Re: Conklin's in VA, MS, OH, MS
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In reply to:
Conklin's in VA, MS, OH, MS
Samuel Lenaeus 8/30/01
Elijah Conklin born 18 OCT 1798 VA (gun smith 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 16 DEC 1858 Grand Gulf, MS; married Harriet Wilson born 2 JAN 1815 (Ohio 1850 Claiborne County, MS census or MS LDS site); died 10 DEC 1871 Vicksburg, MS of cancer.
Children:
1. James Wilson Conklin born 11 JAN 1834 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 13 OCT 1878 Vicksburg, MS of yellow fever.
2. Edward Montgomery Conklin born 16 JUN 1836 (Ohio 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 11 JAN 1875 Rodney, MS of swamp fever.
3. Martha Louise Conklin born 25 AUG 1841 TWIN (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 23 AUG 1896 St. Louis, MO; married Edward Lynch.
4. Charles Henry Conklin born 25/AUG 1841 TWIN (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 25 AUG 1863 buried in Atlanta Military Cemetery, Atlanta GA.He died as a result of gunshot wound at the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN.He was a Lt. In Port Gibson, MS Rifles.Later he was part of Army of TN.Died of lockjaw on his 22nd birthday.(His diary, written in the early part of the Civil War, is in the possession of Elizabeth Woodbury Markley's family.He was the only brother to lose his life in the war.)
5. Margaret W. Conklin born 6 JUL 1844 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 9 JUL 1846 of cholera.
6. Elijah Conklin born 10 FEB 1847 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died Omaha, NB.Lived in Omaha, NB and may have a daughter Grace Conklin and possibly a son.
7. William Burke Conklin born 14 OCT 1849 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 11 ICT 1915 (Austin) Chicago, IL of heart attack.
8. Walter Welch Conklin born 1 DEC 1852 Grand Gulf, MS; died 22 FEB 1932(3) Oak Park, IL of heart failure; married Alice ______.Walter Welch Conklin like William Burke Conklin went out west.He worked for a railroad and is believed to have lived in North Platte, NB for a while, but later settled in St. Louis, MO.He lived for a short time in Austin with his daughter Nita.Later when his health failed he came to Oak Park to live with Nita where he passed away.
Children:
1. Gertrude Conklin birth unknown; death 2956 or 57 Washington D.C. of cancer; married Lex Spencer.Lived in Minneapolis, MN and later moved to Los Angles, CA.
Child:
1. Richard Spencer.
2. Nita (Jane) Conklin born 25 AUG 1891; died 2 JUL 1964 Washington D.C. of cancer; married 1st to ________; married 2nd to William Decker; married 3rd 8 MAR 1968 to Fred B. Utley.Nita lived in Chicago (Austin) and Oak Park, IL and moved to Washington D. C. after divorce from William Decker.She had known her 3rd husband in Oak Park.
3. Hope Conklin may have lived in St. Louis and had a daughter and possibly a son.
9. Frank Conklin born 2 NOV 1856 Grand Gulf, MS; death unknown but children were quite young.
Children:
1. Ruth Conklin married Joseph A. Madden.They lived in Omaha, NB
Children:
1. Ruth Madden married Dr. Carl Rasmussen, a dentist, they lived in Los Angles, CA and have at least two sons and a daughter.One son is a Dr. in the Los Angles, CA area and has a family.
2. Mildred Conklin born 19 APR 1894(5); married Alfred Hollister Smith birth unknown; died JAN 1960.They lived in Chicago for many years, but when Alfred retired from Armour Co. they moved to Eagle River, WI.About 1963 Mildred moved to Leisure World, Seal Beach, CA and later to Hunting Beach, CA.OCT 1979 she went to Dallas, TX to live with her granddaughter Linda.
Children:
1. Alfred Hollister Smith, Jr. married Carey ______.They have at least 2 daughters; one Linda Smith married has at least one daughter and lives in Dallas, TX.
2. Barbara Smith married 1st to ______ and had a son and daughter; married 2nd to David J. Bass.They have at least two sons.
3. son
10. John Hunter Conklin no record of birth; died 21 NOV 1891 Rex Station, MS.