In the 1870 census, they misspelled his first name.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1F-NMTB : 15 December 2015), Leander Sydney Conklin, ; Burial, , Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Conklin Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 140625290, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2G-3KK : 17 October 2014), Lander Conklin in household of John D Conklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 27, family 221, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,963.
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