Newspaper publisher. F.W. Coon, brother of D.B. and J. H. Coon of Milton, Wisconsin, and for years one of the best known publishers in the state, died at his home in Edgerton last Friday after a long illness. He was also important in Wisconsin political life, having served as clerk of both houses of the legislature as well as in the position of civil service commissioner. He died at the age of sixty-nine. Frederick William Coon was born at Utica, Dane County, Wisconsin, June 14, 1850. He was the son of Capt. William Harrison Coon, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Dane County. Frederic Coon received his early education in the public schools of Dane County and later attended the University of Wisconsin, being graduated from that institution with the class of 1873. May 3, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara McDougal, the ceremony taking place at Utica. During the year 1884 he purchased the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter and was editor of that paper until the time of his death. Mr. Coon was considered an authority on tobacco conditions in this section of the state and his advice was constantly in demand by many of the packers who reside in the east. For a term of fifteen years he was secretary of the Wisconsin Press Association. He was also president of the Edgerton Telephone Co., being one of the organizers of that company. Besides his widow he leaves to mourn him five children, Mrs. D. F. Heddles, Paonia, Colorado; Mrs. C. H. McIntyre, Chicago; Mrs. E. I. Rankin, Yakima, Washington; Mrs. R.I. McIntosh and Warren Coon of Edgerton, Wisconsin. Funeral services were held under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Many relatives and friends from Milton and Milton Junction attended.
