Conroy, Effie M., 1871-

Edwin F. Conroy was born in New York on October 15, 1890. His parents were [Edwin] and Effie M. Conroy, who lived in the Bronx, New York City, and he had one sister, Charlotte. He worked as a court officer in the West Farms Court before being drafted during World War I. Conroy became a private in Company B of the 114th Infantry, a regiment in the 29th "Blue and Gray" Division, and trained at Camp McClellan, Alabama, in May and June 1918. He embarked for France in mid-June 1918 and was wounded on October 12, 1918, while participating in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After the war, he lived in the Bronx with his wife Anna, and had one son, Edwin.

From the guide to the Edwin F. Conroy scrapbook, Conroy, Edwin F. scrapbook, 1918-1921, 1918-1919, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)