San Joaquin County Biographies
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CHESTER W. CONKLIN
A member of the firm of DeYoung & Conklin, undertakers, Chester W. Conklin is a capable representative of the younger business men who are at present guiding the progress of commercial life in Stockton. Mr. Conklin is a native son, born at Stockton, November 5, 1889, the son of Fred L. and Nettie (Eldred) Conklin, both natives of Michigan. The father came to California in 1876, and for a time had a market garden near Sacramento, then farmed at Santa Barbara. In 1883 he located at Stockton and entered the employ of the Sperry Flour Mills and was one of their valued employees until he retired on January 1, 1922, holding the position of head miller for many years. Mrs. F.L. Conklin passed away in September, 1917. Fred L. Conklin is the owner of a fine sixty-acre ranch near Acampo, which he developed from raw land into a prune orchard and a vineyard of Tokay grapes. It is now in full bearing and very productive. He is prominent in the ranks of the Odd Fellows, being a member of Truth Lodge No. 84, and of the Canton and Encampment.
Mr. and Mrs. Conklin were the parents of two sons, James E. and Chester W., of this sketch, who attended the grammar and high schools at Stockton and was for a time with the Sperry Flour Mills, and also in the real estate business. He took up the undertaking business, thoroughly learning all its details, with Warren & Smith, of Stockton, and on May 1, 1917, he formed a partnership with C.C. DeYoung, under the firm name of DeYoung & Conklin, Undertakers. These partners are boyhood friends and schoolmates, growing up together, and so the closest spirit of co-operation and harmony is manifested in all their business relations. They bought out the pioneer firm of Ford & Brignoli, and have built up a fine business with all modern equipment.
On October 31, 1911, Mr. Conklin was married to Miss Elizabeth Owen, born in San Joaquin County, and a daughter has been born to them, Janis E. Mr. Conklin is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 218, Truth Lodge No. 84, I.O.O.F., and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a past president of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W., and served as district deputy grand president of this order. Mrs. Conklin joins him in his fraternal affiliations, being a member of the Rebekahs and the Native Daughters.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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