Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Conklin, Silas H. March 10, 1863 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Conklin, Silas H., Warren, was born near Little Lakes, March 10, 1863, a son of
Hicks and Hannah (Weeks) Conklin. The grandfather, Harry W., was a son of 
Silas, who was a son of Jacob, who came from Wales, and settled at East 
Hampton, R. I. After the Revolution he came to Stark, Herkimer county. His 
wife was a Miss Skeilinger. He died in Monroe county. Silas was born on Long 
Island, September 15, 1872. After the war he came to Springfield, Otsego 
county, where he died. His wife was Emmiliza Hicks, born in 1776, by whom he 
had four sons and four daughters. He died, aged eighty-three, and his wife 
died in 1857, aged eighty-two. Henry Conklin married Phoebe Cook, and their 
children were: Richard, Silas, Hicks, Catharine and Eliza. Hicks Conklin was 
born in Warren. He began life as a farmer. Later he kept a meat market at 
Little Lakes. He was two years in a hotel at Springfield Centre, and died in 
1882, his widow survives him, and was born in Warren, a daughter of James and 
Martha (McChesney) Weeks. Our subject was the only child. He received a 
district school education, also attended a seminary.   At nineteen he
began life as a clerk at Springfield Centre. February 15, 1886, he opened a 
general store at Little Lakes, which he has operated successfully since. Has 
been twice elected clerk of Warren, as a Democrat. He has been deputy 
pcstmaster since 1886. September 7, 1884, he married Edith, daughter of David 
and Anna (Dunn) Baird, and they have three children: Anna E., Silas H. and 
Thomas Ellis Conklin.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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