| Birth: | Oct. 13, 1816
New York
New York County
New York, USA | | Death: | Mar. 1, 1899
Springfield
Sangamon County
Illinois, USA | 
James & his wife Mercy were good friends & confidantes of Abraham & Mary Lincoln. Conkling was Mayor of Springfield in 1845 & then member of the state legislature. He read the famous "Conkling Letter" from Lincoln at a mass meeting in Springfield in September 1863, in which Lincoln defended so eloquently his policies in the war & the Emancipation Proclamation.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mercie Ann Levering Conkling (1817 - 1893)*
Children:
Unknown Child Conkling*
Unknown Child Conkling*
Clinton Levering Conkling (1843 - 1920)*
Alice Conkling (1856 - 1929)*
*Calculated relationship
| | | Burial:
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Sangamon County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 7, 184 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 29, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19952 |
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A great man with great friends.
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