Hiram E. Coon was the son of Ephraim Coon and Marana Knapp and the husband of 1) Achsah Morse and 2) Eliza L. Dow. He was born in Onondaga Co., New York. By 1830 he and his parents and siblings lived in Mendon, Monroe, NY. In 1831 when Hiram was 13 his mother, Marana Knapp Coon, died. About 1838 in Mendon, NY, he married Achsah Morse. In 1843 he and his young family (and his widowed father) moved to Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI. He was a successful farmer and won many awards from the Wisconsin Agricultural Society for his prize sheep and pigs. Hiram was also a builder. In 1852 he and his brother Miles built the Wisconsin House, one of the first hotels in Jefferson County, WI. Later in his life he also had a lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door County, WI. Along with partner Thomas Diamond he got legislative approval to build a pier at Sister Bay that helped in the later development of Door County. He also helped build a sawmill at Sister Bay. He was in partnership with Alonzo Henderson in Henderson, Coon & Co., and together they owned a store in Sister Bay. During his last year he was also Postmaster there.
Obituary from 'Palmyra Enterprise,' 13 Oct 1875:
"DIED-COON--At the Oshkosh Insane Asylum, on Monday, the 4th inst, Mr. Hiram E. Coon, of Palmyra, aged 57 years. The funeral services were held at Palmyra, on Thursday the 7th inst, at 10 1/2a.m., and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Sermon preached by Rev. E. Southworth. Mr. Coon had been a resident of Palmyra for more than thirty years, having removed from Monroe county, N.Y., in 1843. He has been one of the most enterprising, energetic and successful farmers of our county. For the past few years he had been engaged in the lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door Co., in connection with his farming at home, and had been at the former place most of the time during the last 18 months. For the last year he had been Postmaster of that place (Sister Bay). Mr. Coon was a man apparently enjoying good health during his active life, until about the first of August last, when he returned to his home in Palmyra, with the evidences of a complication of diseases upon him materially affecting both mind and body. His friends and relatives being anxious for his relief from this critical condition, in consultation with physicians and with his consent, concluded and did place him in the Asylum at Oshkosh on the 24th of September. During his short stay at the Asylum he was visited by friends who were satisfied that his care was such as to make him as comfortable as he could well be, and that all was done that could be done for his immediate recovery. On the 4th inst, he partook of his supper as usual and was conducted to his room where, abut 7 o'clock, he spoke and said, "This gas will kill us all," fell back in his chair and immediately expired without a struggle. It is supposed by the physicians that the immediate cause of his death was a rupture of a blood vessel. Mr. Coon's loss as a business man and citizen will be deeply felt by the community in which he had so long been a resident. The members of the bereaved family both present and absent, have our sincere sympathy in this sad and unexpected bereavement."
After Hiram's death his brother, Miles, served as the executor of his estate.
Obituary from 'Palmyra Enterprise,' 13 Oct 1875:
"DIED-COON--At the Oshkosh Insane Asylum, on Monday, the 4th inst, Mr. Hiram E. Coon, of Palmyra, aged 57 years. The funeral services were held at Palmyra, on Thursday the 7th inst, at 10 1/2a.m., and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Sermon preached by Rev. E. Southworth. Mr. Coon had been a resident of Palmyra for more than thirty years, having removed from Monroe county, N.Y., in 1843. He has been one of the most enterprising, energetic and successful farmers of our county. For the past few years he had been engaged in the lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door Co., in connection with his farming at home, and had been at the former place most of the time during the last 18 months. For the last year he had been Postmaster of that place (Sister Bay). Mr. Coon was a man apparently enjoying good health during his active life, until about the first of August last, when he returned to his home in Palmyra, with the evidences of a complication of diseases upon him materially affecting both mind and body. His friends and relatives being anxious for his relief from this critical condition, in consultation with physicians and with his consent, concluded and did place him in the Asylum at Oshkosh on the 24th of September. During his short stay at the Asylum he was visited by friends who were satisfied that his care was such as to make him as comfortable as he could well be, and that all was done that could be done for his immediate recovery. On the 4th inst, he partook of his supper as usual and was conducted to his room where, abut 7 o'clock, he spoke and said, "This gas will kill us all," fell back in his chair and immediately expired without a struggle. It is supposed by the physicians that the immediate cause of his death was a rupture of a blood vessel. Mr. Coon's loss as a business man and citizen will be deeply felt by the community in which he had so long been a resident. The members of the bereaved family both present and absent, have our sincere sympathy in this sad and unexpected bereavement."
After Hiram's death his brother, Miles, served as the executor of his estate.
Hiram E. Coon was the son of Ephraim Coon and Marana Knapp and the husband of 1) Achsah Morse and 2) Eliza L. Dow. He was born in Onondaga Co., New York. By 1830 he and his parents and siblings lived in Mendon, Monroe, NY. In 1831 when Hiram was 13 his mother, Marana Knapp Coon, died. About 1838 in Mendon, NY, he married Achsah Morse. In 1843 he and his young family (and his widowed father) moved to Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI. He was a successful farmer and won many awards from the Wisconsin Agricultural Society for his prize sheep and pigs. Hiram was also a builder. In 1852 he and his brother Miles built the Wisconsin House, one of the first hotels in Jefferson County, WI. Later in his life he also had a lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door County, WI. Along with partner Thomas Diamond he got legislative approval to build a pier at Sister Bay that helped in the later development of Door County. He also helped build a sawmill at Sister Bay. He was in partnership with Alonzo Henderson in Henderson, Coon & Co., and together they owned a store in Sister Bay. During his last year he was also Postmaster there.
Obituary from 'Palmyra Enterprise,' 13 Oct 1875:
"DIED-COON--At the Oshkosh Insane Asylum, on Monday, the 4th inst, Mr. Hiram E. Coon, of Palmyra, aged 57 years. The funeral services were held at Palmyra, on Thursday the 7th inst, at 10 1/2a.m., and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Sermon preached by Rev. E. Southworth. Mr. Coon had been a resident of Palmyra for more than thirty years, having removed from Monroe county, N.Y., in 1843. He has been one of the most enterprising, energetic and successful farmers of our county. For the past few years he had been engaged in the lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door Co., in connection with his farming at home, and had been at the former place most of the time during the last 18 months. For the last year he had been Postmaster of that place (Sister Bay). Mr. Coon was a man apparently enjoying good health during his active life, until about the first of August last, when he returned to his home in Palmyra, with the evidences of a complication of diseases upon him materially affecting both mind and body. His friends and relatives being anxious for his relief from this critical condition, in consultation with physicians and with his consent, concluded and did place him in the Asylum at Oshkosh on the 24th of September. During his short stay at the Asylum he was visited by friends who were satisfied that his care was such as to make him as comfortable as he could well be, and that all was done that could be done for his immediate recovery. On the 4th inst, he partook of his supper as usual and was conducted to his room where, abut 7 o'clock, he spoke and said, "This gas will kill us all," fell back in his chair and immediately expired without a struggle. It is supposed by the physicians that the immediate cause of his death was a rupture of a blood vessel. Mr. Coon's loss as a business man and citizen will be deeply felt by the community in which he had so long been a resident. The members of the bereaved family both present and absent, have our sincere sympathy in this sad and unexpected bereavement."
After Hiram's death his brother, Miles, served as the executor of his estate.
Obituary from 'Palmyra Enterprise,' 13 Oct 1875:
"DIED-COON--At the Oshkosh Insane Asylum, on Monday, the 4th inst, Mr. Hiram E. Coon, of Palmyra, aged 57 years. The funeral services were held at Palmyra, on Thursday the 7th inst, at 10 1/2a.m., and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Sermon preached by Rev. E. Southworth. Mr. Coon had been a resident of Palmyra for more than thirty years, having removed from Monroe county, N.Y., in 1843. He has been one of the most enterprising, energetic and successful farmers of our county. For the past few years he had been engaged in the lumber and mercantile business at Sister Bay, Door Co., in connection with his farming at home, and had been at the former place most of the time during the last 18 months. For the last year he had been Postmaster of that place (Sister Bay). Mr. Coon was a man apparently enjoying good health during his active life, until about the first of August last, when he returned to his home in Palmyra, with the evidences of a complication of diseases upon him materially affecting both mind and body. His friends and relatives being anxious for his relief from this critical condition, in consultation with physicians and with his consent, concluded and did place him in the Asylum at Oshkosh on the 24th of September. During his short stay at the Asylum he was visited by friends who were satisfied that his care was such as to make him as comfortable as he could well be, and that all was done that could be done for his immediate recovery. On the 4th inst, he partook of his supper as usual and was conducted to his room where, abut 7 o'clock, he spoke and said, "This gas will kill us all," fell back in his chair and immediately expired without a struggle. It is supposed by the physicians that the immediate cause of his death was a rupture of a blood vessel. Mr. Coon's loss as a business man and citizen will be deeply felt by the community in which he had so long been a resident. The members of the bereaved family both present and absent, have our sincere sympathy in this sad and unexpected bereavement."
After Hiram's death his brother, Miles, served as the executor of his estate.
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