Pioneer Henry Conklin, Civil War veteran of Wilmurt, spent his boyhood in Blenheim, Schoharie County and then, about 1845, went with his parents and brothers and sisters, by team and bobsled, to a frontier post in the southern Adirondacks, called Wilmurt.
In 1856 he married a neighborhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Flansburg and proceeded to raise a family of six boys and three girls. The father made shingles for the market in Utica, ran a trap line and hunted big and small game to provide fresh meat for the family.
Henry and some of his neighbors enlisted to fight in the war between the states. About a year later, in 1861, Henry was wounded in the battle of Fair Gap and six months later was discharged from the service.
In 1891 while caretaker in charge of the Snyder camp at Jocks Lake Henry wrote the story of his life on the frontier, and he called it, "Through Poverty's Vale or Sixty Years in the Wilderness of Want". Henry died in 1915.
The following notice appeared in the Utica papers:
Obituary
Henry Conklin, well-known Civil War veteran, passed away July 23, 1915, at his home in Wilmurt after a short illness, aged 83. Mr. Conklin was highly respected by all and had always been a good citizen.
He was born in 1832 and married Elizabeth Flansburg in 1856.
Mr. Conklin held many town offices and was faithful in them all.
He leaves his wife, age 75, six sons and three daughters.
The funeral was held at the Ohio, M. E. Church. A Post service was conducted by Squire Jimmy Hanes, a comrade of the departed. The North Star Grange, of which the deceased was a member, marched to the cemetery. This grand old man with bright blue eyes and a twinkle in them, was beloved by all who knew him. He reserved his sly sense of humor until all were seated at the dinner table believing that laughter was good for the digestion.
In 1856 he married a neighborhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Flansburg and proceeded to raise a family of six boys and three girls. The father made shingles for the market in Utica, ran a trap line and hunted big and small game to provide fresh meat for the family.
Henry and some of his neighbors enlisted to fight in the war between the states. About a year later, in 1861, Henry was wounded in the battle of Fair Gap and six months later was discharged from the service.
In 1891 while caretaker in charge of the Snyder camp at Jocks Lake Henry wrote the story of his life on the frontier, and he called it, "Through Poverty's Vale or Sixty Years in the Wilderness of Want". Henry died in 1915.
The following notice appeared in the Utica papers:
Obituary
Henry Conklin, well-known Civil War veteran, passed away July 23, 1915, at his home in Wilmurt after a short illness, aged 83. Mr. Conklin was highly respected by all and had always been a good citizen.
He was born in 1832 and married Elizabeth Flansburg in 1856.
Mr. Conklin held many town offices and was faithful in them all.
He leaves his wife, age 75, six sons and three daughters.
The funeral was held at the Ohio, M. E. Church. A Post service was conducted by Squire Jimmy Hanes, a comrade of the departed. The North Star Grange, of which the deceased was a member, marched to the cemetery. This grand old man with bright blue eyes and a twinkle in them, was beloved by all who knew him. He reserved his sly sense of humor until all were seated at the dinner table believing that laughter was good for the digestion.
Pioneer Henry Conklin, Civil War veteran of Wilmurt, spent his boyhood in Blenheim, Schoharie County and then, about 1845, went with his parents and brothers and sisters, by team and bobsled, to a frontier post in the southern Adirondacks, called Wilmurt.
In 1856 he married a neighborhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Flansburg and proceeded to raise a family of six boys and three girls. The father made shingles for the market in Utica, ran a trap line and hunted big and small game to provide fresh meat for the family.
Henry and some of his neighbors enlisted to fight in the war between the states. About a year later, in 1861, Henry was wounded in the battle of Fair Gap and six months later was discharged from the service.
In 1891 while caretaker in charge of the Snyder camp at Jocks Lake Henry wrote the story of his life on the frontier, and he called it, "Through Poverty's Vale or Sixty Years in the Wilderness of Want". Henry died in 1915.
The following notice appeared in the Utica papers:
Obituary
Henry Conklin, well-known Civil War veteran, passed away July 23, 1915, at his home in Wilmurt after a short illness, aged 83. Mr. Conklin was highly respected by all and had always been a good citizen.
He was born in 1832 and married Elizabeth Flansburg in 1856.
Mr. Conklin held many town offices and was faithful in them all.
He leaves his wife, age 75, six sons and three daughters.
The funeral was held at the Ohio, M. E. Church. A Post service was conducted by Squire Jimmy Hanes, a comrade of the departed. The North Star Grange, of which the deceased was a member, marched to the cemetery. This grand old man with bright blue eyes and a twinkle in them, was beloved by all who knew him. He reserved his sly sense of humor until all were seated at the dinner table believing that laughter was good for the digestion.
In 1856 he married a neighborhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Flansburg and proceeded to raise a family of six boys and three girls. The father made shingles for the market in Utica, ran a trap line and hunted big and small game to provide fresh meat for the family.
Henry and some of his neighbors enlisted to fight in the war between the states. About a year later, in 1861, Henry was wounded in the battle of Fair Gap and six months later was discharged from the service.
In 1891 while caretaker in charge of the Snyder camp at Jocks Lake Henry wrote the story of his life on the frontier, and he called it, "Through Poverty's Vale or Sixty Years in the Wilderness of Want". Henry died in 1915.
The following notice appeared in the Utica papers:
Obituary
Henry Conklin, well-known Civil War veteran, passed away July 23, 1915, at his home in Wilmurt after a short illness, aged 83. Mr. Conklin was highly respected by all and had always been a good citizen.
He was born in 1832 and married Elizabeth Flansburg in 1856.
Mr. Conklin held many town offices and was faithful in them all.
He leaves his wife, age 75, six sons and three daughters.
The funeral was held at the Ohio, M. E. Church. A Post service was conducted by Squire Jimmy Hanes, a comrade of the departed. The North Star Grange, of which the deceased was a member, marched to the cemetery. This grand old man with bright blue eyes and a twinkle in them, was beloved by all who knew him. He reserved his sly sense of humor until all were seated at the dinner table believing that laughter was good for the digestion.
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