Ashton Stover Conklin
Ashton Stover Conklin, cashier of the Deposit Banking Company, of Delaware, was born in 1870, in Berlin Township. Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of the late John Conklin.
John Conklin was born in Licking County, and was brought to Orange Township, Delaware County, in childhood. During the Civil War he served as a member of Company C. Fifth Independent Cavalry, which was afterward merged with the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He returned unharmed from the army, and the rest of bis life was passed as a farmer and stock-raiser.
Ashton S. Conklin was educated in Berlin Township, where he subsequently taught school, remaining six years in one district. In 1894 he came to Delaware and accepted the position of deputy county clerk, in which he continued until June, 1898, when he began work fur the Deposit Banking Company as bookkeeper. In October, 1900, he was elected assistant cashier and served in that capacity until he assumed the duties of county auditor, in which position he was elected in the fall of 1904, and in which he made a good record. April 1, 1908, he was elected to his present position as cashier of the Deposit Banking Company. Politically, he is a Republican and he has always been more or less active in politics, and is in close touch with the leaders of his party in this locality.
In October, 1901, Mr. Conklin was married to Loma Owen, who is a daughter of H. F. Owen. He belongs tn the United Brethren Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Masons, and the Knights of Pythias, and belongs socially to organizations which have charity for their object.
20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908