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Just realized that the first part of my message did'nt get posted so will try again. I
am looking for the ancestor, parents and siblings of Henry David Conklin,b.11-8-1838/39.We
don't know when or with whom he came to Indiana. There are Conklins listed in the
1850's census and I think they were here earlier. We don't know how they are
related to Henry. We do know he married Charlotte Loos 1-2-1860 in Greene Co. and they had
Sarah, David (my ggrand), Julia, Mary, Lucretia, Viola and James . Henry also served in
the Civil War, 6th infantry-Indiana. He enlisted 8-11-1862 in Worthington where he lived.
He left Charlotte around 1880/1 and married a woman from Indianapolis. We think they may
have had one child. He then left her and went to Van Buren Co. Ark. where he married a 16
yr. old named Sarah Hoaten on 6-25-1888. We believe they had a son named Martin. On the
1900 census there is a 12 yr. old Matin Conklin living with Sarah's father and
stepmother, Martin and Martha Hoaten.!
Henry died around 1894. Sarah applied for his C.W. pension as a widow in 1894 and
Charlotte applied for his C.W. pension as a widow 1896. Sarah's application is listed
with "contested" written across it. I don't believe Charlotte ever knew what
happened to Henry, but David did. I have an old scrapbook that belonged to David and one
day while I was looking at it a page that was glued over another page came loose and
underneath it David had written where and when Henry was born and died. He never told
anyone, I think to spare Charlotte. If anyone has any info PLEASE contact me. I would be
delighted to hear from you. Thanks! Ginny Lehner