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 Featured Item Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting on December 16, 2004. Monthly Meeting Board of Trustees, Decatur Public Library on December 16, 2004.