Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1916 — Obtiuary. [ARTICLE]

Obtiuary.

William S. Coen died at his home in Rensselaer, Ind., March 7, 1916. In his death, the last survivor of the family of John and Esenath Coen passed to his reward. He was bom in Marion county, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1831, being 84 years of age at the time of his death. He came to Indiana when a youth and was married at Attica, Ind., to Caroline B. Hosier, May 15, 1854. They removed to Jasper county at the close of the civil war and settled on a farm three miles north of Rensselaer belonging to his older brother, John, which he afterward purchased and that now is owned by Benton Forsythe. There were ten children in the family, one daughter died in early youth, six sons and three daughters survive, Chailes W., of Sputh Bend; Albert E., of Chicago: Edward L., of Vermillion, Ohio; Fred W., of Cleveland, Ohio; Benjamin F., of Ft. Collins, Colo., and Jesse M. of Chicago; Clara P., of Bloomington, Ill.; Nellie G., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Leia C., of Three Forks, Mont. He served as trustee of Marion township for several years and was always ready to do his part in anything that was good for the commiunity in which he lived. * His wife died in 1885 and he afterward married Mrs. Clara Makeever, who survives him. Two children were bom to this union, Emerson and Alice, who were with him at the time of his death. He retired from active life and removed to Rensselaer m 1902, where he spent his declining years. He was a staunch Republican m politics and over fifty years a Mason. He was a member of the Christian church and the funeral was held in the church, conducted by Rev. Asa McDaniel and burial was by the lodge of which he had so long been a member. Four of his sons and two grandsons acted as pallbearers.