Person:Charles Conklin (9)

Charles Miller Conklin, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Miller) Conklin was born on 29 August 1882 in Bridgetown, Ohio. He lists his occupation as chemist and engineer. He may have been a mechanical engineer. On 26 April 1905 he married Virginia Morrow Davis, daughter of Henry Wesley and Isabell (Morrow) Davis. Virginia was born on 18 July 1884 in Covington, Kentucky. Until at least 1910, they were living at 2091 Harrison Avenue in Cincinnati. By January, 1920 the family had moved to the Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. California death records show that Virginia D. Conklin died on 3 October 1967 in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), California. Charles died on 11 March 1979 in Santa Cruz. Charles and Virginia are buried at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette California. Charles’s obituary names sons Charles and Henry Andrew and daughter Virginia Gregory, plus two grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.