On stone with Naomi C., Diana B., and Sarah T.
Otis McCulloch Conkey was born December 8, 1808 in Pelham, Massachusetts to Alexander Conkey Jr. (1789-1859) and Lucy McCulloch Conkey (1789-1859) and was the oldest of four children. His siblings were Hyslop Abercrombie Conkey (1811 - ????), Lusetta S. Conkey (????), and William Alexander Conkey (1820 - 1907).
Otis, founder of Conkey town, married his first wife Naomi Morton sometime between 1824-1834 and they had three children together: Morton, Mariah, and Marian. Naomi died sometime shortly after the birth of Marian in 1840-41 and Otis married his second wife Sarah Taylor in Pelham on November 20, 1843. While married to Naomi, Otis acquired various pieces of land in central Illinois and Indiana. In 1834 at the age of twenty-six, he purchased forty acres east of Paris in Edgar County. Four years later, he expanded his land holdings with a purchase of approximately thirty-nine more acres of land east of Paris.
In 1841, O. M. decided to cross over into Indiana and bought thirty-four and half acres in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana on August 10th. The distance between Paris and Clinton is around 17 miles, so it was a reasonable travel distance for Otis who seemed to maintain business interests in both states. His son Marian was likely born after he acquired the land in Clinton as he was identified as born in Indiana in the 1850 census. The census showed Otis's occupation to be "Merchant" in 1850. It was just one year later that O. M. arrived in Vermilion County, IL and opened for business in what became Conkey Town.
On stone with Naomi C., Diana B., and Sarah T.
Otis McCulloch Conkey was born December 8, 1808 in Pelham, Massachusetts to Alexander Conkey Jr. (1789-1859) and Lucy McCulloch Conkey (1789-1859) and was the oldest of four children. His siblings were Hyslop Abercrombie Conkey (1811 - ????), Lusetta S. Conkey (????), and William Alexander Conkey (1820 - 1907).
Otis, founder of Conkey town, married his first wife Naomi Morton sometime between 1824-1834 and they had three children together: Morton, Mariah, and Marian. Naomi died sometime shortly after the birth of Marian in 1840-41 and Otis married his second wife Sarah Taylor in Pelham on November 20, 1843. While married to Naomi, Otis acquired various pieces of land in central Illinois and Indiana. In 1834 at the age of twenty-six, he purchased forty acres east of Paris in Edgar County. Four years later, he expanded his land holdings with a purchase of approximately thirty-nine more acres of land east of Paris.
In 1841, O. M. decided to cross over into Indiana and bought thirty-four and half acres in Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana on August 10th. The distance between Paris and Clinton is around 17 miles, so it was a reasonable travel distance for Otis who seemed to maintain business interests in both states. His son Marian was likely born after he acquired the land in Clinton as he was identified as born in Indiana in the 1850 census. The census showed Otis's occupation to be "Merchant" in 1850. It was just one year later that O. M. arrived in Vermilion County, IL and opened for business in what became Conkey Town.
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