Clifford Conklin was born in Holt County, Nebraska on January 19, 1885. He came to North Dakota with his parents in 1903. The family lived in Wyard Township. Clifford went to Minneapolis in 1918, where he was a streetcar motor man for five years. He married Ovedia Lene in 1919. The couple returned to Carrington in 1924 and lived on a farm in Wyard Township anti! Mr. Conklin's death. Clifford Conklin died February 27, 1961 and is buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Mrs. Conklin lives in Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 105B