Erastus (Coon) Coons (1842 - 1929)

Born 10 Dec 1842 in Elizaville, Columbia, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Hover) Coons — married 1869 in Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States

Died 16 Feb 1929 at age 86 in Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

Erastus was born in 1842. He was the son of Henry Coon and Elizabeth Buhler. He passed away in 1929.

Married Mary Elizabeth Hover, daughter of Peter Hover and Mary Kemble

• Children:
  • Floyd b. 1875
  • Leland Erastus b. 1880
  • Mildred H. b. 1882
  • Ethel Mae b. 1886
  • Beatrice b. 1892

Erastus was listed as a lawyer on the 1880 ^[1]and 1900 censuses,^[2] a fruit farmer in 1920.^[3] He died in 1929 and is buried in Germantown.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZN-DTG : Sat Oct 07 00:13:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Erastus Coons and Elizabeth Coons, 1880.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6R-5TG : Thu Oct 05 11:49:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Erastas Coon and Mary E Coon, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ27-JCN : Thu Oct 05 23:58:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Erastus Coons and Mary E Coons, 1920.
4. ↑ Burial Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76625214/erastus-coons: accessed 14 October 2023), memorial page for Erastus Coons (10 Dec 1842–16 Feb 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76625214, citing Reformed Church Cemetery, Germantown, Columbia County, New York, USA; Maintained by Constance Moore Andrews (contributor 47202006).

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HK-HLY : 20 January 2020), Erastus Coen, 1843.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYM-7PZ : 23 December 2020), Erastus Coon in household of Henry J Coon, Clermont, Columbia, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQT-16S : 18 February 2021), Erastus Coon in entry for Henry I Coon, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNJL-PGM : 18 February 2021), Erastus Coon in household of John P Hover, Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 22, line 38, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 479,102.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZN-DTG : 7 January 2022), Erastus Coons, Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6R-5TG : accessed 12 January 2022), Erastas Coon, Germantown Township, Columbia, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 17A, family 374, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,019.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5M3-R89 : accessed 12 January 2022), Erastus Coons, Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 18A, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 933; FHL microfilm 1,374,946.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ27-JCN : 2 February 2021), Erastus Coons, 1920.