Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Conklin, Henry R 1823 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Henry R. Conklin, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in New York in 1823; son of 
Henry and Emma (Bristol) Conklin, the former was born in New York about 1793; 
a farmer by occupation, and was engaged in the war of 1812; he died about 
1872; his wife was born in New York in 1803, and was the mother of four 
children, of whom our subject was the second. During his boyhood, Mr. Conklin 
worked on his father's farm, and attended the common country schools. In 1851, 
he moved to this State, and settled on his first purchase of 160 acres of 
land. This was unimproved, and had no buildings upon it, excepting one small 
shanty, which would hardly warrant the name of a house. He now owns 200 acres 
of good tillable land, upon which he has erected good, substantial buildings 
of all kinds, necessary for a well-regulated farm. In New York State, in the 
year 1848, he married Miss Mahala Westfall, a native of New York, born in 
June, 1821, and a daughter of John and Polly (Turner) Westfall; the former was 
born in New York in 1797; he is still living and engaged in farming. The 
latter was born in Massachusetts in 1799, she died in May, 1871. The subject 
and his wife are the parents of two living children - Etta, the oldest 
daughter, is married to a Mr. McGrath, and resides in Kansas; they have two 
children, Henry, the only son, was born in this county about 1857, and has one 
child. Mr. Conklin and his family are members of the Congregational Church.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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