Minerva Coon was born July 28, 1825, at Lincklaen, N. Y., and died in DeRuyter, N. Y., March 30, 1921, being nearly 96 years of age.
She was the daughter of Clark and Betsey (Burdick) Coon. In 1884 she was united in marriage with Mr. Horatio Marble, the late Rev. Joshua Clark performing the ceremony. Very early in life she was baptized and united with the Lincklaen Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, and was for probably more than eighty years a devoted and faithful follower of Jesus. She loved the church and its appointments and attended service as long as possible. She greatly enjoyed the meetings of the Central Association held in DeRuyter last June. In August Mrs. Marble fell, injuring her hip, and since then has gradually failed.
Mrs. Marble had a brother and two sisters. Her brother was Prof. H. C. Coon, a teacher in DeRuyter Institute, and for more than forty years chorister of the church. One sister was the wife of the late Pres. W. C. Whitford of Milton. Her nearest living relatives are a niece, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Campbell, and a nephew, Benjamin M. Coon, children of Professor Coon. Funeral services were held in the DeRuyter church, April 4, conducted by Pastor Crandall. Interment at Lincklaen Center.
H. R. C.
