Amherst Coon born June 3, 1795, in Russia, (Herkimer Co.) the first white male child born there. Married February 5, 1822, Sally Betsey Treat, daughter of Samuel P. and Sarah Treat, born June 10, 1802, in Bristol, Conn., died March 28, 1891, in Camden, New Jersey. He died at the same place, May 28, 1877. He was a farmer in Russia. Both were members of the Baptist Church. Amherst and Sally Betsey (Treat) Coon had children: Mattison, born October 29, 1823. Narcissa, born February 26, 1826, died October 14, 1893; married Loren Carpenter. David, born February 20, 1829, a physician. Ephraim, born October 30, 1832. Edwin, born February 5, 1834.
