Clark County IL Archives Obits..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarch.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarch.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern mccachern@worldnet.att.net Obituary of John Martin Coons, Clark Co, IL Democrat 9 Dec 1931 John Martin Coons, son of Jacob and Judy Coons, was born in Clark County, Indiana, September 4, 1839, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Bradley in Auburn, Clark County, Illinois, November 28, 1931, aged 92 years, 1 month and 24 days. He came with his parents to Clark County, Illinois, in 1846. They entered a tract of land on Dolson Prairie where his parents lived until their death. Here he grew to manhood and met and married in the spring of 1864, Amanda Boyer, a childhood friend, whose parents had come from the same community in Indiana where he was born and had also entered a homestead near them. To this union were born 13 children, all of whom he saw grown to maturity and married. Five, however, preceeded him in death. The children living are: W.S. Coons, of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Alice Lowery, of Charleston, Illinois, Cora E. Bradley of Auburn, Mrs. Ida McNary of Martinsville, Frank of Decatur, John C. of Logansport, Ind, Jacob A. of West Terre Haute, Ind and Charles of Chicago, Illinois. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Duzan and Mrs. Eliza A. Nicholson of Marshall. Besides a host of relatives and friends, he leaves as direct descendants, 44 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren. The companion of his youth died June 13, 1894. He was again married January 2, 1901, to Rhoda A. Jones who died April 7, 1904. He was again married during September 1904 to Catherine Davis from whome he was bereaved May 19, 1929. He removed to Yale, Illinois, July 1, 1901, and established himself in business there, where he resided until the death of his last companion, since which time he had made his home with the daughter in Auburn. In these two communities where he had lived for so long as a business man, he had made many friends and proved himself to be a wise counsellor in business matters and was always fair and just in his business dealings. He had also faithfully served the public in many capacities, having been postmaster in Clark Center for a number of years. He had also served as supervisor and justice of peace in Yale for 24 years. In all these offices he acquitted himself well without any suspicion of a misuse of the trust imposed on him. As a father and husband, he was a good provider, always willing to sacrifice for the welfare of his family. In the month of January, 1864, he professed a saving faith in Christ and united with the Methodist Prostestant Church, later transferring his membership to the United Brethern Church in Yale where his present membership remains. A few weeks ago in what, perhaps, was his last public testimony in church, he said that in the course of nature it could not be long but that he was entirely ready for the change when it came. Thus he died in the faith. How blessed is that hope of immortality. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/clark/obits/c/jcoons.txt File size: 2 Kb