Edwin Miles CONKLIN

  General Notes:

EDWIN M. CONKLIN, farmer; P. O. Westfield; was born Sept. 6, 1835, in this township. His father, Jacob Conklin, was born in St. Alburg Tp., Grand Isles Co., Vermont, June 10, 1782. His father, Abram Conklin, was a soldier in the war of Independence; he came, to Ohio in the fall of 1813, and located in Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., and a year later joined the Light Horse, under Capt. Murray, and served under Gen. McArthur, participating in several skirmishes, suffering the vicissitudes of war, sometimes going three days without food. He was married to Orra Payne, Sept. 17, 1818; she was born in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn., July 6, 1798, and came to Ohio in 1817. They immediately started for their new home in Westfield Tp., as described in the history of the township. Mr. Conklin died March 12,1875, having been a member of the Methodist Church seventy two years, his home being the first preaching place in the township. Edwin had charge of the farm after his fifteenth year, and hence was deprived of many school privileges which other boys had, but he has by no means neglected the cultivation of his mind, and is proverbial for his accuracy. He has for more than twenty years kept a journal of every day's transactions, and for the same length of time a tri-daily thermometrical record. He married Lottie Shoemaker, Oct. 15, 1872, who died Jan. 12, 1876. To them was born one son-Edwin J., July 1, 1874. He married Martha Van Brimmer Feb. 11, 1880. Her parents were among the early settlers. Mr. Conklin has been prominently identified with the Odd Fellows; he was Deputy Grand Master for this district about four years, and Representative in the Grand Lodge two years; he passed all the chairs in both branches, joining the encampment at Delaware, and was a charter member, both at Cardington and Ashley, and was one of the charter members of the Myrtle Lodge of the Daughters of Rebecca, at Westfield. He was the first one to take hold of the Grange movement in this locality, and was the first delegate from here to the State Grange, in Xenia, in 1874, and was made Deputy for Morrow Co., and in that capacity organized the Grange at Cardington, Lincoln, Harmony, Canaan, Johnsville, Peru and Marengo. He has always been a Republican, casting his first vote for Fremont in 1856, and has held various township offices. He has a farm of 105 acres, in a good state of cultivation, which is known as the "Pleasant Home Farm."

There are many fine orchards in this section,some of the apple orchards dating back beyond the memory of any now living, and owing their existence to that remarkable individual known to the earliest pioneers as "Johnny Appleseed," who had a mania for starting orchards, and many of the oldest in Central Ohio were planted by him, one of which is located on the farm of Edwin M. Conklin, in this township.


MARTHA VAN BRIMER Family
Marriage: 11 FEB 1880 , Morrow, Ohio
LOTTIE SHOEMAKER Family
Marriage: 15 OCT 1872 , Morrow, Ohio

Name: Edwin M. Conklin
Residence: Westfield, Morrow, Ohio
Birth date: 1836
Birth place: Ohio, United States
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name: Martha Conklin
Spouse birth place: Indiana, United States
Father name:
Father birth place: Vermont, United States
Mother name: Orra Conklin
Mother birth place: Connecticut, United States
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Age: 44 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA film number: T9-1053
Page: 219
Page letter: C
Entry number: 694
Film number: 1255053
Collection: 1880 United States Census

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Westfield, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M432_716; Page: 15; Image: 397.

Edwin married Charlotte S. SHOEMAKER, daughter of Jacob SHOEMAKER and Elizabeth WATTERS, on 15 Oct 1872 in Morrow Co., Ohio. (Charlotte S. SHOEMAKER was born on 19 Sep 1845 in Ohio, died on 12 Jan 1876 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Marlborough Cem., Troy, Delaware, Ohio, USA.)

Edwin next married Martha VAN BRIMMER, daughter of Jacob VAN BRIMMER and Almira BURCH, on 11 Feb 1880 in Morrow Co., Ohio. (Martha VAN BRIMMER was born on 15 May 1846 in Indiana, USA, died on 24 Apr 1920 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Marlborough Cem., Troy, Delaware, Ohio, USA.)