Fanny W. McConkey (maiden name: Berghaus or Borghans) was born around 1840 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She married Elbridge Francis McConkey on November 18, 1863. Together the pair had four children: John, born in 1864; Charles B., born in 1867; Mary, born in 1869; and Sarah, born in 1875. By 1887, McConkey suffered from a severe “mental infirmity,” according to pension records. Following her husband's suicide on May 30, 1887, McConkey later applied for a widow’s pension, which commenced on September 14, 1908, at $12 per month. She continued receiving a pension until her death on January 6, 1917.
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Pension record for Elbridge F. McConkey, RG 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; United States Census, 1870, 1880, 1900, accessed through Ancestry.com.
