Hamilton County FlArchives Biographies.....CONE, DANIEL N. March 21, 1875 - 
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. III pg.191

	CONE, Dr. DANIEL NEWMAN, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of 
Hamilton County, an ardent worker for good roads, is now representing the 
district in the upper house of the Florida State Assembly, to which he was 
elected in November, 1922, on the platform of good roads building and sane and 
constructive business administration of public affairs.  This is the only 
office Doctor CONE has ever sought, and such is his reputation for efficiency 
and reliability, as well as personal popularity, that no sooner was his 
candidacy announced than his admirers all over the Thirtieth District flocked 
to his support, and the majority given him was a gratifyingly large one.
     Doctor CONE was born on a farm near Benton, Columbia County, Florida, 
March 21, 1875, a son of DANIEL NEWNAN CONE.  The Cone family was established 
in Florida by Doctor Cone’s great-great grandfather, WILLIAM CONE, who came to 
Columbia County in the early ‘30s from Camden County, Georgia.  Here he became 
one of the prominent men of his day and served in the State Assembly, and was 
widely known all over this part of Florida.  The grandfather, also DANIEL N. 
CONE, was also a prominent man of Columbia County.
	DANIEL NEWNAN CONE, father of Doctor CONE, was born in Columbia County 
in 1844, and he died in 1919.  A farmer and merchant, he also served as 
postmaster at Benton for forty years, and was also a large landowner.  He 
served in the State Assembly and in both public and private life made an 
indelible impression on his times and community, in whose progress he was a 
most active worker.  He married ANNETTE INGHAM, of Brooklyn, New York, a niece 
of Judge Forward, one of the early jurists of Florida, a convert of HENRY WARD 
BEECHER, who came to the South as an educator of the negroes, and an 
investigator of slavery conditions.  He was so favorably impressed with 
conditions that he settled here permanently.  DANIEL N. CONE and his wife had 
five children, of whom Doctor CONE was the third in order of birth.  During 
the war of the ‘60s he served as a soldier of the Confederacy, and was in many 
of the Virginia campaigns.
	Doctor CONE was reared on the homestead of his family, and attended a 
little school taught by his mother, but subsequently became a student of the 
Florida State Agricultural College, from which he was graduated in 1896, with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, which institution was then located at Lake 
City.  While at this college he was active in the debating society.  He 
obtained his medical training in the medical department of the University of 
Virginia, from which he was graduated in 1899, with the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine.
	Doctor CONE was first engaged in practice at Fort Worth, Texas, but 
only remained there for a few months, and then settled at Benton, Columbia 
County, where he remained for seven years, during which time he won the 
confidence and respect of all who knew him, and he was urged to continue there 
indefinitely, but he felt the need for a wider field, and in 1907 went to 
White Springs, Florida.  In the meanwhile, during 1905 he took up post-
graduate work at the New York Polyclinic on general subjects.  In addition to 
caring for his large practice, which covers White Springs and the outlying 
districts, Doctor CONE has other interests, and is a director and stockholder 
of the Columbia County Bank of Lake City.  He is a good roads enthusiast and a 
base ball fan.  During the late war he participated in all of the drives for 
the Liberty Loans, and was chairman of the committee on the Allied War 
Drives.  He belongs to the Hamilton County Medical Society, and the Southern 
Railroad Surgeons Association.  Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic order, 
the Woodmen of the World and the Columbian Woodmen.
	In 1901 Doctor CONE was married at Palmetto, Florida, to SALLY MAE 
ROWLETT, born in Tennessee, a daughter of WILLIAM M. and ELINOR (SWIFT) 
ROWLETT, both of whom are living.  Mr. ROWLETT was superintendent of public 
instruction of Manatee County, Florida, for over twenty years, and is now a 
successful citrus grower of that county.  Prior to her marriage Mrs. CONE was 
a popular public-school teacher, and is now active in church and social 
circles, her culture making her a welcome addition to any gathering.  Doctor 
and Mrs. CONE have five living children, namely:  DANIEL NEWNAN. JAMES INGHAM, 
SARAH ROWLETT, DALE SWIFT and ANNETTE.  DANIEL NEWNAN is following in the 
footsteps of his distinguished uncle, H. I. CONE, rear admiral, retired, of 
the United States Navy, as he secured an appointment to Annapolis Naval 
Academy when he was sixteen years old, and was graduated therefrom in 1922.


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