John W. Coon was a son of Benjamin Coon and Hannah Sinclair, born in Canada (1848 per the 1900 census, 1850 per his death certificate; census records support 1848). He came to the United States as a child (family found in Illinois in 1860), and on 6 Oct 1873, he married Isabelle Genevive Davie in Crawford Co., IA. They had one son, Johnnie W. Coon, who died as an infant. Later, he and Belle raised their nephew Robert L. Hunt, whose mother (Belle's sister, Nettie Alice Davie Hunt), died when Robert was 5 days old. John survived Belle by 24 years, living with nephew Robert Hunt and his family, following Belle's death.
Sources:
(1) Iowa Death Records, 1920-1967 (Ancestry), John Coon.
(2) "Denison Review" (Dow City, Iowa), 8 Oct 1973, J. W. Coon and Isabell Davie wedding announcement.
(3) Family Bible (intact), given to Isabelle Hunt by Silas Kalsem in 1941; in possession of D. Bay.
(4) Census records 1851 (Canada), 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1915 (IA), 1920, 1930, 1940.
(5) "Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa" (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893), page unknown; transcription of data from the Crawford Co., IA USGenWeb site.
(6) "History of Harrison County, Iowa: Its People, Industries and Institutions" by Charles W. Hunt and Will L. Clark (Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915; photoreproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1999). Charles W. Hunt is my great-grandfather and father of Robert Hunt mentioned in the bio above.
Sources:
(1) Iowa Death Records, 1920-1967 (Ancestry), John Coon.
(2) "Denison Review" (Dow City, Iowa), 8 Oct 1973, J. W. Coon and Isabell Davie wedding announcement.
(3) Family Bible (intact), given to Isabelle Hunt by Silas Kalsem in 1941; in possession of D. Bay.
(4) Census records 1851 (Canada), 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1915 (IA), 1920, 1930, 1940.
(5) "Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa" (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893), page unknown; transcription of data from the Crawford Co., IA USGenWeb site.
(6) "History of Harrison County, Iowa: Its People, Industries and Institutions" by Charles W. Hunt and Will L. Clark (Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915; photoreproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1999). Charles W. Hunt is my great-grandfather and father of Robert Hunt mentioned in the bio above.
John W. Coon was a son of Benjamin Coon and Hannah Sinclair, born in Canada (1848 per the 1900 census, 1850 per his death certificate; census records support 1848). He came to the United States as a child (family found in Illinois in 1860), and on 6 Oct 1873, he married Isabelle Genevive Davie in Crawford Co., IA. They had one son, Johnnie W. Coon, who died as an infant. Later, he and Belle raised their nephew Robert L. Hunt, whose mother (Belle's sister, Nettie Alice Davie Hunt), died when Robert was 5 days old. John survived Belle by 24 years, living with nephew Robert Hunt and his family, following Belle's death.
Sources:
(1) Iowa Death Records, 1920-1967 (Ancestry), John Coon.
(2) "Denison Review" (Dow City, Iowa), 8 Oct 1973, J. W. Coon and Isabell Davie wedding announcement.
(3) Family Bible (intact), given to Isabelle Hunt by Silas Kalsem in 1941; in possession of D. Bay.
(4) Census records 1851 (Canada), 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1915 (IA), 1920, 1930, 1940.
(5) "Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa" (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893), page unknown; transcription of data from the Crawford Co., IA USGenWeb site.
(6) "History of Harrison County, Iowa: Its People, Industries and Institutions" by Charles W. Hunt and Will L. Clark (Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915; photoreproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1999). Charles W. Hunt is my great-grandfather and father of Robert Hunt mentioned in the bio above.
Sources:
(1) Iowa Death Records, 1920-1967 (Ancestry), John Coon.
(2) "Denison Review" (Dow City, Iowa), 8 Oct 1973, J. W. Coon and Isabell Davie wedding announcement.
(3) Family Bible (intact), given to Isabelle Hunt by Silas Kalsem in 1941; in possession of D. Bay.
(4) Census records 1851 (Canada), 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1915 (IA), 1920, 1930, 1940.
(5) "Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa" (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893), page unknown; transcription of data from the Crawford Co., IA USGenWeb site.
(6) "History of Harrison County, Iowa: Its People, Industries and Institutions" by Charles W. Hunt and Will L. Clark (Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915; photoreproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1999). Charles W. Hunt is my great-grandfather and father of Robert Hunt mentioned in the bio above.
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