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TRUMAN KNAPP was born in Scranton, Dec. 30, 1816 and died in Newton, Dec. 29, 1889. He was married Jan. 27, 1846 to Miss Mary Ann Swallow, who was born Jan. 28, 1819 and died March 18, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp were the parents of six children, namely: Eu- gene, Charles, Joseph, Frank, George and Ger- trude.
ZEPHANIAH KNAPP, the grandfather of Mrs. Biesecker, was born March 18, 1779 and died in Hyde Park, Dec. 30, 1861. His wife, Nancy Fellows, was born in England in 1786 and died in Hyde Park, May 14, 1869. They had ten children.
CHARLES H. BIESECKER
Charles H. Biesecker is a son of Jacob H. and Eleanor (Krotzer) Biesecker, and a grandson of John. Charles H. was born in Newton near the Hillside Home, Oct. 3, 1849, and came with his parents to the farm where he now lives when about eleven years of age. He at- tended school at Newton Centre until about eighteen years old. He worked for his father on the farm until twenty-five years of age, when he was married to Miss Jennie Vandenburg, daughter of James and Mary Vandenburg, Dec. 10, 1874, to whom seven children were born : Corinne, born Nov. 12, 1876, and married Giles J. Miller, March 20, 1909, and are living in Lansford, Pa .; John C., born March 3, 1878 and married April 13, 1909 to Miss Jennie Tewksbury, and are living in Scranton; Wil- liam J., born March 7, 1881 and married Jan. 2, 1906 to Miss Mable E. Reed; A. Grace, born Dec. 31, 1882 and married Roy Zeiss and are living in Ransom; Nora F., a school teacher, born Sept. 4, 1885. Lillian, born Feb. 10, 1887 and died March 27, 1888. Carl H., born Jan. 22, 1893 and is attending school at Lans- ford.
Mrs. Jennie Biesecker, the first wife of Chas. Biesecker, died April 10, 1906.
For his second wife Mr. Biesecker married, Oct. 10, 1908, Mrs. Elsie J. Stevens, widow of Fred Stevens of Dunmore.
Mr. Biesecker was elected township treasurer in February, 1882 and held the office for twen- ty-eight years. He was school director for six years. He was also elected poor director about 1903.
Mr. Bieseeker joined the Presbyterian church about 1880 and two years later was elected elder, serving in this capacity ever since. He was one of the five who purchased the bell for the church in 1901.
Charles H. Biesecker has been a successful farmer. For over twenty years he has been an extensive grower of garden truck and for fifteen years has kept from twenty to twenty-five cows. He also sells from forty to fifty tons of hay each year.
Mr. and Mrs. Biesecker were appointed State Delegates to the International Sunday School Convention which was held in San Francisco, Cal., June 20-27, 1911. They visited several places of interest on the Pacfiic Coast, and on their return visited relatives in the middle West.
WILLIAM J. BIESECKER
Mr. Biesecker is a son of Charles H. and Jennie (Vandenburg) Biesecker, and was born on the farm where he now lives. He attended school at Newton Centre until nineteen years of age, and in September, 1901, he entered the State Normal School at East Stroudsburg, at- tending one term.
He worked for his father until he was mar- ried, Jan. 2, 1906 to Miss Mable E., the oldest daughter of B. Frank and Mary (Klipple) Reed.
Mrs. William J. Biesecker completed the sten- ographic course from the Scranton Business Col- lege, and worked for about four years in differ- ent offices in Scranton. She is a descendant of Robert Reed, who came over in the Mayflower.
Mr. and Mrs. Biesecker have two children: Helen M., born Jan. 2, 1908 and Zida A., born March 25, 1909.
B. F. REED was born March 13, 1859 and a son of Nicholas G. (b. Dec. 15, 1827) and Sarah (Petty) Reed. She was born Dec. 29, 1839.
Mrs. B. F. Reed was born Sept. 5, 1859, and a daughter of Wenzel and Catherine (Zeiss) Klipple, who came from Germany.
OSCAR O. BRITTON.
Mr. Britton is the second son of John and Helen (Dickinson) Britton. John Britton was a carpenter, and his three sons learned the same trade. Oscar began learning the trade with his father when only thirteen years old. He en- tered Keystone Academy when sixteen years of age. In 1891 he went to the Pacific Coast, re- turning in September, 1893. In September, 1894 he began teaching school in Wyoming county, which he followed for nine years. Since 1903 he has worked at his trade, devoting much of his time on the buildings at the Hillside
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Home. He was married in 1894 to Miss Carrie E., daughter of AAmzi Rozelle. Mr. and Mrs. Britton have a family of seven children. (See Directory.)
THE BUTTERFIELD FAMILY
CHARLES BUTTERFIELD was born in England about 1600, or earlier, and was elected to Parli- ment. He went to Ireland. became interested in Ireland's affairs and married an Irish girl. On his return to England he made a speech in Parliament in favor of the Irish, for which he was expelled and transported to this country. Ile was the father of Benjamin.
BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD was born in Charles- town. Mass. as early as 1638, perhaps earlier,
Reuben, born July 30, 1824 and died in Cali- fornia; Beebe, born Aug. 4, 1826; Andrew J., born Nov. 16, 1827, and in 1849 went to Illi- nois, successfully invested in land, and when he died had accumulated great wealth. AII have been dead for several years.
BENJAMIN S. BUTTERFIELD, son of Charles and Roxcenia (Smead) Butterfield, was born Feb. 6, 1815, where the city of Binghamton is now located. About 1835 he came to Clark's Green. He was a wagon maker by trade. He moved with his family to Newton about 1856. He bought and sold several farms, and in 1872 exchanged for the farm now owned by his son, John. Here he died July 6, 1891.
Mr. Butterfield was a loyal Republican, and
RESIDENCE OF JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD
and was the father of John Butterfield. We can find no record of Jolm's birth. but find that he lived in Westford, Mass., and later moved to Litchfield, N. H.
CHARLES BUTTERFIELD was a son of John Butterfield, and was born Sept. 25, 1735 at Westford, Mass.
CHARLES BUTTERFIELD, JR., was a son of Charles, and a grandson of John Butterfield, and was born Aug. 25, 1784. He was twice married; his first wife dying in 1812. He had one daughter, Sally, by his first wife. Sally was born Feb. 1st, 1811, and died about 1890. His second wife was Miss Roxcenia Sinead, who was born Nov. 12, 1784. She was the mother of nine children : Elihu, born Nov. 10, 1813; Benjamin S., born Feb. 6. 1815; Hannah D., born Jan. 25, 1817; Roxcenia, born March 20. 1820, and died in Illinois in 1898; Polly, born Sept. 13, 1821; Charles, born Jan. 26, 1823;
was always in sympathy with the slaves, help- ing many to escape from their masters. He was known as an agent of the famous "under- ground railroad," an organized means of assist- ing fugitve slaves to escape to the free States of the Union, or to Canada, before the abolition of slavery.
Benjamin S. Butterfield married July 2, 1837 to Miss Mary Phillips, daugliter of Aaron (b. May 12, 1790-d. June 9, 1838) and Susannah Sackett (b. Oct. 5. 1790-d. Feb. 13. 1862) Phillips. She was born March 23. 1820 and died Nov. 11, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Butterfield were the parents of eleven children :
Martha F., born March 1. 1838 and died June 10, 1838; Adelia, born June 10, 1839 and married June 10, 1858 to John M. Weiss and died July 10, 1909: W. Norman, born April 4. 1841 and married Amelia Moss, and died Sept. 18, 1905: Agnes, born April 11, 1844 and married March 1, 1862 to Cary Worden.
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She died Aug. 16, 1911; Benjamin F., born March 25, 1847 and married Jennie Holmes Oct. 11, 1876. He died May 29, 1905; Dudley L., born Sept. 6, 1850 and married Sarah Rich- ards Dec. 31, 1878. He died May 11, 1910; Zachary T., born Sept. 1, 1853 and died March 22, 1858; Mondel F., born July 24, 1855 and married Sept. 1, 1883 to Nettie Everetts. They are living in Oneonta, N. Y .; Mary L., born May 30, 1857 and died Oct. 10th the same year ; John S., born Nov. 2, 1859 and married Bertha S. Winters April 15, 1903; R. Grace, born May 28, 1864 and married March 18, 1890 to John LaGrange. He died April 29, 1898.
Mrs. Grace LaGrange has one daughter, Mary J., who was born Aug. 12, 1895, and is living with her mother in Schultzville.
JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD
Mr. Butterfield is a son of Benjamin S. and Mary Butterfield, and was born Nov. 2, 1859 in Schultzville. He was named after John B. Schultz, the founder of Schultzville. This vil- lage was established the year previous.
John S. Butterfield was married April 15, 1903 to Miss Bertha S. Winters, the only daugh- ter of Emanuel and Minnie (Ace) Winters. Mr. and Mrs. Butterfield are living in Schultz- ville on the farm formerly owned by his father.
THE BUTTERFIELDS IN WAR.
The Butterfields are a family of soldiers, hav- ing a war record. They have always been found ready and willing to march to the front to de- fend their country.
Charles Butterfield (born Sept. 25, 1735) fought for this country in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Butterfield, Jr. (born Aug. 25, 1784) was a soldier of the War of 1812.
W. Norman Butterfield, (born April 4, 1841) son of Benjamin S., was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting Aug. 26, 1862 in Co. B, 143d Reg. Pa. Vol. He was promoted from corporal to lieutenant, in February, 1864, and transferred to the veteran reserve corps in March, 1865. He was also one of the guards over Lincoln's body.
Benjamin F. Butterfield, (born March 25, 1847) son of Benjamin S., was a soldier in the Spanish-American War of 1898, serving in the engineer corps.
JUDSON J. CAHOON
Mr. Cahoon is an old soldier, serving all through the Civil War except the first three months. He enlisted in August, 1861 as pri- vate in Co. K. 11th Pennsylvania cavalry, and served until the close of the war in April, 1865.
He was a private scout during the last nine months of the war, which was a very dangerous position, and only three men in the regiment of 1200 men were willing to volunteer to serve. These scouts were sent to find where the rebel soldiers were stationed, and many times it was necessary for them to go inside their "picket lines" where they could hear the roll call to find out how many "rebs" were lying near. These scouts were liable to be shot any moment and the majority never returned to camp. Mr. Cahoon related many hair-breadth escapes.
Mr. Cahoon is the son of John and Eliza Ca- hoon, who were the parents of four children : Artemus, John, Judson and Charlotte. Only one, Judson, survives.
Judson was married Dec. 14, 1870 to Miss Caroline McCloskey who died Jan. 31, 1902. He married his second wife, Mrs. Amanda (Smith) Ayers, widow of Jacob Ayers, May 6, 1903. He was a butcher and ran a meat wagon for nearly twenty years. He retired from active life about ten years ago.
WILLIAM L. CARPENTER
Mr. Carpenter is a son of Porter and Rosetta Carpenter, and was born June 4, 1880 at Pitts- ton Junction. He attended school at Glendale, in Falls township, until twelve years of age. At sixteen he hired out by the month to Delbert Reed for six months, and three years to T. M. Roth. In the fall of 1899 he was employed by Charles Biesecker, working until Septem- ber, 1900, when he fell from the top of the silo to the concrete bottom, a distance of 26 feet, breaking his left arm twice and three ribs. In 1902 he commenced driving milk wagon to Scranton for O. D. Hollister, working five years. He drove an ice and coal wagon for fourteen months for the North End Ice and Coal Co., of Scranton.
Wm. Carpenter was married Dec. 24, 1909, to Miss Myrtle Shotwell, daughter of William and Martha (Edgerly) Shotwell. Miss Myrtle attended the high school at Old Forge until 1905.
WILLIAM SHOTWELL was born in Wayne county, Sept. 11, 1851. Mrs. Shotwell was born Aug. 7, 1860 in Ulster county, N. Y. They were married Jan. 1, 1877, and had ten chil- dren, six of whom are now living. Two of the children died when but two days old. Loren, born March 29, 1879 and died Aug. 29, 1908; Bertha, born Jan. 22, 1882 and married Evan Pickrell and is now living at Old Forge; Ro- land, born April 12, 1888, and is a clerk in Old Forge; Myrtle, born Dec. 4, 1890, and is the wife of Wm. Carpenter; Pearl, born Feb. 12, 1893 and died Dec. 12, 1894; Olive, born July 13, 1895; Wilfred, born Jan. 22, 1899;
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Zida, born Aug. 26, 1905.
PORTER CARPENTER is a son of Samuel and Minerva (Shaw) Carpenter, and was born near Factoryville, Jan. 11, 1842.
Mrs. Rosetta Carpenter is a daughter of Sam- uel and Cynthea (Farnam) Shaw, and was born in Lemon, Jan. 4, 1855.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Carpenter are the par- ents of ten children, six of whom are living. Chester died when about seventeen years of age ; John married Miss Carrie Swartz and is in Mill City; William, the subject of this sketch; Wal-
ment in the Union army, Sept. 1, 1864, serving in Company H, 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He joined his regiment at Morris Island, South Carolina, where it was doing gar- rison duty on the Island. One morning in Janu- ary, 1865, at about four o'clock, Mr. Collum was on duty at Fort Gregg, when he saw some- thing on the opposite side of the channel, slowly moving like a fog. Finally he discovered it was a blockade runner moving in the direction of Charleston, S. C. Calling for help and none responding he decided to load and fire a 10-inch
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RESIDENCE OF ANDREW S. COLLUM
This Property For Sale. The Postoffice or Main Part, Built in 1848 by Chauncey Sherwood
ter married Miss Nellie Platt and is living in Falls township; Daisy and Dicky were twins, and both are dead; Grace married Wm. De- vaugh and is living in Hancock, N. Y .; Ger- trude graduated from the Factoryville High School, June 2, 1911; Earl, born July 8, 1895.
ANDREW S. COLLUM
Mr. Collum was born July 24, 1843 in New- ton township. He is a son of Henry R. and Hetty (Skellenger) Collum, and a grandson of Jesse Collum.
A. S. Collum spent his boyhood days work- ing at farming, carpentering, blacksmithing, machinist and boiler making, until his enlist-
Columbian cannon with a solid shot. This he did to good effect, striking a large side-wheel steamer directly through the wheels, sinking it with the first shot. Captain John B. Fish and other commanding officers of his company, who were nearly three miles below, came in haste to see what was going on. They were well pleased with the execution of the shot. Afterward, Mr. Collum was upon the wrecked vessel and found it loaded with cotton.
About six weeks later Charleston was evacu- ated by the Confederates. The 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry were the first Union troops to enter the eity, and Mr. Collum was one of the first eight men to enter Fort Sumter after
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the surrender of Charleston. Mr. Collum was accidentally wounded at Mount Pleasant, S. C., by the bursting of a requa battery. He nar- rowly escaped fatal injuries and for a time was under surgical treatment. He was honorably discharged June 23, 1865 at Salisbury, N. C., where he was stationed at the time of General Lee's surrender.
Mr. Collum returned at once to his home in Newton township. Here he worked at both carpentering and farming until his marriage, March 3, 1866, to Miss Eliza Follett, an adopted daughter of Matthew Sherwood. Mr. and Mrs. Collum's two children, Matthew H. and Aman- da E., died in infancy. Afterwards they brought up Bessie May Evans. She married Berton Tallon.
After he was married, Mr. Collum moved to Falls. Here he' was engaged in the mercantile business for a year and a half, after which he resumed carpentering. Later he purchased a farm, and in connection with agricultural pur- suits, he operated a planing mill, cider and shin- gle mill for seven years, In the fall of 1881, he became a resident of Factoryville where he successfully· conducted a general merchandise business until 1887.
Politically, Mr. Collum is identified with the Republican party. Hc served two terms as Justicc-of-the-Peace in Overfield and Clinton townships, Wyoming county ; was school direc- tor in Overfield for three years; town clerk in Clinton and Overfield townships ; supervisor one year ; township auditor nine years and served on the election board nine years.
Mr. Collum' is a member of Mill City Lodge No. 890, I. O. O. F., having passed all the chairs. He is a thirty-two degree Mason, and has served three years as Secretary of Factory- ville Lodge No. 341, F. & A. M.
March 6, 1905, Mr. Collum was appointed postmaster at Bald Mount (Newton Centre) tak- ing possession of the office April 1st the same year, which he still holds.
Mr. and Mrs. Collum are both members of the Bald Mount M. E. church, of which Mr. Collum is one of the trustees. He is also re- cording steward for Bald Mount charge, which includes three churches: Bald Mount, Schultz- ville, and Milwaukie.
HENRY R. COLLUM, a son of Jesse and Anna (Roloson ) Collum, was born March 11, 1810 in Wantage township, Sussex county, New Jersey, and died March 29, 1873 in Newton township. He learned the carpenter's trade, which occupa- tion he followed for many years. He was the inventor of the "square rule" system of framing buildings, now used by all carpenters through- out the land. Before this time the "scribe rule" or fit-and-try system was used. In 1838
he moved to Newton township, moving in a log- house on the Mittan place (now owned by Mrs. Gertrude Biesecker). The same year he began building a log-house on his own farm which he finished in 1839. This building is still stand- ing and is owned by Gould Whitlock. Here Mr. Collum worked at his trade for a time, and later devoted his time to farming until his death. He was married in Sussex county, New Jersey, Jan. 24, 1835 to Miss Hettie, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Ayers) Skellenger. (Mrs. Skellenger was born July 21, 1791). They became the parents of five children: (1) Phoebe A. (Mrs. Lewis B. Ayers), born July 6. 1836. She is living in Newton. (2) Wil- liam H., born Sept. 8, 1837. He was killed in a well in Newton township, Sept. 20, 1895. (3) Andrew S. (our subject), born July 24, 1843. (4) Sarah E., born in 1846 and died in 1870. (5) Amos H., born July/ 27, 1854 and died three years later.
JESSE COLLUM, a son of William and Cather- ine (Ayers) Collum, was born March 13, 1786 in Ironia, Morris county, New Jersey. At an early age he moved to Wantage township, Sus- sex county, New Jersey. .. Later he moved to Wayne county, Pa., where he worked at shoe- making and farming. He died near Dundee. Yates county, N. Y., June 29, 1877. He' mar- ried Miss Anna Roloson Nov. 28, 1807. She was born March 1, 1789 and died May 21, 1852. They had fourteen children, of whom two are living: Mrs. Elizabeth Roloson, born Feb. 26. 1815, and is living in Newton Centre, Mrs. Ju- lia Ayers of Snedekerville, Bradford county, born Oct. 31, 1826. Mr. Collum married Ann Mullana for his second wife, by whom he had six children, of whom four are living near New York City.
WILLIAM COLLUM, born' near Ironia, Morris : county, New Jersey, and and died at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1824. He married Miss Catherine Ayers of Morris county, New Jersey. She was born in Morris county, New Jersey, and died in Zanesville, Ohio, surviving her husband a few years. They had nine children, six boys and three girls, namely: Jesse, Jacob, Peter, Richard, David, William, Hannah, Elizabeth and Sally. Hannah married John Morgan, and lived near Seneca Lake, New York. Mor- gan was called from bed one night and was never seen by his friends again. It is said he was killed by the Masons for exposing the se- crets of the order. After Morgan's death she married Levy Smith. The other two girls went to Ohio.
William Collum was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, being a member of Captain Bon- nel's company of New Jersey troops. He serv- ed from June 17, 1781 to about Dec. 15, 1782.
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JUDSON C. AND GILES N. COMSTOCK
are sons of Zebulon, Jr. and Hila Comstock, and grandsons of Zebulon, Sr. one of the pioneer settlers of Newton township.
Giles N. was born in Exeter township, Lu- zerne county, March 9. 1846. His father died (June 12, 1846) about three months after Giles birth, and about two years later his mother married Henry Walter and moved to Newton on the farm now owned by Chas. H. Koerner. The five brothers fought for the
Soldier's Home in Johnson City, Tenn., having served in the Navy during the war. He ran away from home when a small boy and went on a whaling vessel. He had been a lifelong sailor until he went to the Home about 1890. Elbridge was born in Newton township. May 8, 1840 and died about 1906 in Missouri. Zsenatlı was born Feb. 27, 1842 and died about 1902. Harriet was born Oct. 25, 1843 and is the wife of Thomas Fitzgerald and lives at 720 Tunk- hannock Ave., West Pittston.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE LEVI COON
Union in the Civil War. Giles and Judson enlisted Feb. 29, 1864 in 11th Pa. Calvary at Scranton, and served until mustered out, Aug. 13, 1865. Giles also enlisted April 11, 1872 in the U. S. Army and served in the 4th U. S. Calvary for five years, and fought several bat- tles against the Indians through the Northwest. Kingsley was the only one of the five brothers who ever married.
ZEBULON COMSTOCK, JR. was born May 14, 1808, near Forty Fort, and his wife, Aszeniath Crossier, was born in New Jersey, July 1, 1811 and died Jan. 9, 1884. Their oldest son, Kings- ley, was born Aug. 12, 1833, and was killed in the army, June 14, 1862. Judson C. was born in Carbondale, Nov. 23, 1836. Raymond, born in Newton township, Feb. 8, 1838, and is at the
GEORGE LEVI COON
George Levi Coon was born in Brenchville, Va., Sept. 22nd, 1858, and when three years old came to Newton township with his grandfather, David Cosner, who had been South on a visit. George Levi Coon is a son of John (born Jan. 20th, 1830- died Jan. 12th. 1906) and Ros- auna (Cosner) Coon. Rosanna (Cosner) Coon having died in Virginia in 1861.
George Levi Coon attended school in Newton until nineteen years of age, when he attended Keystone Academy. He was married Jan. 25, 1883 to Miss Margaret Smith of Falls, Pa., the oldest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Shel- ley) Smith. After his marriage he remained on the home farm with his father until his father's death, when he came in possession of
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the old homestead, part of which has been in the Coon family for four generations. Joseph Coon, greatgrandfather of George Levi, settled here in 1816, and built a log house about twenty rods southeast of the present residence.
Mr. and Mrs. Coon have two sons and two daughters: Joseph, born June 7, 1886; is a chemist, living in Brooklyn, N. Y. Oscar was born Oct. 26, 1890: Bessie, born Feb. 7, 1893 and Winnifred, born March 13, 1898.
Mr. Coon is a progressive farmer, keeping from fifteen to twenty cows, and raises a large quantity of cabbage and sweet corn, which he sells to Seranton dealers. Some years he sells nearly sixty tons of hay. His buildings and farm are kept in first-class condition. MIT. Coon has one sister, Amy, who married Rev. H. G. Harned, Agent for American Bible Society, and lives in Scranton. Her first husband, A. C. Lewis, died Sept. 5, 1885.
JOHN COON moved to Virginia in the Spring of 1853. Here he lived for nine years, until the war broke out, and not being willing to join the Confederate Army he returned to New- ton township in the fall of 1862. About two years later he purchased the farm in Ransom township, now owned by Geo. C. Coon, where he lived for three years. He then traded for the farm near Newton Centre. Here he lived until his death. His son, Geo. Levi Coon, now occupies the farm.
John Coon's first wife died in Virginia, and in 1866 he married Miss Angeline Fassett of Scottsville, Wyoming county, who is now living with her stepson, George Levi.
John Coon was the son of Samuel, and grand- son of Joseph Coon, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Newton. John Coon was a member of the Baptist church.
EVERETT GRANT COON
Everett G. Coon was born February 1. 1865 on the farm now owned by his brother, Ga- lusha A. He attended the Shook School un- til about eighteen years of age when he entered the Keystone Academy. Later he taught one term of school in Lemon township, Wyoming county. He then returned home, living with his father and working the farm until married. June 4, 1896, to Miss Minnie Lasher. She was a daughter of Arnold (b. June 6, 1830-died April 28, 1903) and Margaret (Van Why) Lasher. Mrs. Lasher was born March 17. 1831 and is living in Falls township, hale and hearty at the age of eighty years.
Mrs. Coon. the wife of our subjeet, was born Dec. 25. 1871 and died Dec. 20, 1909, leaving five small children, namely : Inez M., born Apr. 25; 1897: Edith V., born Nov. 14, 1898: Eliza HI., born May 17, 1902; Marjory, born June 2,
1905; and Genevieve, born May 28, 1909.
Mr. Coon is a son of Levi and Eliza (Hop- kins) Coon and a greatgrandson of Joseph Coon, one of the pioneer settlers of Newton township.
LEVI COON was born June 29, 1834 on the old homestead where George Levi Coon now lives, near Newton Centre, and died April 26, 1902. He was married Aug. 30, 1862 to Miss Eliza Hopkins, who was born Nov. 23, 1831 in Newton township and died April 22, 1904. She was a daughter of Solomon (b. Feb. 8, 1808- d. Aug. 15, 1884) and Maria (Storrs) Hopkins. (Mrs. Hopkins b. Jan. 7, 1808-d. May 26, 1870). To them three children were born, namely: (1) Everett G., our subject. (2) Galusha A., born Sept. 19, 1868 and was mar- ried to Miss Minnie Fenstermaker, who was born April 9, 1873. They are the parents of three children: Raymond G., born March 17. 1899; Laura G., born Oct. 11, 1900, and Har- old A., born October 7, 1910. (3) Eva M., born September 15, 1873, and was married December 30, 1896 to William H. Newman, M. D. of Newton Centre, and died Jan. 11, 1903.
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