Phebe (Lanphear) Coon 1800-1877
Categories: 1840's Settlers,
Albion SDB Church Constituent Member - 1843,
Albion, Wisconsin,
North Loup, Nebraska,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 34, No 1, p 3, Jan. 3, 1878.
In Calamus, Valley county, Neb., Dec. 13th, 1877, Phebe Coon, wife of Charles Coon, aged 77 years, 9 months, and 9 days.
Sister Coon’s health had been gradually declining for several years, but she was, in the truest sense of the word, a Christian wife and mother, and consciousness of her approaching change brought no terror to her heart. The apostle’s words were true in her case, as they are in the case of every consecrated believer, when he says, “Perfect love casteth out fear,” and though she regarded the struggle with death as a struggle with an enemy, she could see her triumph and rest beyond the beclouded battle ground, and rejoice in God “who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” She had been a professor of religion for nearly three score years, and in all that time, she said, “God had been good to her when she had been true to him.” She entered the valley and the shadow of death with an abiding trust in that Savior who dais, “I am the resurrection and the life,” and that Father who careth even for the sparrows that fall, will surely give her rest in the kingdom of heaven.
She was converted under the preaching of Eld. Jacob Ayers and baptized by him and received into the Alfred Church, N. Y. From Alfred she went with her husband to Albion, Wis., then to Alden, Minn., and lastly to Calamus, where three of her children are now living. Though never able to attend service at the North Loup Church, she sent in her letter, with that of her husband, and was received into its fellowship, with him, by her own request.
The funeral service was held in the beautiful new school house at Calamus, but she was buried in the North Loup cemetery. She was an intelligent woman, and well beloved by all who knew her. Her aged husband feels her loss as no other one can, but he believes his loss is her gain. O. B.
"First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church Membership Records, Alfred, New York", by Ilou M. Sanford; Heritage Books, Inc.;1995, p 22, 56.
Admitted abt 1820 - Alfred, New York
"First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church Membership Records, Alfred, New York", by Ilou M. Sanford; Heritage Books, Inc.;1995, p 22, 56.
Admitted 1816 - Alfred, New York.
Dismissed 1833.
Found them on 1870 census record of Freeborn County, Minnesota. They were living close to so n Jonathan and Charles and Phoebe were in their seventies so may have died here.
2021870 census Carlston, Freeborn Co., Minnesota
1880 census Calamus, Valley Co., Nebraska
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 44, No 52, p 8, Dec. 27, 1888.
In Calamus, Neb., Dec. 12, 1888, Charles Coon, in the 91st year of his age. Bro. Coon became a follower of Christ in early life being baptized, I think, by Elder Satterlee, while he lived in Berlin, N. Y. Early in the settlement of Alfred he removed there and bore, with others, the burdens incident to these times. He became one of the constituent members of the First Alfred, Second Alfred, and Milton [and Albion] Churches, thus showing that he was among the first to bear the burdens, and share the blessings of those who sought first the kingdom of heaven, and he has left behind him a good example for those who are settling up new places.
Bro. Coon and his wife (who went before him to the better land), united with the North Loup Church, Aug. 5, 1876. Since we have known him he has been a faithful Christian. One of his chief sources of comfort and enjoyment in these later years has been the passages of scripture he could remember which he learned while young. Although he could not remember the ordinary affairs of life, from day to day, he could remember these words of his Lord. He came down to his grave "like a shock of corn in its season." He was brought to North Loup for his funeral and interment, for he desired to be laid to rest with his brethren. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." G. J. C.