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Conger, Omar Dwight

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1818 in Cooperstown, N. Y. He was engaged in the geological survey of the Lake Superior iron and copper region from 1845 till 1847, and in 1848 became a lawyer in Port Huron, Mich. He was elected judge of the St. Clair county court in 1850, and was a state senator from 1855 till 1861, being president pro tempore of the senate in 1859. He was a presidential elector on the republican ticket in 1864, a member of the state constitutional convention in 1866, and a member of congress from 1869 till 1881, when he was chosen to the United States senate.

CONKLIN, JANE ELIZABETH DEX- TER, poet, was born July 7, 1831, in Utica, N. Y. She is a great-granddaughter of Gregor Grant, who was a chieftain of Clan Grant, who came from Scotland and entered the continental army. Her education was acquired in Utica and Albany; and at the early age of fourteen volume of her poems was issued from the press. Her marriage in 1865 to a Cramer H. Conklin, a war veteran, led to her removal to Binghamton. She has taken a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the G. A. R., and for three years served as president of the Relief corps. She has attained a good reputation as an elocutionist; and is the author of three volumes of poems.

CONKLIN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, journalist, naturalist, was born March 16, 1837, in New York city. He has been connected with Central park since 1858, and director of the zoological department since 1870. He possesses one of the most complete libraries in the country on the subjects of mammalia and ornithology.

He is editor of the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery in New York, and has written articles on natural history for various periodicals.