CONKLE, William P.

CONKLE, RUSSELL, STEWART, COCHER, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 21:46:48

Biography ~ William P. Conkle

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 671-72:

WILLIAM P. CONKLE settled upon his present farm in Center Township, in November, 1868. He was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvanian, in 1825, where he was reared to manhood. His father, HENRY CONKLE, was born in Germany, and came to America when a young boy, settling in Beaver County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1846. His mother, CHRISTINA a native of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and died in 1841. She was the second wife of HENRY CONKLE. By the first marriage there were eight children, and four by the second. All of the first children are deceased, except POLLY and SAMUEL; the second children are all living – HENRY and MARTHA, twins; HENRY living on the old homestead in Pennsylvania, and MARTHA the wife of CHARLES SWYFORD of Clark County, Iowa; WILLIAM P., our subject, and Mrs. MARGARET RUSSELL, of Colorado. April 6, 1848, Mr. CONKLE was married in Beaver County to Miss REBECCA S. STEWART, who was born in West Virginia, September 3, 1824. Her father, BENJAMIN STEWART, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and her mother, REBECCA (COCHER) STEWART, was a native of West Virginia. They were married in Virginia, and removed to Beaver County, where they remained until their death. Her father died November 4, 1854, and the mother in 1869. There were twelve children, eight of who grew to maturity. The four that are living are ROBERT N., now living upon the old homestead in Beaver County; REBECCA, now MRS. CONKLE; SAMUEL resides in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and was born in 1828, and ELIHU, who lives in Ohio. In 1853 Mr. CONKLE removed with his family to Columbina County, Ohio, where they lived until they came to Iowa, in 1868. They have no children of their own, but have no children of their own, but have reared two boys, children of Mrs. MARGARET J. ANDRERSON, a sister of Mrs. CONKLE, and JOHN ANDERSON, who died during the war of the Rebellion. The names of the boys are JOHN EDWARD and ALBERT A. Mr. and Mrs. CONKLE are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Leon, and politically he is independent.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014