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==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==

Conkling died as a result of the Great Blizzard of 1888, from which he caught a cold and died a month later in the Hoffman House apartments while surrounded by family.<ref>April 18, 1888. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/04/18/103177872.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING DEAD; THE END COMES AT 1:50 THIS MORNING. UNCONSCIOUS NEARLY ALL DAY YESTERDAY--HOPE ABANDONED EARLY--RELATIVES EXPECTING THE END FOR HOURS.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved november 19, 2021.</ref> In a previously written will, his property and estates were left to his wife Julia.<ref>May 10, 1888. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/05/10/103179851.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING'S WILL.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

Conkling died as a result of the Great Blizzard of 1888, from which he caught a cold and died a month later in the Hoffman House apartments while surrounded by family.<ref>April 18, 1888. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/04/18/103177872.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING DEAD; THE END COMES AT 1:50 THIS MORNING. UNCONSCIOUS NEARLY ALL DAY YESTERDAY--HOPE ABANDONED EARLY--RELATIVES EXPECTING THE END FOR HOURS.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved november 19, 2021.</ref> In a previously written will, his property and estates were left to his wife Julia.<ref>May 10, 1888. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/05/10/103179851.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING'S WILL.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He is interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, located in Utica.<ref>July 17, 1888. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/07/17/100942224.pdf BURYING ROSCOE CONKLING.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

A monument (whose design was selected by Conkling's widow) was built in his honor at his grave site in Utica.<ref name=monumentinfo>July 14, 1889. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/07/14/106355658.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING'S MONUMENT.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Comprised of Quincy [[granite]], it has two heavy unpolished bases, a die in the shape of a cube that contains his name on the east side, polished columns, in addition to a large cap. It stands around nine feet tall, and its weight is approximately twenty-five tons.<ref name=monumentinfo/>

A monument (whose design was selected by Conkling's widow) was built in his honor at his grave site in Utica.<ref name=monumentinfo>July 14, 1889. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/07/14/106355658.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING'S MONUMENT.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Comprised of Quincy [[granite]], it has two heavy unpolished bases, a die in the shape of a cube that contains his name on the east side, polished columns, in addition to a large cap. It stands around nine feet tall, and its weight is approximately twenty-five tons.<ref name=monumentinfo/>