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PETER L. CONKLIN, of Hackensack, was born in Franklin Township,
Bergen County, N. J., on the 28th of October, 1825. He was the son of Louis
Conklin and Ellen Voorhis, members of old and respected New Jersey
families.
Mr. Conklin received his education in the public schools of Bergen County. Subsequently he learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed with marked success until he reached the age of fifty-seven, when he retired from active business. During the Civil War he was for nine months at the front as a member of and color-beater in the Twenty-second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. He was a public spirited, progressive, and enterprising citizen, thoroughly identified with the affairs of his native county, and honored and respected by all who knew him. Mr. Conklin was a member of McPherson Post, G. A. R., of Hackensack. He married Euphemia Frederick. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Hackensack. He died October 21, 1900, and is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Cornelius Zabriskie and Fannie De Wolf Conklin.
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