Leonard Coon, son of Dea. Pardon and Esther Coon, was born May 27, 1823, at DeRuyter, N. Y., and died at Nile, N. Y., June 6, 1904. Mr. Coon was the last of a family of twelve children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He was happily married to Sarah A. Dye, of Lincklaen, N. Y. To them were born five children, but four of them died in childhood. There are left to mourn his departure a daughter, Mrs. F. E. Stillman, of Nile, N. Y., and adopted children, E. H. Coon of De Ruyter, and Mrs. Harlan Potter of Scott. In 1890 he and his wife moved to Nile, N. Y., to live with their daughter. His wife died in 1896. For some time he has been in poor health, but his death came suddenly. In early life he united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church at De Ruyter. At the time of his death he was a loved and honored member of the church at Nile. His body was laid at rest by the side of his wife at Friendship, N. Y.
W. D. B.
