Erick Conard's Lucky Hit Ranch

Information about
Franklin (Frank) William Abner Conard
Erick's Father

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Frank William Abner Conard

Born May 26 1920
Died October 15, 2002

Spouse: Billie Faye Waller Conard

Offspring: Frank William Conard II born January 9, 1948
Erick James Conard born December 4, 1948
Brenda Faye Conard Feaster Wilson born February 28, 1953
Anne Elizabeth Conard Vanderslice born July 2, 1963

Frank W A Conard in 1944. Frank W A Conard as a teenager.

Frank William Abner Conard was born May 27, 1920, at his parents small wood ranch house some miles from Manter Kansas.
Below is Frank W A Conard with his sister, Hazel Fern Conard Burns, on the roof of that house in 1989.
 Frank W A Conard with his sister, Hazel Fern Conard Burns, on the roof of that house in 1989.


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Frank W A Conard (in back) with his cousin, Gerald McKerman, in front.
Frank W A Conard (in back) with his cousin

This picture was taken in 1928, probably in far Western Kansas near the Colorado border. Riding the cow are Erick's father, Frank W A Conard, in back and Frank's cousin, Gerald McKerman, in front. Frank Conard was born May 27, 1920, at his parents home in the country about seven miles from town in Western Kansas not far from the Colorado border.


Frank was a descendent of Thones Kunders (down the male line at every generation), who came by ship (one of three) in 1683 from Germany.

More recently, Frank was descended from Abner Alexander Conard, of Loudoun Co, Virginia. Abner Alexander moved to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1853, and lived there until 1869, when he and his family settled in Bates County (Missouri?).

Three sons of Abner Alexander were the enormously wealthy John Jesse (eldest), Abner Ethelbert (Frank's Grandfather), and Franklin Asbury (who was a popular Uncle called "Uncle F")all came to Kansas in 1885. Another brother was Ross Herbert. Abner Ethelbert named a son Jesse Frank (Jesse Frank was Frank Conard's father), evidently after Abner Ethelbert's brothers.

There are currently (in 2005) about 1,000 descendants from Abner Alexander Conard.

Frank William Abner Conard had four children... two boys and two girls.

Frank William Conard II born January 9, 1948
Erick James Conard born December 4, 1948
Brenda Faye Conard Feaster Wilson born February 28, 1953
Anne Elizabeth Conard Vanderslice born July 2, 1963


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Frank Conard with Erick (right) and his older brother, Frankie (left) in their yard at their Buckeye Ranch in Colorado on April 17, 1951.
Erick, his older brother, and their dad, Frank W A Conard
Frank William Abner Conard tooling leather in the army air corp October 8, 1945

Frank William Abner Conard tooling leather in the army air corp October 8, 1945
Frank William Abner Conard with Billie Faye Waller Conard and the Husdon purchased after the bumper wheat crop in 1947
Frank William Abner Conard with Billie Faye Waller Conard and the Hudson purchased after the bumper wheat crop in 1947 		Frank William Abner Conard standing on one of the many piles of wheat
he and Billie Faye raised and harvested in 1947
Frank William Abner Conard on a pile of wheat he harvested in 1947
Frank William Abner Conard on a pile of wheat he harvested in 1947
Frank Conard with wife, Billie Faye, their sons, Erick and Frankie, and his niece, Gale Fern Burns [Downing] in his sister's (Fern Conard Burns) back yard at their ranch near Lycan, Colorado.
Frank Conard with wife, Billie Faye, their sons, Erick and Frankie, and his niece, Gale Fern Burns [Downing]
Frank Conard in 1993 at 73 years.
Frank Conard in 1993 at 73 years
Frank Conard at Petra in Israel April, 1998, riding a camel.
Frank Conard at Petra in Israel April, 1998, riding a camel



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