The Quill, page 3
Friday, March 22, 1895
A Nonogenarian.
We have this week learned the fact that Fountain Green township has within its borders a nonogenarian in the person of Uncle George Conkey, who reached his ninetieth birthday on the 9th of [March]. The day was made the occasion for several of his children, with their families, to gather at his home in North Fountain Green township and partake of a bountiful dinner. The children present were Mrs. Wm. Wood, of Fountain Green, Mrs. Cyrus Cratzenberg, Alfred and Wm. Conkey and niece, Mrs. Frances Alexander and two children. Mrs. Carter Allton, of LaHarpe, and Mrs. Frances Reynolds, of La Crosse, were unable to be there.
Mr. Conkey was born in the year 1805: came to Illinois in 1846; settled on the farm where he now lives and has resided there continually ever since. The old gentleman has good use of his senses in full and enjoys very good health. He is able to all about his farm and to make distances of several miles on a visit. He bids fair to live many years to come.
The Quill, page 12
Thursday, March 26, 1896
George Conkey.
George W. Conkey was born in Green [sic] Co., Penn., March 9, 1805, and died at his home 4 miles northeast of Fountain Green, March 23, 1896 at 12 o'clock p. m. aged 91 years and 14 days. Mr. Conkey moved to Knox county, O., in 1824. There he was married to Mary McCurdy on May 23, 1833, came to Illinois in 1846, since then he has resided in Fountain Green township.
He was the father of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, two of his sons dying in infancy and three, after they had reached the age of manhood. Two sons survive, William and Alfred of Fountain Green, Ill., and four daughters, Mrs. Jane Alton, La Harpe; Mrs. Ollie Reynolds, La Crosse; Mrs. Eliza Cratszenberg and Mrs. Anna Wood of Fountain Green[.] His wife died three years ago. He has, living, twenty-nine grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Mr. Conkey was a carpenter by trade, which he was able to follow until after he had reached his three score years and ten; and often walked to town, a distance of six miles, after he was eighty-five. He always enjoyed good health and is said never to have had a sickness of more than two days' duration until his last illness, which begun [sic] about Christmas time and was caused by the general breaking down which accompanies old age.
In health he was verv [sic] industrious, and bright and genial, with a kind word for the young, a good neighbor of perfect honesty. He had a strong constitution which it seemed would hardly succumb to death, although he desired to go. He suffered so much. What he suffered during the last two months, none of us can realize. Though nothing for his comfort was left undone, and knowing he must go, he found death a relief. As was said of his wife three years ago, "She has not an ememy [sic] in the world," can be said of him. He leaves the whole community, his friends who extend their friendship and sympathy to those who survive with the assurance of the high esteem in which they hold him who has gone.
The funeral was held near his home at the Eagle Grove schoolhouse, Elder K. C. Ventress officiating.
Friday, March 22, 1895
A Nonogenarian.
We have this week learned the fact that Fountain Green township has within its borders a nonogenarian in the person of Uncle George Conkey, who reached his ninetieth birthday on the 9th of [March]. The day was made the occasion for several of his children, with their families, to gather at his home in North Fountain Green township and partake of a bountiful dinner. The children present were Mrs. Wm. Wood, of Fountain Green, Mrs. Cyrus Cratzenberg, Alfred and Wm. Conkey and niece, Mrs. Frances Alexander and two children. Mrs. Carter Allton, of LaHarpe, and Mrs. Frances Reynolds, of La Crosse, were unable to be there.
Mr. Conkey was born in the year 1805: came to Illinois in 1846; settled on the farm where he now lives and has resided there continually ever since. The old gentleman has good use of his senses in full and enjoys very good health. He is able to all about his farm and to make distances of several miles on a visit. He bids fair to live many years to come.
The Quill, page 12
Thursday, March 26, 1896
George Conkey.
George W. Conkey was born in Green [sic] Co., Penn., March 9, 1805, and died at his home 4 miles northeast of Fountain Green, March 23, 1896 at 12 o'clock p. m. aged 91 years and 14 days. Mr. Conkey moved to Knox county, O., in 1824. There he was married to Mary McCurdy on May 23, 1833, came to Illinois in 1846, since then he has resided in Fountain Green township.
He was the father of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, two of his sons dying in infancy and three, after they had reached the age of manhood. Two sons survive, William and Alfred of Fountain Green, Ill., and four daughters, Mrs. Jane Alton, La Harpe; Mrs. Ollie Reynolds, La Crosse; Mrs. Eliza Cratszenberg and Mrs. Anna Wood of Fountain Green[.] His wife died three years ago. He has, living, twenty-nine grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Mr. Conkey was a carpenter by trade, which he was able to follow until after he had reached his three score years and ten; and often walked to town, a distance of six miles, after he was eighty-five. He always enjoyed good health and is said never to have had a sickness of more than two days' duration until his last illness, which begun [sic] about Christmas time and was caused by the general breaking down which accompanies old age.
In health he was verv [sic] industrious, and bright and genial, with a kind word for the young, a good neighbor of perfect honesty. He had a strong constitution which it seemed would hardly succumb to death, although he desired to go. He suffered so much. What he suffered during the last two months, none of us can realize. Though nothing for his comfort was left undone, and knowing he must go, he found death a relief. As was said of his wife three years ago, "She has not an ememy [sic] in the world," can be said of him. He leaves the whole community, his friends who extend their friendship and sympathy to those who survive with the assurance of the high esteem in which they hold him who has gone.
The funeral was held near his home at the Eagle Grove schoolhouse, Elder K. C. Ventress officiating.
The Quill, page 3
Friday, March 22, 1895
A Nonogenarian.
We have this week learned the fact that Fountain Green township has within its borders a nonogenarian in the person of Uncle George Conkey, who reached his ninetieth birthday on the 9th of [March]. The day was made the occasion for several of his children, with their families, to gather at his home in North Fountain Green township and partake of a bountiful dinner. The children present were Mrs. Wm. Wood, of Fountain Green, Mrs. Cyrus Cratzenberg, Alfred and Wm. Conkey and niece, Mrs. Frances Alexander and two children. Mrs. Carter Allton, of LaHarpe, and Mrs. Frances Reynolds, of La Crosse, were unable to be there.
Mr. Conkey was born in the year 1805: came to Illinois in 1846; settled on the farm where he now lives and has resided there continually ever since. The old gentleman has good use of his senses in full and enjoys very good health. He is able to all about his farm and to make distances of several miles on a visit. He bids fair to live many years to come.
The Quill, page 12
Thursday, March 26, 1896
George Conkey.
George W. Conkey was born in Green [sic] Co., Penn., March 9, 1805, and died at his home 4 miles northeast of Fountain Green, March 23, 1896 at 12 o'clock p. m. aged 91 years and 14 days. Mr. Conkey moved to Knox county, O., in 1824. There he was married to Mary McCurdy on May 23, 1833, came to Illinois in 1846, since then he has resided in Fountain Green township.
He was the father of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, two of his sons dying in infancy and three, after they had reached the age of manhood. Two sons survive, William and Alfred of Fountain Green, Ill., and four daughters, Mrs. Jane Alton, La Harpe; Mrs. Ollie Reynolds, La Crosse; Mrs. Eliza Cratszenberg and Mrs. Anna Wood of Fountain Green[.] His wife died three years ago. He has, living, twenty-nine grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Mr. Conkey was a carpenter by trade, which he was able to follow until after he had reached his three score years and ten; and often walked to town, a distance of six miles, after he was eighty-five. He always enjoyed good health and is said never to have had a sickness of more than two days' duration until his last illness, which begun [sic] about Christmas time and was caused by the general breaking down which accompanies old age.
In health he was verv [sic] industrious, and bright and genial, with a kind word for the young, a good neighbor of perfect honesty. He had a strong constitution which it seemed would hardly succumb to death, although he desired to go. He suffered so much. What he suffered during the last two months, none of us can realize. Though nothing for his comfort was left undone, and knowing he must go, he found death a relief. As was said of his wife three years ago, "She has not an ememy [sic] in the world," can be said of him. He leaves the whole community, his friends who extend their friendship and sympathy to those who survive with the assurance of the high esteem in which they hold him who has gone.
The funeral was held near his home at the Eagle Grove schoolhouse, Elder K. C. Ventress officiating.
Friday, March 22, 1895
A Nonogenarian.
We have this week learned the fact that Fountain Green township has within its borders a nonogenarian in the person of Uncle George Conkey, who reached his ninetieth birthday on the 9th of [March]. The day was made the occasion for several of his children, with their families, to gather at his home in North Fountain Green township and partake of a bountiful dinner. The children present were Mrs. Wm. Wood, of Fountain Green, Mrs. Cyrus Cratzenberg, Alfred and Wm. Conkey and niece, Mrs. Frances Alexander and two children. Mrs. Carter Allton, of LaHarpe, and Mrs. Frances Reynolds, of La Crosse, were unable to be there.
Mr. Conkey was born in the year 1805: came to Illinois in 1846; settled on the farm where he now lives and has resided there continually ever since. The old gentleman has good use of his senses in full and enjoys very good health. He is able to all about his farm and to make distances of several miles on a visit. He bids fair to live many years to come.
The Quill, page 12
Thursday, March 26, 1896
George Conkey.
George W. Conkey was born in Green [sic] Co., Penn., March 9, 1805, and died at his home 4 miles northeast of Fountain Green, March 23, 1896 at 12 o'clock p. m. aged 91 years and 14 days. Mr. Conkey moved to Knox county, O., in 1824. There he was married to Mary McCurdy on May 23, 1833, came to Illinois in 1846, since then he has resided in Fountain Green township.
He was the father of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, two of his sons dying in infancy and three, after they had reached the age of manhood. Two sons survive, William and Alfred of Fountain Green, Ill., and four daughters, Mrs. Jane Alton, La Harpe; Mrs. Ollie Reynolds, La Crosse; Mrs. Eliza Cratszenberg and Mrs. Anna Wood of Fountain Green[.] His wife died three years ago. He has, living, twenty-nine grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Mr. Conkey was a carpenter by trade, which he was able to follow until after he had reached his three score years and ten; and often walked to town, a distance of six miles, after he was eighty-five. He always enjoyed good health and is said never to have had a sickness of more than two days' duration until his last illness, which begun [sic] about Christmas time and was caused by the general breaking down which accompanies old age.
In health he was verv [sic] industrious, and bright and genial, with a kind word for the young, a good neighbor of perfect honesty. He had a strong constitution which it seemed would hardly succumb to death, although he desired to go. He suffered so much. What he suffered during the last two months, none of us can realize. Though nothing for his comfort was left undone, and knowing he must go, he found death a relief. As was said of his wife three years ago, "She has not an ememy [sic] in the world," can be said of him. He leaves the whole community, his friends who extend their friendship and sympathy to those who survive with the assurance of the high esteem in which they hold him who has gone.
The funeral was held near his home at the Eagle Grove schoolhouse, Elder K. C. Ventress officiating.
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