, and 9 days, and was buried in the church cemetery in Waldoboro, although he was later reburied in the German Cemetery with full military honors. “Thousands of people came, said to have been the largest number ever assembled in town.” A monument was erected in his memory, with the inscription “This monument is erected by citizens of Waldoboro to perpetuate the memory of an honest and worthy man.”
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Rumored to have crossed the Delaware River and wintered at Valley Forge with General George Washington, but those claims cannot be substantiated