Eliza Archard was born January 4, 1838, in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, on a farm near Cincinnati.

She was educated in Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, taking the full course in classics and higher mathematics.

In the following year, she accepted a place on the editorial staff of the American Press Association syndicate in New York.

She was deeply interested in psychological studies and in oriental philosophy, accepting the ancient doctrine of reincarnation.

She was an enthusiast on the subject of physical culture for women, believing that people were meant to live outdoors and sleep in houses.

He was with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during his Atlanta Campaign, and was also with Gen. George Henry Thomas at the battle of Jacksborough, July 22, 1862.

At the close of the war, Dr. Conner returned home, and soon afterward entered Parker's Academy where he was graduated in 1800.

[2] Conner and her husband were the parents of one child, Halstead A., who was connected with Specker Brothers & Company, Cincinnati.