Residence: 1844 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Residence: 1856 Utica, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Christiana, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 48, farmer

James Alexander Coon 1832-1907
"The Milton Journal", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 14, 1907, p 1.
The subject of this sketch was born at Hartsville, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1832, and died March 5, 1907, at his home in Milton, aged 74 years, 5 months and 11 days. He was the son of Oliver Coon and was the sixth child in a family of eight or nine children. In 1844 he moved with the family to Albion. A few years later he became a Christian and was with a score or more baptized by Eld. Stillman Coon in Clear Lake in midwinter. In 1856 he was married to Miss Janette Crandall, daughter of Stanton Crandall of Utica. They lived on a farm near Utica where four children were born unto them. The oldest, Elton J. Coon, died when about a year old. Mrs. Ellen Coon Burdick resides in California. Byron E. Coon is an honored farmer here, while the youngest, Mrs. Leo Coon Whitford, is at present living with the bereaved widow. In the church, in the community, in the home, Mr. Coon was a man among men. He had marked ability as a musician his services being in great demand when music was needed. This uniting of the Coon and Crandall families made the relatives more numerous, probably than any other family in this section of the state.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon in the S. D. B. church, his pastor Dr. L. A. Platts, officiating assisted by Pres. W. C. Daland and Prof. Edwin Shaw. Interment was in the Milton cemetery.
Among those in attendance at the funeral were: Joseph Green, Henry Head, D. L. Babcock, Mrs. Warren Ayers, H. H. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Davis, Albion; Mr. and Mrs. Albertus Maxson, Mrs. Chester Miller, Evansville; Mrs. Charles Wolf, Oregon; Mrs. J. H. Coon, Mr. D. B. Coon, Utica; Mr. and Mrs. James Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Miller, Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilcox, Mrs. Etta Wilcox, Rockford; Mrs. P. A. Hastings, Chicago; Rev. M. G. Stillman, Mrs. Marshall Coon, Walworth.

Residence: 1854 Christiana, Wisconsin
GRAD: Albion Academy, Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Christiana, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 41

Janette Emily (Crandall) Coon 1839-1912
"The Journal-Telephone", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, 5 Dec 1912, p 1.
Janette Emily Crandall Coon was born near the old Genesee church, just over the hill from Little Gennesee, N. Y., May 9, 1839. She was the youngest of ten children in the family of Joseph Stanton and Olive Coon Crandall. The only living members are; Mrs. Jane Champlin and Mrs. Narcissa Champlin, of Alfred. There was also an adopted daughter, Mrs. Etta Jones of Belvidere, who was the only sister who could be present at the funeral services.
When Janette was fifteen, the family moved West and settled in the town of Christiana, Wis. She attended Albion Academy and there met James Alexander Coon to whom she was united in marriage Sept. 22, 1856, by Elder Zuriel Campbell. Before Mr. Coon passed away in 1907 they had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Four children were born to them. The first born, a son died at two years of age; Ellen, Mrs. Charles Burdick, lives in Indo, California; Byron E. and Leo Coon Whitford are residents of Milton.
Mrs. Coon was a quiet, home loving woman, strenuously neat as a housekeeper and given to hospitality. The nieces and nephews loved to come to this home to enjoy "Uncle Jim's" joviality and "Aunt Net's" good things. While not of a demonstrative nature, her quiet presence added a touch of welcome to the scene. The current of her love ran deep.
She was baptized by Elder Hiram Burdick, when a girl in her teens, and joined the old Genesee church, her membership being afterwards transferred to Utica, then to Milton. She loved to read her Bible and she strove to live by its teachings. Her faith was expressed in deeds, rather than words. In her earlier days she used to sing hymns with her husband in their home. She has often worked beyond her strength. For several years she has been in poor health. Three years ago, after a hard sickness, the "sweet bells of the intellect were out of tune." Two months ago she fell and suffered a compact fracture of the hip. In her weakened condition, she could not resist the attack of pleuro-pneumonia, and passed away December 1, 1912.
She was sweet and sunny and uncomplaining throughout the trials of life. In the days of her dependence, she has had every care that patient love could provide. Her mind grew clearer as her body grew weaker. She wanted to go. The Messenger was welcome.
Among those who attended from out of town were Mrs. Quincy Jones, a sister from Belvidere, Illinois, her son Floyd M. Wilcox, of Rockford, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hastings and son Harold, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Maxson and Mrs. Lucile Moon of Evansville, Mrs. Alice Wolf of Oregon, Mrs. Edna Aaker of Rockford, Mrs. Alice Ayars and daughter Maud, H. H. Babcock and Mrs. D. L. Babcock of Albion and Mrs. Luella Coon of Walworth.