Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Amos Conklin Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Ralph O. Conklin Photograph of Ralph O. Conklin (b. 2/4/1978, d. 1/1/1955). He was the son of Amos Conklin, and the co-owner of the old Conklin Bakery Co., where he pioneered the manufacture of pre-sliced bread in 1929. Conklin was a member of the First Methodist… Tags: 1918, Amos Conklin, biography, Conklin Bakery Co., Decatur Country Club, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, First Methodist Church, Macon Lodge 8 AF &AM, Photo File: Biography, pre-sliced bread, Ralph O. Conklin, Vandeventer