Col. Anthony Conk

                  Death of Anthony Conk
          Many Years Ago he was Adjuntant of the
                 Fourteenth Regiment

"Colonel Anthony Conk, who has been quite ill for a long time, 
died at his residence, 176 Ryerson Street, yesterday (August 9, 
1894) morning. He was 72 years old and was an old Brooklynite.  
For a number of years he was a member of one of Brooklyn's 
militia regiments, being adjuntant, and one of the best officers 
in that position Brooklyn has known,  according to military
authorities.  Colonel Conk organized and took to the front 
the One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Regiment of Volunteers, that 
command being one of the most distinctively Brooklyn regiments.  
His commission as colonel dated from September 9, 1862, and he 
served with the regiment until July 29, 1863, when he was 
discharged, being succeeded in command by Colonel S. H. Roberts, 
at one time postmaster of Brooklyn.  Colonel Conk joined George C. 
Strong Post on January 26, 1885.  He leaves a widow and several 
children.  His funeral will take place from his late residence 
on Sunday afternoon at 2.  Rev. J. J. Arnaud, pastor of the 
Orchard Primitive Methodist Church, the commander, will attend 
in a body and the ritual service of the Grand Army will be carried 
out.  Colonel Conk will be buried at Greenwood in the family plot."