Endnotes
1. Mark Coon household, 1850 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling
464, family 464, lines 17-25, (enumerated 20 August 1850); National
Archives micropublication M432, roll 151. Viewed at home using Family
Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850 (Novato,
California: Broderbund Software, Inc., 1998). Age 40; b Virginia.
2. Mark Coon (may be indexed
as Cook) household, 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population
schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459, dwelling 52,
family 52, lines 22-32, (enumerated 5 June 1860); National Archives
micropublication M653, roll 266. Viewed at home using Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard
(Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 50; b Virginia.
3. Mark Coon household, 1870
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township,
Raysville Post Office, pages 275B, dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26,
(enumerated 11 July 1870); National Archives micropublication M593, roll
323. Viewed at home using Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest,
1999). Age 60; b West Virginia.
4. R. Thomas Mayhill, compiler,
Early Cemetery
Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana - Including the towns of
Knightstown, the Villages of Raysville, Grant City, and Maple Valley, and
the Former Villages of Elizabeth City and West Liberty (1968; reprint
Knightstown, Indiana: The Bookmark, 1994), 22. Birthdate and deathdate both
given. Hereinafter cited as
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township, Henry
County, Indiana.
5.
Cornelious Coon entry, Hancock County Deaths, Combined Birth and Death
Record Books for Shirley (14) and Wilkinson (23) 1914-1937, 14:88, Hancock
County Health Department, Greenfield, Indiana. The death record of his son
Cornelious states that he was born in Pa., but all other sources state
Virginia or West Virginia.
6. Jesse B. Koon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-8A:52, Henry County Health Department, New Castle, Indiana. The
death record of his son Jesse states that he was born in Virginia.
7. Mark Coon tombstone, to
the left of the stone of Susan Anderson, Elm Grove Cemetery, 750 South and
Mill Road, Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana; transcribed and
photographed by the author, 5 April 2000.
8. Henry County Marriage Record Book B: 17,
Henry County Clerk, New Castle, Indiana.
9. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township,
Henry County, Indiana, 22. Age 39y, 10m, 24d; wife of Mark Coon.
10. Elizabeth Coon
tombstone, to the right of the stone of Susan Anderson, Elm Grove Cemetery,
750 South and Mill Road, Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana; transcribed
and photographed by the author, 5 April 2000.
11. Edmond Coon tombstone, face up on the
ground (not originally) to the left of the stone of Susan Coon, Elm Grove
Cemetery, 750 South and Mill Road, Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana;
transcribed and photographed by the author, 5 April 2000.
12. Indiana Marriages
Through 1850, online
<http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html>, Indiana
State Library Genealogy Division (140 N Senate Ave; Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296), downloaded 15 November 2000.
13. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard.
14. Mayhill,
Cemetery
Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Age 40y, 7m, 26d;
wife of M Coon.
15.
Susan Coon tombstone, between the stones of Emerson and Edmond Coon, on the
front row, Elm Grove Cemetery, 750 South and Mill Road, Wayne Township,
Henry County, Indiana; transcribed and photographed by the author, 5 April
2000.
16. Mark Coon
will (1888), Henry County Will Book F: 267-268, Henry County Clerk, New
Castle, Indiana. Names "Martha Coon (my wife)".
17. Indiana Works Progress Administration,
Index to Marriage Record Henry County [Indiana] 1850-1920 Inclusive, I (A
to C), New Castle-Henry County Public Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle,
IN 47362. This information is obtained from a photocopy of the COON pages
of the WPA marriage index from the New Castle-Henry County Public Lilbrary.
The actual record needs to be obtained. Hereinafter cited as Index to
Marriage Record Henry County.
18. Martha Coon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-6:68, Henry County Health Department, New Castle, Indiana.
19. Henry County Will Book
F: 267-268. Will was made 16 February 1888 and proved 18 August 1888, which
corroborates tombstone death date of 2 August 1888.
20. Henry County Will Book
F: 267-268.
21. 1850
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township,
page 365, dwelling 464, family 464, lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850. Age 33; b Ohio.
22. Cornelious Coon entry,
Hancock County Deaths, Combined Birth and Death Record Books for Shirley
(14) and Wilkinson (23) 1914-1937, 14:88. The death record of her son
Cornelious states that she was born in Indiana.
23. Jesse B. Koon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-8A:52. The death record of her son Jesse states that she was born
in Indiana.
24. 1860
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township,
Knightstown Post Office, page 459, dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32,
Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census:
Henry and Howard. Elizabeth is not in this census, which corroborates her
death date given in Mayhill as being before 1860.
25. Henry County Will Book F: 267-268. Nobody
named Susan is listed in the will. Has she died?
26. 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling 464, family 464,
lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana,
1850.
27. Margret E.
Swim, comp., Benton Anderson-Susan Coon marriage (photocopies of original
marriage records), Henry County Marriage Applications and Returns:
1822-1886, Volume 2 (Alspaugh to Ayers). New Castle-Henry County Public
Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle, IN 47362. Included in the original
marriage records of Benton Anderson and Susan Coon is a statement from
Susan's parents consenting to the marriage. It is signed "Mark (his X mark)
Coon" and "Elizabeth (her X mark) Coon".
28. 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling 464, family 464,
lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana,
1850. Age 15; birthplace Indiana.
29. Susan Anderson tombstone, directly to the
right of the stone of Mark Coon, Elm Grove Cemetery, 750 South and Mill
Road, Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana; transcribed and photographed
by the author, 5 April 2000. Birthdate calculated from tombstone
data.
30. Susan
Anderson tombstone, Elm Grove Cemetery, 750 South and Mill Road, Wayne
Township, Henry County, Indiana.
31. Andrew Coon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-3:21, no. 155, Henry County Health Department, New Castle,
Indiana.
32. Andrew
Coon entry, Henry County Deaths, Book CSS-3:21, no. 155. Birthplace given
as Virginia, but all census records give his birthplace as Indiana. His
parents were married in Indiana in 1833, so it is highly likely that he was
born in Indiana.
33.
1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne
Township, page 365, dwelling 464, family 464, lines 17-25, Family Archive
CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850. Age 13; b Indiana.
34. 1860 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post
Office, page 459, dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and
Howard. Age 23; birthplace Indiana.
35. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne
Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Birth and death dates given.
36. Andrew Coon household,
1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland
Township, Ogden Post Office, page 240A, dwelling 216, family 219, lines
39-40, (enumerated 16 June 1870); National Archives micropublication M593,
roll 323. Viewed at home using Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest,
1999). Age 34; birthplace Indiana.
37. Margret E. Swim, comp., Andrew Coon-Sarah
Jane Byrkett marriage (photocopies of original marriage records), Henry
County Marriage Applications and Returns: 1822-1886, Volume 2 (Alspaugh to
Ayers). New Castle-Henry County Public Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle,
IN 47362.
38.
Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22.
IOOF.
39. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Age given as
12y, 7m, 22d; son of M & E Coon.
40. 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling 464, family 464,
lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana,
1850. Age 1; birthplace Indiana.
41. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 28 [should
be 10-11]; birthplace Indiana.
42. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne
Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Age given as 12y, 7m, 22d; son of M &
E Coon. Birthdate calculated from tombstone data.
43. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post Office, pages 275B,
dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry.
44. Jesse B. Koon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-8A:52.
45.
1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne
Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459, dwelling 52, family 52, lines
22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860
Census: Henry and Howard. Age 8; birthplace Indiana.
46. 1870 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post
Office, pages 275B, dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 17;
birthplace Indiana.
47. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 29;
birthplace Indiana.
48. Henry County Will Book F: 267-268. Nobody
named Emerson is listed in the will. Has he died?
49. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 1;
birthplace Indiana.
50. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post Office, pages 275B,
dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 11; birthplace
Indiana.
51. Emerson
B. Coon tombstone, to the right of stone of Susan Coon, Elm Grove Cemetery,
750 South and Mill Road, Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana; transcribed
and photographed by the author, 5 April 2000.
52. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post Office, pages 275B,
dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 9; birthplace
Indiana.
53. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Only birth
and death years given.
54. Willard Heiss, editor,
Encyclopedia of
American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII: Abstracts of the Records of the
Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Four (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
Society, 1972), 441.
55. Indiana Works Progress Administration,
Index to Marriage Record Henry County, I (A to C). Martha's maiden name
(Bowman) is not given in this marriage record, so one might assume that her
maiden name is Pitts. But her death record shows it as Bowman, and records
of the Society of Friends record her as "Martha Coon, mother of Lou Pitts"
(see that citation).
56. Heiss,
Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy, Volume VII: Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends
in Indiana, Part Four, 441. Month and year of death given.
57. Heiss,
Encyclopedia of
American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII: Abstracts of the Records of the
Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Four, 441. Burial location given as
"Glencove Cem, Knightstown, Ind".
58. Martha Coon entry, Henry County Deaths,
Book CSS-6:68. Place of burial given as "K-Town Ind".
59. Henry County Will Book
F: 267-268. Mary J. Helm is to be paid $50. She is not named as a child of
Mark Coon's. That presumption is being made by the author.
60. Margret E. Swim, comp.,
James Anderson-Mary Jane Coon marriage (photocopies of original marriage
records), Henry County Marriage Applications and Returns: 1822-1886, Volume
2 (Alspaugh to Ayers). New Castle-Henry County Public Library, 376 S 15th
St, New Castle, IN 47362. The sworn affidavit that is included in these
marriage records states that Mary Jane Coon is the age of seventeen, that
her father is Mark Coon, and that the guardian of James M. Anderson is
Simon Guard.
61. 1850
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township,
page 365, dwelling 464, family 464, lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850. Age 11; birthplace Indiana.
62. James Anderson
household, 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule,
Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, page 207, dwelling 1520, family
1520, lines 17-20, (enumerated 13 August 1860); National Archives
micropublication M653, roll 266. Viewed at home using Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard
(Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 21; birthplace Indiana.
63. James M. Anderson
household, 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule,
Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, pages 239B-240A, dwelling 210,
family 213, lines 38-40 and 1-6, (enumerated 16 June 1870); National
Archives micropublication M593, roll 323. Viewed at home using Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry
(Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 31; birthplace Indiana.
64. Swim, comp., James
Anderson-Mary Jane Coon marriage (photocopies of original marriage
records), Henry County Marriage Applications and Returns: 1822-1886, Volume
2 (Alspaugh to Ayers). New Castle-Henry County Public Library.
65. 1860 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post
Office, page 207, dwelling 1520, family 1520, lines 17-20, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and
Howard. Age 23; birthplace Indiana.
66. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, pages
239B-240A, dwelling 210, family 213, lines 38-40 and 1-6, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 33;
birthplace Indiana.
67. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, page 207,
dwelling 1520, family 1520, lines 17-20, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard.
68. 1870 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post
Office, pages 239B-240A, dwelling 210, family 213, lines 38-40 and 1-6,
Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census:
Henry.
69. 1860 U.S.
census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township,
Ogden Post Office, page 207, dwelling 1520, family 1520, lines 17-20,
Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census:
Henry and Howard. Age 3; birthplace Indiana.
70. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, pages
239B-240A, dwelling 210, family 213, lines 38-40 and 1-6, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 13;
birthplace Indiana.
71. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, page 207,
dwelling 1520, family 1520, lines 17-20, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 1;
birthplace Indiana.
72. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Ogden Post Office, pages
239B-240A, dwelling 210, family 213, lines 38-40 and 1-6, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 11;
birthplace Indiana.
73. 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling 464, family 464,
lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm Records: Indiana,
1850. Age 8; birthplace Indiana.
74. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 19;
birthplace Indiana.
75. John Coon household, 1870 U.S. census,
Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township, Spiceland
Post Office, page 247A, dwelling 320, family 324, lines 17-20, (enumerated
25 June 1870); National Archives micropublication M593, roll 323. Viewed at
home using Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870
Census: Henry (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 28; birthplace
Indiana.
76. Margret
E. Swim, comp., John Coon-Nancy Jane Gilbreath marriage (photocopies of
original marriage records), Henry County Marriage Applications and Returns:
1822-1886, Volume 2 (Alspaugh to Ayers). New Castle-Henry County Public
Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle, IN 47362. No direct evidence has been
found yet that the John Coon who married Nancy Jane Gilbreath is the John
Coon who is the son of Mark and Elizabeth (Byrkit) Coon, but in the 1870
census, there is a John and Jane Coon residing next door to Mark Coon's
daughter Lavina (Coon) Jackson. More evidence will need to be located to
confirm that this is the correct John Coon.
77. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Spiceland Post Office, page 247A,
dwelling 320, family 324, lines 17-20, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 22; birthplace
Indiana.
78. 1870
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland
Township, Spiceland Post Office, page 247A, dwelling 320, family 324, lines
17-20, Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870
Census: Henry.
79.
Henry County Will Book F: 267-268. Cornelius Coon is to be paid $50. He is
not named as a child of Mark Coon. That presumption is being made by the
author.
80.
Cornelious Coon entry, Hancock County Deaths, Combined Birth and Death
Record Books for Shirley (14) and Wilkinson (23) 1914-1937, 14:88.
81. 1850 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling
464, family 464, lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm
Records: Indiana, 1850. Age 6; birthplace Indiana.
82. 1860 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post
Office, page 459, dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and
Howard. Age 15; birthplace Indiana.
83. Cornelius F. and Harriet E. Coon tombstone,
Harlan Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana; transcribed and
photographed by the author, 15 March 2000.
84. Cornelius Coon household, 1870 U.S. census,
Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post
Office, page 275B, dwelling 114, family 121, lines 27-31, (enumerated 11
July 1870); National Archives micropublication M593, roll 323. Viewed at
home using Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870
Census: Henry (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 27; birthplace
Indiana.
85. 1870
U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township,
Raysville Post Office, page 275B, dwelling 114, family 121, lines 27-31,
Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census:
Henry.
86. Harriette
E. Coon entry, Henry County Deaths, CSS-4, page 29, no. 542, Henry County
Health Department, New Castle, Indiana.
87. Harriette E. Coon entry, Henry County
Deaths, CSS-4, page 29, no. 542. Birthdate calculates from death record
data to be the same as the birthdate on the tombstone..
88. Mayhill,
Cemetery
Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. "Son of CF & H
Coon".
89. Mayhill,
Cemetery Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22. Birthdate
calculated from tombstone death date and age given.
90. Mayhill,
Cemetery
Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 22.
91. Henry County Marriage
Book 2: 2, Henry County Clerk, New Castle, Indiana.
92. 1850 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, page 365, dwelling
464, family 464, lines 17-25, Family Archive CD #302,
Census Microfilm
Records: Indiana, 1850. Age 4; birthplace Indiana.
93. 1860 U.S. census, Henry
County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post
Office, page 459, dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest
Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and
Howard. Age 14; birthplace Indiana.
94. Lavina Jackson household, 1870 U.S. census,
Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township, Spiceland
Post Office, page 247A, dwelling 319, family 323, lines 13-16, (enumerated
25 June 1870); National Archives micropublication M593, roll 323. Viewed at
home using Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870
Census: Henry (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999). Age 24; birthplace
Indiana.
95. Henry
County Will Book F: 267-268. Daughter Lavina Jackson is named in the
will.
96. 1870 U.S.
census, Henry County, Indiana, population schedule, Spiceland Township,
Spiceland Post Office, page 247A, dwelling 319, family 323, lines 13-16,
Family Quest Archives, Digital Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census:
Henry. Lavina is the head of household in the 1870 census, suggesting that
Andrew died prior to that year. Check Civil War records.
97. Mayhill,
Cemetery
Records of Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, 46. There is an Andrew
Jackson buried at Old Knightstown Cemetery who died at age 26 on Jan 1,
1868. Is this him?
98. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Spiceland Township, Spiceland Post Office, page 247A,
dwelling 319, family 323, lines 13-16, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry.
99. 1860 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Knightstown Post Office, page 459,
dwelling 52, family 52, lines 22-32, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M653-266 Indiana 1860 Census: Henry and Howard. Age 5;
birthplace Indiana.
100. 1870 U.S. census, Henry County, Indiana,
population schedule, Wayne Township, Raysville Post Office, pages 275B,
dwelling 113, family 120, lines 22-26, Family Quest Archives, Digital
Microfilm,
M593-323 Indiana 1870 Census: Henry. Age 16; birthplace
Indiana.
101.
Charles S. and Eliza E. Cox tombstone, Hopewell Cemetery, 700 S and 575 E,
Dudley township, Henry county, Indiana; transcribed and photographed by the
author, 5 April 2000.
102. Heiss,
Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy, Volume VII: Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends
in Indiana, Part Four, 441. Birthdate given as 7-4-1854.
103. Henry County Will
Book F: 267-268. Daughter Eliza Cox is named in the will.
104. Henry County
Marriage Record Book CC5: 132, Henry County Clerk, New Castle,
Indiana.
105.
Heiss,
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII: Abstracts of
the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Four, 441. Birthdate
given as 11-22-1847.
106. Lafayette and Araminta M. Coon tombstone,
Harlan Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana; transcribed and
photographed by the author, 15 March 2000. Circumstantial evidence of
parentage because the stone of Lafayette and Araminta M. Coon is to the
left of the stone of Cornelius F. and Harriet E. Coon, which reads "FATHER
MOTHER".
107.
Lafayette and Araminta M. Coon tombstone, Harlan Cemetery, Brown township,
Hancock county, Indiana.
108. Indiana Works Progress Administration,
Index to Birth Records Henry County Indiana 1882-1920 Inclusive, I (A to J)
([Indianapolis?]: The Administration, 1938). Located at New Castle-Henry
County Public Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle, IN 47362. Actual record
located at the Henry County Health Department in Birth Record Book CSS-4:48
and needs to be obtained.
109. Cecil Orestes and Leo Ward Coon
tombstone, Harlan Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana;
transcribed and photographed by the author, 15 March 2000.
110. Cecil Orestes and
Leo Ward Coon tombstone, Harlan Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county,
Indiana. Birthdate calculated from tombstone data; age given as 1m &
7d.
111. Cecil
Orestes and Leo Ward Coon tombstone, Harlan Cemetery, Brown township,
Hancock county, Indiana. Birthdate calculated from tombstone data; age
given as 1 y 3 m 1 d.
112. Indiana Works Progress Administration,
Index to Birth Records Henry County Indiana 1882-1920 Inclusive, I (A to J)
([Indianapolis?]: The Administration, 1938). Located at New Castle-Henry
County Public Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle, IN 47362. Actual record
located at the Henry County Health Department in Birth Record Book
CSS-5:100 and needs to be obtained.
113. Indiana Works Progress Administration,
Index to Birth Records Henry County Indiana 1882-1920 Inclusive, I (A to J)
([Indianapolis?]: The Administration, 1938). Located at New Castle-Henry
County Public Library, 376 S 15th St, New Castle, IN 47362. Actual record
located at the Henry County Health Department in Birth Record Book CSS-9:20
and needs to be obtained.
114. Robert Coon, no. 303-07-1209, Family
Archive CD #110,
Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1997,
edition 6, volume 1: A-L, (Novato, California: Broderbund Software, Inc.,
1998). Drawn from the
Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S.
Social Security Administration.
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