Conrad Heyer
Conrad Heyer’s claim to fame is that he is possibly the world’s oldest man to have been photographed. Heyer, who was born in 1749, was a farmer before enlisting in the American Revolutionary War. When General George Washington ordered the crossing of the Delaware River in December of 1776, he fought under his command and was even a part of the historic crossing. He was alive till he was 106 years old.
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