Coon Descendants, by Frances Davis McTeer, 1979, (pgs. 172-173): The 1870 census of Chico Twp., Butte Co., lists (among others), Perry Coon, aged 19 living in the household of Sarah Coon, widow of Isaac; "Perry Matson, b. 28 Feb. 1852, d. in Butte Co., [sic; d. San Joaquin Co., Ed.] 25 May 1882, buried Dayton Cemetery, unmarried." Butte Co. Calif, Orders in Probate, A:440: "The intestate estate of Perry M. Coon, A.W. Coon Administrator, was divided on 5 March 1883 in four equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the deceased, viz, A.W. Coon aged 24, R.M. Coon aged 21, Martha E. Lewis aged 28, and Mary M. Fritter aged 33. Property included an undivided 4/15 interest in SW 1/4 Sec. 22 T 21N R 1E, and in 2189 bushels of wheat, 20 hogs, two horses, two calves, farm implements, and $2070.87 cash."
Coon Descendants, by Frances Davis McTeer, 1979, (pgs. 172-173): The 1870 census of Chico Twp., Butte Co., lists (among others), Perry Coon, aged 19 living in the household of Sarah Coon, widow of Isaac; "Perry Matson, b. 28 Feb. 1852, d. in Butte Co., [sic; d. San Joaquin Co., Ed.] 25 May 1882, buried Dayton Cemetery, unmarried." Butte Co. Calif, Orders in Probate, A:440: "The intestate estate of Perry M. Coon, A.W. Coon Administrator, was divided on 5 March 1883 in four equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the deceased, viz, A.W. Coon aged 24, R.M. Coon aged 21, Martha E. Lewis aged 28, and Mary M. Fritter aged 33. Property included an undivided 4/15 interest in SW 1/4 Sec. 22 T 21N R 1E, and in 2189 bushels of wheat, 20 hogs, two horses, two calves, farm implements, and $2070.87 cash."
Inscription
" ______ (broken) Coon, Feb 28, 1852 - May 25, 1882". Coon plot; 4" cement border around large rectangular plot. Name "Pyle" in s.e. corner; entire area is covered with white pea gravel. Shares plot w/Sarah, Caroline P., America, Isaac, Albert W., Robert M. Coon; John Gotschall.
Gravesite Details
SOURCE: Dayton Cemetery (c) 1994 By Adriana Farley and Marilyn Corley
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