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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           LEWIS W. COON, farmer, section 4, Bloomfield Township, was born
           July 7, 1844, near Cleveland, Ohio. His father, HENRY H., was
           born in the State of New York in 1820, and married SALLY P.
           KIDNEY. He died in 1852. The mother was born Jan. 4, 1822, in
           Ohio, and is at present residing in Wakeman, Huron Co., Ohio.
              The son was brought up on a farm, and learned the trade of a
           cooper, at which he worked chiefly about four years. At the end
           of that time, associated with a younger brother, he engaged in
           the management of the family homestead. This arrangement was
           prosecuted nine years, when he left his brother on the place and
           came to Michigan. He reached Bloomfield Township Oct. 20, 1879.
           He was pleased with the agricultural promise of Huron County,
           and removed his family hither a month later. In July, 1880, he
           bought the farm of which he took possession on the arrival of
           his family. There were two and a half acres cleared, on which
           had been erected a log house, having one window. The farm in-
           cludes 44 acres, and of this 25 acres are cleared.
              MR. COON is a Republican, and has served as Treasurer and
           Clerk of the township one year respectively.
              He was married April 4, 1867, to MARY J. ADAMS, and of their
           union nine children have been born: ALICE A., April 28, 1868
           (she was married Sept. 10, 1882); MABEL E., June 7, 1869; ALFRED
           B., Jan. 2, 1874; FLORENCE M., March 14, 1875; CHARLES A., Feb.
           28, 1878; LEON L. was born May 29, 1879; ALTA A., Jan. 8, 1881;
           HERBERT L., Feb. 9, 1883; MAUD, July 31, 1884.
              One child — LEON L. — is deceased. The loss and terror of
           Sept. 5, 1881, through the fire, are indescribable, but the
           destruction of property fades into insignificance in view of the
           fact that it severed the family circle.  MR. COON had the child
           in his arms, and, becoming blind with the dense smoke, became
           separated from his family. The child smothered in the father's
           arms.
              MRS. COON was born June 11, 1846, in Keene, N.H., and is the
           daughter of BENJAMIN W. and MARY (LIVINGSTON) ADAMS. She became
           an orphan at the age of six years, her father's death occurring
           at that time. Her mother died when she was 18 months old.

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