THOMAS CONKLIN BIOGRAPHY, YATES CO., NY Copyright (c) 1999 by Bonnie Bunce (bmbunce@juno.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Biographical sketch from p. 574 of History of Yates County, New York edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich, D. Mason & Co., publishers, Syracuse, New York 1892 Conklin, Thomas J., one of the wealthiest farmers of Starkey, and a native of Yates County, was born in Barrington, February 20, 1826, a son of Samuel and Esther (Ferrier) Conklin. The parents settled in the county in 1823 and had six children, three surviving: Mary A., wife of John H. Shannon; Sarah, wife of William T. Beaumont; and Thomas J. The parents were members of the Baptist Church of Himrods. The father, who was a stone mason in early life, afterwards a farmer, died in 1868, aged sixty-eight. The mother died in 1890, aged ninety-two. Thomas J. married, in Starkey, April 17, 1853, Mary A., daughter of Martha Titsworth, by whom he had one daughter, Charity, born July 22, 1855. She married December 21, 1876, B. F. Allen, a native of Buffalo, son of Ralph and Sophronia (Jenney) Allen. He was born March 9, 1848. Mr. Allen is largely engaged in the oil and lumber business in Pennsylvania. Mr. Conklin is one of the prominent farmers of Yates County and owns 320 acres of land adjoining . . . [One short sentence continues onto the next page, and part of the page was cut off when I made the copy and it says something about Mr. and Mrs. Conklin making their home with their daughter.]