San Joaquin County Biographies
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FRED L. CONKLIN
JAMES E. CONKLIN
Among the pioneer families of 1852 in the Golden State is that which finds worthy representatives in San Joaquin County in Fred L., James E. and Chester W. Conklin. Fred L. Conklin was born at Battle Creek, Mich., a son of James E and Rhoda (Loder) Conklin. Grandfather James E. Conklin came across the plains to California in 1852 and engaged in mining until 1855, when he returned to Michigan and spent the remainder of his days. Fred L. Conklin was the eldest of seven children, the others being Loder, Tilly, Clara, George, Eunice, and Arthur. James E. Conklin lived to be sixty-seven years old, and Rhoda Conklin died at the age of seventy-seven. In 1876, Fred L. Conklin came to California, stopping at Stockton to visit an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Hook, and settled first at Santa Barbara, where he spent one winter; next he went to Sacramento and for six subsequent years worked at various kinds of jobs. In 1882 he moved to Stockton, where, one year later, he became an employee of the Sperry Milling Company, first as a laborer; later he became one of the millers, and in 1912 was advanced to head miller, remaining in that position until 1921, when he retired. In 1883 he married Miss Nettie Eldred, a native of Michigan, a daughter of Chester W. and Evelyn (Dean) Eldred. Her father was a Michigan farmer and the father of a large family. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin are the parents of two sons, James E. and Chester W. In 1905, the father purchased a ten-acre Tokay vineyard west of Acampo, and some time afterwards purchased twenty acres two and a half miles west of Acampo, on the Mokelumne River, which is devoted to an orchard of prunes and peaches. The father is a member of Truth Lodge, No. 55, I.O.O.F., and of Parker Encampment, also a member of the Rainbow Rebekahs, while Mrs. Conklin is past noble grand and past district deputy of the Rainbow Rebekahs of Stockton. She died in 1917.
James E. Conklin received his education in the grammar and high schools of Stockton and attended the summer school session at the University of California for several years. For the past seven years he has been the physical director in the Lodi high school, a position he is most capably filling to the entire satisfaction of everyone. Whatever has tended to benefit his community has also received his endorsement and co-operation, and he has been a witness of much of the growth and development of his native county. His marriage united him with Miss Hattie Coburn, also a native of Stockton, a daughter of Frank and Jessie (Button) Coburn. Mrs. Conklin was educated in the Stockton schools and they are the parents of one son, James E., Jr.
Chester W. Conklin was born November 5, 1889, graduated from the Stockton high school, and is now in the undertaking business in Stockton. He married Lizzie Owens, daughter of John and Sarah Owens, and they have one daughter, Janis.
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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