NELSON CONE

    Nelson Cone, a farmer, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., April 30, 1808.  His parents, Daniel and Ruth (Rich) Cone, were natives of Middlesex County, Conn.  The former was born in March 1768, and the latter in March 1771.  They were married in 1790, and removed to New York in 1806, thence to Susquehanna County, Penn., in 1812, and four years later (1816) to Union Township, Union County, where they resided till 1824, and removed to Madison County.  Mr. Cone died in November 1847, aged eighty years.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his father, Elisha Cone, and eldest son, enlisted at the beginning of the Revolutionary war, and served as private till its close.  In 1837, Mr. Cone, the father of our subject, moved and settled in Whitley County, Ind., where he died. Mrs. Cones' death took place in May 1849.  They had ten children, four of whom are living, viz.: Martha, widow of Chester Dodge, now of Oswego, N. Y., aged ninety; Thomas R., of Yellow Springs, Ohio, aged eighty-five; Nelsons, the subject of this sketch, and Alma, widow of David Hayden, now of Whitley County, Ind.  Nelson grew to manhood on a farm.  At the age of twenty, he took up the saddlery and harness-making trade, in Westville, Champaign County, and has followed it, more or less, up to the present time.  In 1831, he came to Jerome Township, and in April of the succeeding year, located on the farm where he now resides.  November 22, 1831, he was married to Miss Louisa Curry, a daughter of Col. James Curry, and a native of Highland County, Ohio, where she was born July 25, 1807.  Of nine children by this union, six are now living, as follows: James C., Stephenson B., Daniel R., Albert H., Thomas and Louisa. Stephenson B., Otway B. and Robert S. are deceased.  Mr. Cone served on the Board of County Commissioners six years.  He was the first commissioned Commissioner of Union County.  He also acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace nine years, and as Township Trustee four years.  Mr. Cone owns 176 acres of land, most of which he cleared and improved.