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Note: The earliest record located for the family is a land patent that William obtained from the Marietta, Ohio Land Office on 28 Mar. 1836, S11, T2, R Land Patent: Patentee: William Conklin, Issue Date 8/21/1837, Land Office: Marietta, Sale-Cash Entry, State: Ohio, acres: 39.18, Doc#3406, Acc#OH100-369 SESW,S4N,T2N,R4W, / NENW,S11,T2N, R4W, Ohio River Survey, Monroe Co. OH,
1840, Ohio Twp, Monroe Co. OH - Wm Conelin 3m under 05, 1m 30-40, 1f under 5, 3f 05-10, 1f 20-30,
On 15 Mar. 1848, William and Esther, still residents of Monroe Co. sold their land and again journeyed west, arriving in Jackson Co. IA. by the summer of the same year, purchasing land in Brandon Twpship, 7 July 1848. Phoebe m. Thomas J. Sade, son of Thomas and Anna (Harris) Said, on 12 Oct. 1848; Ann Elizabeth m. Thomas Wallace on 3 Apr. 1850 and Mary m. Abram Bartholomew, 15 Aug. 1850. By Sept. 1850, the family moved to Farmer's Creek Twpship. The married daughters lived within three families of William and Easter. "
1849, Farmers Creek Twp, Jackson Co. IA. William Conklin, 3 males, 2 females, Total 5, (William Conklin Jr) William Conklin, 6 males, 5 females, Total 6, (William Conklin Sr)
The following information is taken from "History of Jackson Co. Iowa" pages 231,232, by James Ellis. I tried to obtain copies of the original transcript from the courthouse at Maquoketa, Jackson Co. IA, there are no records. "In 1850 there was living on the banks and near the mouth of Lytle's Creek in Farmers Creek Twp, a family by the name of Conklin, consisting of William Conklin, his wife, and large family of children, several of them grown up. Conklin was a rough man and had the reputation of being a hard drinker. Mrs. Conklin was a large muscular woman of the Amazonian type and the progeny of the couple with two exceptions were a hard lot. On or about the 1st day of Oct. 1856, the, neighborhood was thrown into consternation and excitement by the report that Conklin had been murdered by his wife, assisted by son, Aminadab and Elijah. The accused parties were arrested and indicted by the grand jury for the crime of murder. 11 July 1857, the case of the Conklins came on for hearing at the July term of the District Court. R.S. Hadley was appointed special prosecuting attorney and W.E. Leffingwell defended the Conklins. With the acquittal of Esther Conklin, the indictments against Aminadab and Elijah were quashed. The witnesses with one exception were members of the Conklin family, or related to the Conklins, and their evidence made it appear that the old lady was acting in self-defense when she struck the fatal blow. It was claimed by the Conklins that the old man had attempted to assaulted the old lady with a butcher knife, but that she wrested the knife from him and struck him in the neck, inflicting a mortal wound.
1850 Otter Twp. Jackson Co. IA -Household # 592/592 William Conklin, 42, farmer, b, 1808, NY; Esther Conklin, 38, b. 1812, NY; Aminadab Conklin,16,b. 1834, OH; Mahala Conklin,14, b,1836,OH; William Jr. Conklin 13, b.1837, OH; Elijah Conklin, 11, b.1839, OH; Moses Conklin, 08, b. 1842, OH; Easter Conklin, 06 b.1844, OH; John Conklin, 04, b. 1846, OH; John Ellison, 65, b. 1793, NY;
"On 7 Jun 1853 Mahala above m. Benjamin Shumway in St. Paul, MI. She returned to Jackson Co. IA briefly May 1858, she, along with sister Phoebe, provided testimony, probably on behalf of Aminadab. Elijah spent the years following the death of his father with his grandparents in Kentucky. Ben and Mahala set out for California, in 1859, arrived in Honey Lake Valley, Plumas Co. CA., which later became part of Lassen Co. Her sister, Mary and her husband, Bartlett Said-Sade settled nearby.."
Info: Ronald5 Wendell of Cedar Rapids, IA(Martha4,JohnJ3,Jefferson2,Eli1) Esther kept most of her belongings in a knapsack, and dressed like a beggar woman. She could be seen going down the road to visit one of her many children. She is believed to died in or nr. Stockville, NE., where some of her children lived. Throughout all the research, he was the only one to give this description of his grandmother.
1852, Brandon Twp, Jackson Co. IA, William Conklin Sr, 01 male, 01 fem, 1 militia, 1 voter, Total 2, William Conklin Jr, 06 males, 02 fem, 1 voter, 1 militia, Total: 8,
1856, Farmers Creek Twp, Jackson Co. IA, L20, HH#56/56, Roll#IA/71, Wm Conklin, age 48, m, 8 yrs in State, b. NY, Farmer, Native Voter, Ester Conklin, age 44, m, 8 yrs in State, b. NY, Aminadah Conklin, age 22, m, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, Wm J Conklin, age 17, m, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, Eliza Conklin, age 16, f, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, Moses Conklin, age 14, m, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, Ester conklin, age 13, f, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, John Conklin, age 09, m, 8 yrs in State, b. OH, Thomas Conklin, age 07, m, b. IA, Julia Conklin, age 03, f, b. IA, Nancy Conklin, age 01, f, b. IA,
18 acres corn, 600 bushel harvested, 1/4 acre potatoes, 50 bushels harvested, 9 head of hogs, Value of hog 100, 10 head cattle, 300 value of cattle, 200 butter,
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