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- Mrs. Marion [C.] COLEGROVE COON, the daughter of David
and Eunice
- COLEGROVE, was born at Wirt, New York, January 11,
1845, and died at Milton, Wisconsin, Monday morning, August 16,
1926, at the age of 81 years, 7 months, and 5 days.
- Mrs. COON was the second of four sisters: Lorinda
COLEGROVE, Mrs. M. E.
- BIGELOW, who died but five months ago, and Mrs. Teresa
LAWTON, of New Auburn, Minnesota, who survives the other
three.
- Mrs. COON moved with her parents to Utica, Wis., when
but seven years of age,
- and grew up to young womanhood while a resident of this place.
She attended the common school and later Albion Academy. She
was baptized at the age of sixteen and became a member of the
Utica Seventh Day Baptist church.
- On July 12, 1862, she was married to Mr. George G. COON
and moved with him in
- a covered wagon to Transit, Freeborn County, Minnesota, during
the period when the early settlers were having trouble with the
Indians. There were seven children from this union: Walter, Eunice,
Nettie, and Ida, who died in early childhood, and Durwood, Nellie,
and Minnie, who with the devoted husband were at her bedside
during her last hours.
- After living in several Minnesota communities, Mr. and Mrs.
COON moved to New
- Auburn, Minn., where they resided on their farm more than
forty years. In 1915 they moved to Milton, but spent the winters
of 1916 and 1917 in Florida. In 1922 they rented their village
home and went to live with their daughter, Mrs. Byron E. COON
near Milton, from whence Mrs. COON passed on peacefully
to the heavenly home Monday morning.
- The service was conducted at the home of Byron E. COON,
Wednesday afternoon,
- at 2 o'clock. Out of town attendants were: Mr. and Mrs. George
COON of New Auburn, Wisconsin, D. L. COON of Minneapolis,
Mrs. Teresa LAWTON and son Wyman of New Auburn, Minn.,
Mrs. O. L. COON, Mrs. EMERSON, and Mrs. PALMETER
of Albion, and Roy COON of Stoughton. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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