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==Birth==
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==Marriage & Children== 
He married Mary J. Cloud at La Salle County, Illinois on December 16, 1858.  They had no children.

==Military Service==
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|Residence:
|Rensselaerville
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|Enlistment Date:
|7 May 1861
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|Enlistment Place:
|Troy, NY
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|Enlistment Rank:
|First Lieutenant
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|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|30th Infantry 
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|Company:
|Company G
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|Promotion Date:
|1 July 1861
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|Promotion Rank:
|First Lieutenant
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|Died of Disease on:
|28 Nov 1861
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|Place of Death:
|Washington, DC
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|Place of Burial:
|Rensselaerville, NY<ref name="1865 census">1865 census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co., NY</ref>
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|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 24.  Commissioned First Lieutenant on 1 Jul 1861 with rank from 7 May 1861
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; [[h:Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1899; 1865 census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co., NY
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==Death==
Remarks on the 1865 census of Rensselaerville: “He was a kind and faithful officer.  His death was mourned by his men and fellow officers, the Col. remarking, “I would rather have lost any officer than Lieut. Conkling.”
He left a widow and two parents and was buried at Rensselaerville.



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==Pension==
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