Name: Samuel Edmond COONS

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Birth: 21 Feb 1866 Near Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN¹

Death: 14 Jul 1906 Bucklin, Ford Co, KS¹

Burial: Bucklin, KS¹

Father: Joseph Crawford COONS (1831-1904)

Mother: Nancy Anne WALKER (1837-1908)

Spouses:

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1: Emilie Johanna "Amelia" GRING

Death: 8 Mar 1960 Menorah Hospital, KCMO^2,2

Birth: 18 Feb 1869 Germany^3,1

Burial: Bucklin²

Religion: Christian Church in Bucklin, University Heights Christian Church^2,2

Father: Carl Gring (1836-1921)

Mother: Wilhelmina BITTER (1831-1908)

Marriage: 1897 Bucklin, Ford Co, KS

Children: Carl Joseph (1898-1982)

Elsie (1900-1986)

Notes for Samuel Edmond COONS

Living with his parents at the age of 4 in Marion Twp of Jasper Co. IN in 1870.⁴

Living with his parents in the Barkley Twp of Jasper Co. IN in 1880. Working as a laborer on a farm.⁵

Living in Bucklin Township in 1900.³

Emily believes that the Fairview School mentioned in the paper was the one by the Gring farm. She also heard a story that Samuel would ride on horseback three times a year to court Emilie. ⁶

Sources

1. Tombstone, “Tombstone.”

2. obituary.

3. “Census,” Kansas, 1900.

4. “1870 Census.”

5. “1880 census.”

6. “Emily Cletsoway.”

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