[5] Conroy partnered with John Egan, Charles Symmes and Harvey Parker in the operation of a steam-powered flour mill.
Conroy built a sawmill in the Aylmer area which formed the nucleus for the development of the village of Deschênes, now a neighbourhood in the city of Gatineau.
[8] He was a director of the Ottawa Association of Lumber Manufacturers[9] and held extensive timber cutting rights on the Madawaska River[10] and other parts of Renfrew County, Ontario.
[14] He married Mary McConnell in 1837 and, in 1841, they moved into an apartment in the British Hotel, where they lived until 1845 when construction of his first home was completed.
[1] Some sources say that the assassin of Thomas D'Arcy McGee fled to Aylmer to hide himself among those gathered for Conroy's wake.