Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-05
|. CONKLIN's
Loss MOURNED BY
HOST OF FRIENDS

quit his desk at the Cour House and
he never left his bed after that. Rheu-
matism affected his right hand and left
arm and leg, and the weak condition of
his hearl made i. impossible TO
teract the effects of the rheumatism.
Prof. ably no nan in Newark was
more generally known or better liked
han Mr.. Conklin. or Ed" Conklin.
as he was more generally known. At
the Court House every man feels his
loss as a personal one. and ms CHEEKY
Good morning, brother win be
missed by every attache of the build
ing.
And there are others who will miss
him even more. They are the down
and out old soldiers, veterans of the.
Civil War. Nobody knows how many
of these Mr.. Conklin had ON his pri-
vate pension LIST, bat 1t is a w~ell-known
fact that every morning from three to
six or more poorly dressed men would
painfully climb the stairs to
the Court House and stand at the
window of Mr.. Conklin's Office. No
one ever saw the money pass. nor did
any one know how much the iargess
was. But one thing is SIRE. and hat
is a needy old soldier v left Mr..
Conklin empty-handed.
In War Four Years.
Edward L. Conklin was born in Pat
erson on June 20, 1s40, m would have
been - wears of age had he lived I'M
til next June. When he was 20 years
OF age he moved to this city with his
parents and started to learn the car
pc inter- business
xorr -. 4Ha a~.A eli g --zN
by Pres. dent Lincoln to quell the re-
and Conkliu. then less than 81
wears of age, was one of the first to re-
He Joined Company G. Second
New Jersey Regiment. and was mus
tered in N May %, 1851, at olden
Farm. Trenton. This regiment was
afterwaid made a part of the famous
Kearny Brigade, and as such took part
In all the big battles of the Peninsula.
Virginia and Maryland campaigns.
Mr.. conkiin served throughout the
entire four years OF the war and came
unscatched. being one of the few
out unscathed, being n OF the few
retired after the grand review in
Washington in 1855 with only the rank
Of sergeant.
He was in more than forty battles
and skirmishes, many of them being
numbered among the important ones of
war.
The first battle his regiment was
In was the first battle of Bull Run,
on July q. 1861. Following in rapid
succession came the battles OF West
Va. Golden Farms. Gaines
Farms. Malvern Hill. Manassas. Chan
lilly. Antietam. Fredericksburg, Gettys-
burg. the battles of the Wilderness,
Srottsylvania Court House. the siege
Of Richmond and the final surrender of
Lee at ~Appomattox on April 9, 1865,
Even after the war was all over and
Post. G. A. r., of this city.
was organized Mr.. Conklin was still
difident as to holding office. A char
ter member of the post. he held no
office during his long membership. ex-
cept an ey-ofieio one. That a the
office of treasurer and of out
ings and trips to battlefelds and to
he annual national conventions of the
always the adler and made all ar
-angements fcr his comrades.
WEEDS Mt Wars Close
1t was after the ar in 1865 that
Conklin married Miss Lenora King.
If this city, who died about a year
When the war ended Mr.. Conklin
returned to this city and went into
business with his father-in-law in the
irm of William King Company sash
and door builders, whose place of BUSH
ness was where the Lackawanna Rail-
'oad derot nov stands IN Broad street.
He continued In this business until
1883, when he retired after being APP
postmaster of Newark by
President Benjamin Harrison. He
served until 1895, when he was dis
by President Cleveland.
Two years later. in 1895. he was APP
county auditor and held the
position until the time of his death.
Mr., Conklin is survived by four sons.
Louis W Edward D., Leroy A. and H.
King Conklin. I
He was a lifelong Republican and for
years - more had been a MEM
Der of the Republican County Commit
zee. He was also a member of the
Pepublioan indian Lea cue. Newark
Lodge of Elks No. Fl, Eureka Lodge
No 80. F. and A M: Union Chapter
Masons, Union Veteran League, Lin
colin Post and was a director of the
Franklin Savings Institution and also
superintendent of soldiers burials I'M
Ter the Board of F~reeholders For
many yec"s he was a member of the
Foard of Freeholders before being APP
pointed county auditor.