Person:Cory Conklin (1)

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Cory Elmer Conklin
b.12 Oct 1862 McGonigle (Butler County), OH
d.9 Feb 1936 Chanute (Neosho Co.) KS
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Apr 1853
  1. Mary Ellen Conklin1854 - 1920
  2. Sarah Elizabeth Conklin1856 - 1856
  3. Clarence Arnold Conklin1858 - 1859
  4. Sarah Alice Conklin1860 - 1928
  5. Cory Elmer Conklin1862 - 1936
  6. Alma Etta Conklin1865 - 1942
  7. Nellie Tracy Conklin1870 - 1940
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 Jan 1888
  1. Tracy Conklin
  2. Elmer E. Conklin1891 - 1971
  3. Eugene Vincent Conklin1894 - 1962
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Facts and Events
Name Cory Elmer Conklin
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Oct 1862 McGonigle (Butler County), OH
Marriage 12 Jan 1888 Illinoisto Henrietta Estelle Stone
Occupation? jeweler
Death? 9 Feb 1936 Chanute (Neosho Co.) KS
Reference Number 1900 census KS

Cory Elmer Conklin, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Tracy) Conklin was born 12 October 1862 in McGonigle (Butler County), Ohio. His obituary states that he moved to Kansas with his family in 1870. They settled in Jefferson County, Kansas. As of 1900 he was living in Chanute (Neosho County), Kansas with his wife, Henrietta Estelle Stone, daughter of E.R. and Eliza (Duncan) Stone. He attended Kansas State College in Manhatten, Kansas, but left college to take a jeweler apprenticeship. Cory established a jewelry store in Chanute in 1894. Sometime before this he had also lived in Texas for awhile where his first son was born. His obituary says that he took an active interest in civic affairs. He was a councilman and was proud of his tradition of always being first to vote in his precinct. Cory died on 9 February 1936 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Chanute. Henrietta was born in April, 1869 in Carthage, Illinois and died in Chanute in July, 1941. Her will refers to land which she owned in Ellis County, Oklahoma.

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