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1. Abram¹ Coon; born circa 1800 in Virginia;¹ married Mary Slocum circa 1820.¹

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Mary Slocum was born circa 1800 in Virginia.¹

Known children of Abram¹ Coon and Mary Slocum were:

• + 2 i. Absalom² Koon, born 7 May 1822 in Virginia; married Mary Jane Dille.

2. Absalom² Koon (Abram¹Coon) ;¹ born 7 May 1822 in Virginia;^2,3,4,5 married Caroline [-?-] circa 1839 in Indiana;⁶ married Mary Jane Dille, daughter of Brice Dille and [-?-] Snodgrass, 1 October 1853 in Henry county, Indiana, Milton Brown, J. P. performed the ceremony;^7,8,9,10 died 23 April 1900 in Greensboro township, Henry county, Indiana, at age 77 of LaGrippe [influenza] with complications;^3,4,1 buried 26 April 1900 in Greensboro Cemetery, south edge of Greensboro, Henry county, Indiana. For tombstone inscription transcript and photos, click here.^3,4,1

He and Mary Jane Dille were charter members of the Warrington Christian Church, Hancock county, Indiana, which was organized on 2 March 1877.¹¹

Caroline [-?-] was born circa 1822 in North Carolina.² She died between 1850 and 1860.¹²

Known children of Absalom² Koon and Caroline [-?-] were as follows:

• 3 i. Minerva³ Coon;² born circa 1840 in Indiana.²

• 4 ii. Levi Coon;^2,13 born circa 1847 in Indiana.^2,13

• 5 iii. Sarah Coon;² born circa 1848 in Indiana.²

• + 6 iv. George W. Kuhn, born either 16 February 1851 or February 1852 in Indiana; married Eliza J. [-?-].

Known children of Absalom² Koon and an unknown spouse were:

• 7 i. Oscar T.³ Coon Until the either the death date of Caroline ([-?-]) Koon or the birth date of Oscar is known, the mother of Oscar cannot be determined;^13,14 born between 1853 and 1854 in Indiana.^15,16

Mary Jane Dille^{17,9,18,10,19,19} was born on 12 April 1837 in Henry county, Indiana.^20,4,19 She died on 26 March 1891 in Greensboro, Henry county, Indiana, at age 53 of rheumatism.^20,4,19 She was buried in Greensboro Cemetery, south edge of Greensboro, Henry county, Indiana. For tombstone inscription transcript and photos, click here.^21,4

Known children of Absalom² Koon and Mary Jane Dille were as follows:

• 8 i. Susie E.³ Coon;^13,14 born between 1855 and 1856 in Indiana.^22,23

• 9 ii. William H. Coon;^13,14,24 born between 1856 and 1858 in Indiana.^25,26,27

• 10 iii. Arthur M. Coon;^13,14,24 born between September 1859 and 1860 in Indiana;^28,29,30 married Ella Copeland 29 November 1890 in Henry county, Indiana.⁹

• 11 iv. Cassius M. Coon;^14,24 born between 1862 and 1863 in Indiana;^31,32 married Rosa Gray 7 May 1887 in Henry county, Indiana.⁹

6. George W.³ Kuhn (Absalom²Koon, Abram¹Coon) (various Coon); George W. Koon was not listed in the 1860 census with his father, which suggests that he was living with another family at the time, perhaps because his parents "had their hands full" with the other children. He appears to have been the youngest child of Absalom and Caroline before Caroline died. Did she die in childbirth?; The death record of George W. Kuhn states that his mother's name was Mary Kuhn, but this is doubtful given his birthdate and the marriage date of his father to Mary Jane Dille. However, it is probable that he either thought she was his mother or recognized her as his mother since she obviously raised him as her own;^14,33 born either 16 February 1851 or February 1852 in Indiana;^34,35 married Eliza J. [-?-] circa 1875 in probably Indiana;³⁶ died 25 October 1925 in Wilkinson, Hancock county, Indiana, of carcinoma of glands of right leg and abdomen;^37,33 buried in McCray Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana, and the undertaker was Condo & Co.^33,38

George W. and Eliza J. were charter members of Church of Christ at Wilkinson in Hancock county, Indiana which was formed on 1 January 1889.^{37,39,40,41,42}

Eliza J. [-?-]³⁶ was born in January 1856 in Indiana.³⁶ She died in May 1920 in probably Wilkinson, Hancock county, Indiana, at age 64.³⁷ She was buried in McCray Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana.³⁸

Known children of George W.³ Kuhn and Eliza J. [-?-] were:

• 12 i. Bertie A.⁴ Kuhn;³⁶ born June 1894 in Indiana.³⁶