Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....McConkey, James L. 1862 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JAMES L. McCONKEY is postmaster at Brewster and a member of the board of

county commissioners of Nobles county. He was born in Cordova township, Lesueur

county, Minn., Aug. 3, 1862, the son of William and Mary (Hess) McConkey. The

father was born in Ireland, came to America when a boy, and to Lesueur county,

Minn., in August, 1856, where he still resides. The mother was born in Catskill

county, N. Y., and died in Minnesota in March, 1906, aged 68 years.



  Mr. McConkey was educated in the public schools of Lesueur county, and that

was his home until July, 1892, when he established his residence in Jackson

county. After a residence there of two years, he moved to Brewster, where he has

since resided. In September, 1897, he received the appointment of postmaster of

Brewster, and has since presided over that office. He served as constable of

Hersey township in 1895 and 1896, was assessor of the same precinct in 1899, and

was chosen justice of the peace in 1900. From 1900 to 1902, he served on the

Brewster village council, and in 1904 was elected county commissioner, which

office he still holds.



  At Cordova, Minn., in April, 1884, Mr. McConkey was married to Rosa Starner,

who was born at Jordan, Scott county, Minn., Aug. 24, 1865. To them have been

born three children, as follows: Clyde J., aged 22, a student at the Minnesota

state university; Maude Marie, aged 20, married Jan. 1, 1908, to Fred Bork, of

South Dakota; Emily Lois, aged 18, a Jackson county school teacher.



  Mr. McConkey is a member of the Presbyterian church and the M. W. A. lodge. He

owns two farms, one of 160 acres in Ewington township, Jackson county, and the

other of 160 acres in Cottonwood county.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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