In Milton, Wis., Sept. 7, 1902, after along and painful illness, Samuel Hubbard Coon, aged 85 years, 8 months and 23 days.
Mr. Coon was born in Brookfield, N. Y., the son of Samuel Hubbard and Olive Brown Coon. The father was born in Rhode Island, probably in the town of Carolina, and was a descendant of Samuel Hubbard, intimate friend of Roger Williams, and prominent in the history of the first Seventh-day Baptist church in America. His mother was a native of Connecticut. When a young man, Mr. Coon, with his brother, Capt. W. H. H. Coon, came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Christiana in Dane County. They were charter members of the church in that place, since known as the Utica, Wis., Seventh-day Baptist church. From the beginning to the close of its history, they were its staunch supporters. Captain Coon died four or five years ago, and in June, 1901, the church was formally disbanded, the members taking letters to Albion, Milton Junction and Milton, in which places most of them have resided for several years. At the time the subject of this sketch, together with his wife who survives him, united with the church in Milton. One brother, Lafayette Coon, of Milton Junction, and one sister, Mrs. Janette Miller, of Brookfield, N. Y., are now the sole survivors of a once large family of brothers and sisters. Mr. Coon was twice married and leaves two daughters and one son, children of his first wife, several grandchildren, a large circle of other relatives, and the wife who has shared with him the growing infirmities of advancing age for the past twenty-five years. He died in the peaceful triumphs of redeeming grace. L. A. P.
