Champaign County, Ohio was created March 1, 1805 from Greene and Franklin counties. On March 1, 1817 the present boundaries were established when Logan and Clark counties were formed. An 1800 census counted 100 settlers.
Henry and Mary's children were Margaret Conklin (1795), Mary Conklin (1797), Catherine Conklin (1801), Nancy Conklin (1803), Sarah Conklin (1804), William Henry Conklin (1808, married Nancy Burris Jenkins), Jacob Conklin (1810), David Conklin (1812), Silas Conklin (1814), and Hannah Elizabeth Conklin (1819).
Henry Conklin appeared in the 1810 census of Jefferson County, Virginia. The household consisted of 8 members. There was a man between 26 and 44, a woman between 26 and 44, two girls between 10 and 15, a boy between 10 and 15, three girls under 10, and 2 boys under 10. They had one slave.
Henry died on January 10, 1825 in Jefferson County.
In 1834 the Mary and eight children moved to Champaign County, Ohio.,
Mary appeared in the 1840 census in Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio. The household consisted of a woman between 50 and 59, two girls and a boy between 15 and 19, and a boy under 5.
Mary died January 15, 1847 in Champaign County, Ohio. Mary was buried at Buck Creek Cemetery in Champaign County, Ohio.
Berkeley County, Virginia was created from the northern third of Frederick County, Virginia in 1772. Jefferson County was formed from the county's eastern section. In 1863 Berkeley County became part of the new state of West Virginia .
A blacksmith forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil.
Jacob Conklyn (deceased). The subject of this memoir was a native of Jefferson Co., Virginia, born July 14, 1810. He was a son of Henry and Mary Conkyn. His father died in Virginia when Jacob was only 15 years old: he then learned the trade of blacksmith, and in 1834 came to this State in company with his mother and eight brothers and sisters, finally locating, in 1838, in this county, where they remained till the time of his death, his mother living near him until her death. Which occurred in 1847.
Mr. C. followed the profession of blacksmith and carried on a farm at the same time till within the last ten years, when his health became so poor that he was obliged to abandon the trade as a business, and devoted his entire attention to the farm. He was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than thirty years, and was consistent and exemplary Christian gentleman, always interested in the general welfare of the community. He was sober and upright, open-hearted and fondly attached to his family and friends. He was called from this life Feb. 8, 1880. Mrs. Conklyn remains on the farm with her son Jacob H.
Mr. Conklyn was the father of eight children, four of whom are living. His marriage was celebrated with Miss Emily Hedges, Oct 25, 1838. (From Beers, Biographical Sketches, 1881. Union Township, Champaign County, p. 904)
The Methodist Episcopal Church, founded by John Wesley, began in 1784. It became the major component of the current United Methodist Church.
At first, members were expected to seek the sacraments in the Anglican Church, but by the 1770s they had their own chapels. Circuit riders traveled by horseback to preach and establish churches. The earliest Episcopal Methodists in North America were drawn from middle-class trades and there were more women than men. Services were emotional and demonstrative.
