Tipton-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Conkling, I. C. 1823 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   I. C. CONKLING, a prominent business man of Windfall, is a native of Hamilton
County, Ohio, and was born November 21, 1823; he is the fifth of nine children
born to Isaac and Rebecca (Marsh) Conkling, natives of New Jersey, and of Welsh
descent. Isaac Conkling was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1829 he abandoned his
trade and removed to his father's farm and followed agricultural pursuits until
his death, which occurred June 29, 1849. Mrs. Conkling lived to the age of
eighty-five and died in 1880. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,
and had access to the common schools. Upon leaving school, he resumed farming.
In the spring of 1850, he started for the gold regions of California. January 1,
1852, Mr. Conkling returned home and engaged in the lumber business at Lockland,
Ohio, for three years. After this he lived on a farm until the spring of 1864,
when, he returned to Lockland. In the spring of 1870, he purchased the saw mill
he now owns in Windfall, and soon after this located in Kokomo. In September,
1871, he removed to Windfall, and the following year built his present
residence; he now owns 260 acres of land, good property in Windfall, and village
property in Lockland, Ohio, worth $8,000. He and son are now operating a saw
mill and hoop factory; Mr. Conkling is a Republican in politics, and has served
as a member of the School Boards at both Lockland, Ohio, and Windfall, Ind.; he
was married, February 17, 1853, to Miss Matilda L. Patton, born September 10,
1828 ; six of the seven children are yet living—Percy F.; Ada V., wife of
William F. Scott; H. Herbert; Katie L., wife of John Thornburgh; Edgar C. and
Clifford W. Mr. Conkling is a member of the Baptist Church and his wife of the
Christian.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
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CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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