Roots
Page
----Conklin Connections
A book with lot's of
Conklins
Adirondack
Characters and Campfire Yarns.
Has an entire section of the book called "The Conklins of Wilmurt
[NY] A Pioneering North Woods Family." Within the section are biographical
pieces about the following Conklins --
(snipped from the index):
Conklin, Burton "Burt," ii, 3, 13, 48, 67, 93-96,
99, 101-3, 108-129, 163,
186, 200, 222
Conklin, Elijah, 54, 57
Conklin, Harriet, 93, 98, 200
Conklin, Henry, 93, 97-98, 100, 110, 200
Conklin, Jack, ii, 2, 106-7, 116, 178, 179
Conklin, Lillian, 98
Conklin, Lyman, ii, 93-95, 100, 128
Conklin, Milo D., 93, 95, 100
Conklin, Roscoe, 105
Conklin, Ruth, 14, 93, 98
Conklin, Roy, ii, 124-25, 127, 130, 132
Conkling Brook, 132, 186
Elijah is the oldest, Henry his son and Burt and
Jack his sons. Burt's son
is Roy. Henry died in 1915 and Burt was born in
1861.

This is the caption from the cover photo (above):
"Burt Conklin's Lumber
camp near West Canada Creek would have been abuzz
with activity around the
time that this picture was taken in 1897 by
traveling photographer Grotus
Reising. Most of the people in the picture are
members of the Conklin family
and the rest are friends and hired hands. From
left to right: Pascal
Conklin, Dee Courtney, Johnny McCullen-Teamster,
Astrander Buck, Roy Potter,
Golusha (in doorway), Burt Conklin, John Pardee,
Phil Perry, Roy Conklin
(the boy in front of Phil), "Red" Jack Conklin,
John E. Conklin (with dog),
unidentified man, Lyman Conklin, another
unidentified man, Jessie Conklin
(John E. Conklin's wife), Maude Conklin, Mrs. Burt
Conklin (Alice Cummins)
and Bessie Conklin, sitting down."
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