Conklin, Theodore (b. , d. ?)
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Note: MRM:.. 1/28/94 - From Alcona County Review of 21 April 1898
"Charles Conklin was summoned to Flint last week by the dangerous illiness of his aunt, Mrs. Foster, with whom he had always been a favorite. The lady died naturally. She leaves considerable to a share of which Mr. Conklin will succeed."
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Cause: Consumption - aged 20 years
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Note: Came to Saginaw, Michigan in 1865. In 1866 William Conklin moved to Greenbush, Michigan with his wife of five years, Emma, their son and infant daughter.
Two years later he was one of a committee of five to organize a separate AlconaCounty (the area was then a part of Alpena County). Legislative approval camein 1869 and in that year Greenbush Township was formed. William was the first supervisior serving until his death in 1877. He was a first County Supervisor and one of three to set up the County government; and, to select a site for the Court House, building a jail, establishing a poor house, and setting up government offices.
In Greenbush he owned a large stable for sixty horses; was the express agent and a lumber mill owner/operator.
William Conklin's death is reported as a suicide. The Alcona County Review of that time reports much controversy over the event; some people even suggesting that he was murdered by his wife. He died of a gunshot wound and the gun was, reportedly, never found.
Jane, on the death certificate as his mother, was in fact his stepmother.
KAC:.. See Letter to the Editor, re Edward LaChapelle, The Review, J. R. Fairchild, publisher, of Friday, July 1, 1881.
KMH - 23 May 1996 - Alpena Argus - 11 July 1877
A special telegram to tthe Courier on yesterday announced the death of Wm. Conklin, of Greenbush, Alcona county, by suicide. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday, the jury returning a verdict that he died from a pistol shot inflicted by his own hand. The ball entered the head, and entering the brain death ensued almost instantaneously. The cause for the rash act, if known, has not been made public. The report, apparently well founded, is that he shot himself in the presence of his wife. Deceased was in easy circumstances, being largely engaged in lumbering business at Greenbush. He owned a valuable farm near this city, and, we understand, owned considerable property in Detroit and Buffalo. He was possessed of a jovial, pleasant-loving tempermentt, and seemed to enjoy life so throughly that his intimate friends in this city cannot account for the rash act. - Saginaw Courier.
Event: Type: Occcupation
Place: Lumberman, Express Agent, Farmer
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Cause: Suicide
Note: Birth must be on or before the 11th of January 1847 as mother's death was that date. Place of birth is shown as Minrod Corners, New York as that is the place of death of her mother.
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Cause: Pneumonia - aged 18
Event: Type: Military
Place: Co. B 147th Reg. NY Volunteers - Civil War
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Event: Type: Military
Place: Civil War
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Cause: Died in Civil War of small pox.
Note: Attendants at the Tuesday morning wedding at the LaChapelle farm home were sister May LaChapelle and cousin Walter LaChapelle; Minister, Rev. Leonard Hazard. Wedding trip was to Bay City and Flint, MI
Charles Conklin was a business man and a man of official affairs in Alcona County over a long term of years. He was born in St, Williams, Ontario, Canada December 26, 1863. He came with his parents to Greenbush, Alcona County, Michigan when he was about three years of age; eleven years later he came to Harrisville and resided there until his death.
He taught school in the Lumerick District amd the Dean District.
Later he entered politics and was the Secretary of the Republican County Committee over a long period of years. He held school and township offices; and, was Deputy Postmaster under B.P.Cowley; Register of Deeds for the years 1881-1984; and, served eight years as County Treasurer.
He had a hardware and furniture store for forty years prior to his death; and, he conducted an Abstract and Real Estate Business, being one of the oldest Abstractors in this section of the state. His advice and counsel were extensively sought in connection with land deals and titles
Event: Type: Occcupation
Place: Abstractor, Real Estate, Politics
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Cause: Cancer of the prostat
Note: Jessie (Conklin) Waters was a life member of Lake Huron Chapter No. 184 Order of Eastern Star, Harrisville, Michigan.
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Cause: Cancer of the eye
Note: Adopted Florence Loretta Conklin and Mary Catherine Conklin, children of Cecil Charles Conklin and Alberta Edwards.
Event: Type: Occcupation
Place: RN - Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI
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Cause: Breast Cancer
Note: Dorothy Jean (Byce) Rothrock has custody of much LaChapelle (Chapelle) genealogical information gathered by her mother. Laura Mae "Babe" Conklin-Byce, and Lois Conklin-Eckfeld and their mother Mary Adelia "Minnie" LaChapelle-Conklin.
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Note: Served in the United States Coast Guard aboard the SENECA in 1919; retired from Western Electric Company in 1966.
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Alpena News - 20 Nov 1997
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