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Looking for the grave of Harriet Wilson Conklin.
She was born 2 JAN 1815 Mississippi and it is thought her parents could be James Wilson born 21 AUG 1788 Mississippi who married 23 AUG 1807 to Mrs. Patty Wilson.
Harriet Wilson, married maybe in Ohio or Mississippi to Elijah Conklin who was born 18 Oct 1798 VA and died 16 Dec 1858 Grand Gulf, Mississippi wher he was a gun smith as listed on the 1850 census. After the death of her husband, Harriet (Wilson) Conklin and children then moved to Rodney, Mississippi and appear there on the 1860 census. There is some speculation there is some connection to the Norris or Robb family of Pecan Grove Plantation which was near Rodney or maybe the Savage family of Salem Plantation near Lake Providence, LA & Rodney, Mississippi.
Harriet died 10 Dec 1871 Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi of cancer.
Looking for the location of her burial and confermation of both her parents and her husband's parents. Also looking for her on the 1870 Mississippi Census.
Clues to the ancestory might be found in the names of their children.
A William Conklin married 22 Oct 1822 to Abihah Clare in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Elijah Conklin born 18 OCT 1798 VA (gun smith 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 16 DEC 1858 Grand Gulf, Claiborne County, MS; married Harriet Wilson born 2 JAN 1815 (Ohio 1850 Claiborne County, MS census or MS LDS site); died 10 DEC 1871 Vicksburg, MS of cancer.
Children:
1. James Wilson Conklin born 11 JAN 1834 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 13 OCT 1878 Vicksburg, MS of yellow fever. Married 2 July 1874 Jefferson County, Mississippi to Julia Crook.
2. Edward “Edwin” Montgomery Conklin born 16 JUN 1836 (Ohio 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 11 JAN 1875 Rodney, MS of swamp fever. Sergeant in the Mississippi 22nd Infantry, Company D of the Rodney Guards. They came to Georgia and in May 1864 they were at the Base of Kennesaw Mountain, Jul 20 Battle of Peachtree Creek, and later during the evacuation of Atlanta at the battle at Rough and Ready, Jonesboro and Flint River. A history of his unit is online at: http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/22nd_MS_INF.htm
3. Martha Louise Conklin born 25 AUG 1841 TWIN (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 23 AUG 1896 St. Louis, MO; married Edward Lynch.
4. Charles Henry Conklin born 25/AUG 1841 TWIN (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 25 AUG 1863 buried in Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta, Georgia in a shaft with 10 other soilders. Oakland has many famous people there including the authur of "Gone With the Wind" Margaret Mitchell. He died as a result of gunshot wound at the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN. He was a Lt. In Port Gibson, MS Rifles. Later he was part of Army of TN. Died of lockjaw on his 22nd birthday. (His diary, written in the early part of the Civil War, is in the possession of Elizabeth Woodbury Markley's family. He was the only brother to lose his life in the war.)
5. Margaret W. Conklin born 6 JUL 1844 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 9 JUL 1846 of cholera.
6. Elijah Conklin born 10 FEB 1847 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died Omaha, NB. Lived in Omaha, NB married 20 Feb 1871 Jefferson County, Mississippi to Helena M. Lennon and may have a daughter Grace Conklin and possibly a son.
7. William Burke Conklin born 14 OCT 1849 (MS 1850 Claiborne County, MS census); died 11 OCT 1915 (Austin) Chicago, IL of heart attack.
8. Walter Welch Conklin born 1 DEC 1852 Grand Gulf, MS; died 22 FEB 1932(3) Oak Park, IL of heart failure; married Alice May Karrick in Dubuque, IA 3 June 1875 by Rev C. Seymour. Walter Welch Conklin like William Burke Conklin went out west. Alice May Karrick born 1857, died 1908 was the daughter of Michael G. Karrick born 19 Oct 1827 Missouri Territory, died 12 Oct 1872 Dubuque, Iowa and Jerusha Anderson born 19 Jan 1836 in Marinetown, Madison County, Illinois, died 27 Dec 1920 St. Paul, Minnesota. They were married 25 Jul 1854 in Dubuque Iowa and lived in Rodney, Mississippi for a short time just before the death of Michael G. Karrick. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2400478&id=I790 http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/history/karricks.html Walter Welch Conklin worked for a railroad and is believed to have lived in North Platte, NB for a while, but later settled in St. Louis, MO. He lived for a short time in Austin with his daughter Nita. Later when his health failed he came to Oak Park to live with Nita where he passed away.
9. Frank Conklin born 2 NOV 1856 Grand Gulf, MS; death unknown but children were quite young. The 1880 North Plate, Lincoln Co., MB census list a Frank Conklin age 22 single born Mississippi, R.R. News Agent, parents both born in OH. 1860 Jefferson County, Census list him as Frank S.
10. John Hunter Conklin no record of birth; died 21 NOV 1891 Rex Station, MS. John Hunter Conklin in on the 1880 Rodney, Jefferson County census in the Engbarth household as a carpenter. He mistakenly list his parents as both being born in Mississippi.
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