Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1904 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Bucklin (Kansas) Banner: Joßeph C. Coons was born in Johnson county, Indiana, August 7, 1831, and died in Bucklin, Kansas, April 20, 1904, aged 73 years, 2 months and 13 days. He lived at the place of his birth until after his marriage to Miss Nancy Walker in 1851, when he moved to Jasper county, Indiana, and livft there until 1887, when he moved to Kansas, where he lived until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Coons lived on a farm near Bucklin until the first of this month, when they moved to Bucklin where they expected to spend a few years of their life in leisure, after so many years of toil on the farm. Mr. Coons died of paralysis after an illness of only a few hours. He was at the time of his death living with his son S. E, Coons, but had just started the foundation of a house which he expected to make his home. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coons, five of whom are living. His many friends sympathise with the widow and children of the man who at the time when he expected to enjoy the fruitß of his labor, was called from them. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church yesterday at 3 p, m., and the remains consigned to rest in the Bucklin cemetery.