Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....CONE, JOHN W. September 23, 1889 - 
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. II pg.45

	CONE, JOHN W., attorney-at-law and United States commissioner at 
Tampa, is one of the ablest men practicing at the bar of Hillsborough County, 
and a citizen whose standing reflects credit alike upon himself and his 
calling.  Mr. CONE is a man who inherits from his parents a rugged and honest 
character, and has decisive notions about the duties of a citizen.  He is 
plain in his tastes, honest in his beliefs, modest in his ambitions, and 
decidedly practical in all of his methods.  In his office he meets with a 
cordial approval of his methods and of his public career.  Not only does he 
possess the commendation of the people of his own district, but from those 
throughout the state, and this condition of public attitude is gratifying and 
well merited.  In everything he undertakes he is capable, honest and 
industrious, it being his motive to serve well and acceptably, and to do his 
duty has always been his paramount purpose.  By his industry and his close 
attention to his official duties since his appointment he has become 
recognized as one of the most useful men in the employ of the Government, and 
by reason of his ability, sound judgment and fearlessness he is making a 
record for himself and his office which will ever stand to his credit.
	The birth of JOHN W. CONE occurred at White Springs, Hamilton, 
Florida, September 23, 1889, and he is a son of Capt. C. F. and JOSIE L. 
(QUARTERMAN) CONE, natives of Bulloch and Liberty counties, Georgia, 
respectively, who came to Florida in 1839.  C. F. CONE was a captain in the 
war with the Seminole Indians, and held the same rank in the war of the ‘60s.  
He is still living, although now eighty-eight years of age, and is one of the 
oldest living settlers of Florida.  For many years he has been a planter of 
White Springs.  His wife is also living.  They had five children, of whom John 
W. is the fourth in order of birth.
	Growing up at White Springs, JOHN W. CONE attended its schools, a 
military school and the University of Virginia.  Reading law, he was admitted 
to the bar in 1914, and came to Tampa that same year and began the practice of 
his profession.  In August, 1917, he entered the army for service during the 
World war, and following his honorable discharge, in 1918, he returned to 
Tampa and resumed his practice,  In June, 1920, he was made United States 
commissioner at Tampa, and, as above stated, is rendering an excellent account 
of himself in this important office.
	In June, 1917, Mr. CONE married JULIET GRAVES, a daughter of C. A. and 
LIZZIE (KIRKPATRICK) GRAVES, the former of whom is professor of law in the 
University of Virginia.  Mr. CONE is a democrat, and very prominent in local 
politics.



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