wife of John G. Coon
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 83, No 14, p 447, Oct. 1, 1917.
Dorcas Vars Coon was born August 22, 1822, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Babcock, August 20, 1917.
At the age of twenty years, February 20, 1842, she was married to John Coon. To this union were born four children. Three survive, - Mrs. A. F. Babcock and Arthus Coon, of Adams Center, and Ernest E. Coon, of the state of Wyoming. A daughter, Adelaide, died in the year nineteen hundred. Mrs. Coon was born at Berlin, N. Y., and was one of five children. Her youngest brother, Horatio Vars, is the only one living.
At the age of seventeen she united with the Berlin Church, and later, when she moved to Adams Center, she united with the church of like faith and remained a faithful member of the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church until her death. Seventy-eight years is almost a record of time as a church member. She was faithful to the trust that God had given her and was ready to answer the call when it came. Her health had been good for one of her age, until a few months ago she had the misfortune to fall on the floor and break her hip. After this accident she suffered a great deal, but bore it patiently awaiting the end.
In the absence of her pastor who was in attendance at Conference, funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. E. Lawrence, of the First Baptist Church, after which she was laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
A. C. E.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 83, No 14, p 447, Oct. 1, 1917.
Dorcas Vars Coon was born August 22, 1822, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Babcock, August 20, 1917.
At the age of twenty years, February 20, 1842, she was married to John Coon. To this union were born four children. Three survive, - Mrs. A. F. Babcock and Arthus Coon, of Adams Center, and Ernest E. Coon, of the state of Wyoming. A daughter, Adelaide, died in the year nineteen hundred. Mrs. Coon was born at Berlin, N. Y., and was one of five children. Her youngest brother, Horatio Vars, is the only one living.
At the age of seventeen she united with the Berlin Church, and later, when she moved to Adams Center, she united with the church of like faith and remained a faithful member of the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church until her death. Seventy-eight years is almost a record of time as a church member. She was faithful to the trust that God had given her and was ready to answer the call when it came. Her health had been good for one of her age, until a few months ago she had the misfortune to fall on the floor and break her hip. After this accident she suffered a great deal, but bore it patiently awaiting the end.
In the absence of her pastor who was in attendance at Conference, funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. E. Lawrence, of the First Baptist Church, after which she was laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
A. C. E.
wife of John G. Coon
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 83, No 14, p 447, Oct. 1, 1917.
Dorcas Vars Coon was born August 22, 1822, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Babcock, August 20, 1917.
At the age of twenty years, February 20, 1842, she was married to John Coon. To this union were born four children. Three survive, - Mrs. A. F. Babcock and Arthus Coon, of Adams Center, and Ernest E. Coon, of the state of Wyoming. A daughter, Adelaide, died in the year nineteen hundred. Mrs. Coon was born at Berlin, N. Y., and was one of five children. Her youngest brother, Horatio Vars, is the only one living.
At the age of seventeen she united with the Berlin Church, and later, when she moved to Adams Center, she united with the church of like faith and remained a faithful member of the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church until her death. Seventy-eight years is almost a record of time as a church member. She was faithful to the trust that God had given her and was ready to answer the call when it came. Her health had been good for one of her age, until a few months ago she had the misfortune to fall on the floor and break her hip. After this accident she suffered a great deal, but bore it patiently awaiting the end.
In the absence of her pastor who was in attendance at Conference, funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. E. Lawrence, of the First Baptist Church, after which she was laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
A. C. E.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 83, No 14, p 447, Oct. 1, 1917.
Dorcas Vars Coon was born August 22, 1822, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Babcock, August 20, 1917.
At the age of twenty years, February 20, 1842, she was married to John Coon. To this union were born four children. Three survive, - Mrs. A. F. Babcock and Arthus Coon, of Adams Center, and Ernest E. Coon, of the state of Wyoming. A daughter, Adelaide, died in the year nineteen hundred. Mrs. Coon was born at Berlin, N. Y., and was one of five children. Her youngest brother, Horatio Vars, is the only one living.
At the age of seventeen she united with the Berlin Church, and later, when she moved to Adams Center, she united with the church of like faith and remained a faithful member of the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church until her death. Seventy-eight years is almost a record of time as a church member. She was faithful to the trust that God had given her and was ready to answer the call when it came. Her health had been good for one of her age, until a few months ago she had the misfortune to fall on the floor and break her hip. After this accident she suffered a great deal, but bore it patiently awaiting the end.
In the absence of her pastor who was in attendance at Conference, funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. E. Lawrence, of the First Baptist Church, after which she was laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
A. C. E.
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