Pliny Amos Conkey, the son of George M. and Scelinda (Stewart) Conkey, was born on September 22, 1860 on a farm near Austin, Mower County, Minesota where he spent his childhood years. Pliny went by the name P.A Conkey most of his life. He married Lillie Frances Churchill on December 27, 1883 in Windom, Mower County, Minnesota. Lillie was the daughter of Benjamin Levery and Maria Wells (Fassett) Churchill. She was born April 13, 1864 in Mooers, Clinton County, New York.
P. A. and Lillie had six children, Lelah Hattie, Arthur M., Carl Heaton, Ruth Frances, Benjamin Levins, and Eva Lillian. Lillie went blind from cataracts before Ben was born so she never saw him or Eva.
P.A. and Lillie lived in the Austin, Mower County, Minnesota until 1901 when they moved to Hayfield, Dodge County, Minnesota. In 1902 P. A. and his son Carl came to North Dakota with another family named Beckdahl and a bachelor from Hayfield to find land to homestead. They came by train to Minot and acquired wagons and horses to go north. They found land northwest of what is now Sherwood. The land Pliny homesteaded was in Calquhoun Township, Renville County. Describer as these Quarter of Section 35, Township 164, Range 85, West of the 5th Principal Meridian. Value of $8,000.00. Pliny also farmed NE Quarter of Section 2, Township 163, Range 85, this was not part of his homestead.
The men worked on getting the buildings built so the families would have a house to live in and a barn for the animals. P. A.'s family joined him in 1903. They came by train to Lansford and then by wagon to their new home. The bachelor was a carpenter and built the buildings. Beckdahl's and Conkey's farmed he land for the bachelor.
The Conkey's were one of the Pioneers of the Sherwood area and was foremost in the building of the Community. P.A. was described in his obituary as "a kind and loving father and true friend his neighbors".
Pliny died on September 22, 1920 at 12:30 a.m. after a brief illness from hemorrhage of the brain and partial paralysis. He had been doing the chores and failed to come when called for supper, prompting a search. P. A. was found unconscious in the barn yard by his daughters Lelah and Eva. The family summoned medical aid, but P. A. never revived sufficiently to encourage hope of his recovery. A Neighbor, Ed Heller said that P.A. died from inhaling Grasshopper poison while mixing the power with water. He is buried in the Union Cemetery, Sherwood, North Dakota.
Pliny Amos Conkey, the son of George M. and Scelinda (Stewart) Conkey, was born on September 22, 1860 on a farm near Austin, Mower County, Minesota where he spent his childhood years. Pliny went by the name P.A Conkey most of his life. He married Lillie Frances Churchill on December 27, 1883 in Windom, Mower County, Minnesota. Lillie was the daughter of Benjamin Levery and Maria Wells (Fassett) Churchill. She was born April 13, 1864 in Mooers, Clinton County, New York.
P. A. and Lillie had six children, Lelah Hattie, Arthur M., Carl Heaton, Ruth Frances, Benjamin Levins, and Eva Lillian. Lillie went blind from cataracts before Ben was born so she never saw him or Eva.
P.A. and Lillie lived in the Austin, Mower County, Minnesota until 1901 when they moved to Hayfield, Dodge County, Minnesota. In 1902 P. A. and his son Carl came to North Dakota with another family named Beckdahl and a bachelor from Hayfield to find land to homestead. They came by train to Minot and acquired wagons and horses to go north. They found land northwest of what is now Sherwood. The land Pliny homesteaded was in Calquhoun Township, Renville County. Describer as these Quarter of Section 35, Township 164, Range 85, West of the 5th Principal Meridian. Value of $8,000.00. Pliny also farmed NE Quarter of Section 2, Township 163, Range 85, this was not part of his homestead.
The men worked on getting the buildings built so the families would have a house to live in and a barn for the animals. P. A.'s family joined him in 1903. They came by train to Lansford and then by wagon to their new home. The bachelor was a carpenter and built the buildings. Beckdahl's and Conkey's farmed he land for the bachelor.
The Conkey's were one of the Pioneers of the Sherwood area and was foremost in the building of the Community. P.A. was described in his obituary as "a kind and loving father and true friend his neighbors".
Pliny died on September 22, 1920 at 12:30 a.m. after a brief illness from hemorrhage of the brain and partial paralysis. He had been doing the chores and failed to come when called for supper, prompting a search. P. A. was found unconscious in the barn yard by his daughters Lelah and Eva. The family summoned medical aid, but P. A. never revived sufficiently to encourage hope of his recovery. A Neighbor, Ed Heller said that P.A. died from inhaling Grasshopper poison while mixing the power with water. He is buried in the Union Cemetery, Sherwood, North Dakota.
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