The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-17
Pioneer Woman Passes Away.
MRS. JOHN S. COON.

| In the passing of Mrs. John S. Coon
the last of q family of early pioneers,
who came to this vicinity when it was
a trackless wilderness, has gone to her
Reward
| Maria Burdick, daughter of Adm and
Martha Burdick, was born in Brook
field, Madison county, New York, on
| the 4th day of January, 1923, and died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.
IS. Flagg, in the city of Edgerton on
the 10th of January, 1919, bringing her
age at the time of her death 81 years
and days. So far as known she was
the oldest living person in Edgerton at
the time of her death.
| In 1912 when she was but Ia years of
age she came with her father and three
sisters to the stste of Wisconsin where
they settled on a homestead in the
town of Albion. The journey was made
by canal boat to Buffalo, lake steamer
to Racine and by wagon to destination
which was reached October rs. 1912.
She came from family of nine chill
dren, four sons and five daughters. All
of the brothers and sisters have an
swered the summons and gone on be-
fore her, none of them reaching the
/ ripe old age which it was her lot to en-
10y. On the 9th day of October. 1853,
she was married to John S. Coon. This
union was blest with four children, two
boys and two girls, one boy, Ernest,
dying in infancy when he was only 4a
Years of age, the other three children
being Edith. Mrs. A. S. Flagg of this
city; Jessie, Mrs. Shepard of Conrath,
Wis, and John of this city. Her hus-
band died on the 18th day of Decem-
Der, 1890, as the result of an accident
linjuring his spine. Ever since that
time she has made her home in this
city with her daughter, Mrs. A. S.
Flagg.
Mrs. Coon needs no eulogy. Her life
is like an open book to all the old as
well as the young in this whole COM
munity. In the early days when the
family first settled on Albion Prairie
and paved the way as pioneers for
those who should come and live after
them, she was always ready to go and
administer to those who needed help in
times of sorrow as we'll as joy. Mrs.
Coon possessed the qualities necessary
| to constitute noble and true woman
hood She was brave, she was mag
unanimous. she harbored no grudge,
nursed no grievance; she was quick to
| forgive and was anxious for recOncilia-
ton. Mrs. Coon was one of those good
mothers because she was lost in self
| forgetfulness for others and especially
for those of her immediate household.
She was the queen who sat upon the
throne of home and ruled as only a
mothers love can rule. She was good
and pure and incompatible. Her mem
DRY was sacred to her children and
those who knew her best, and now that
she is dead and taken from us her
memory will become more and more
perpetuated when beautiful flowers
shall bloom above her sleeping dust.
She was also patriotic and good citi-
zen for she loved her country. During
the last year her one absorbing thought
and concern was for the boys who had
given their all and gone across to fight
for the great principles that we stood
was that she might live long enough to
see her grandson John when he returns
from across the sea. She was not os-
tentatious in her life as Christian,
but she lived Christianity, and that,
after all, is the religion of true worth
snd great usefulness. As was said OF
another it might be said of her: mot
thine the sorrow but ours, sainted soul. |
Thou has indeed entered the promised |
rest, while we are yet on the march. |
To us remains the rocking of the deep, |
the storm upon the land, days of duty |
and nights of watching, but thou art |
sphered high above all darkness and
fear, beyond all sorrow and WEAKNESS.
We do not wish her back, we shall go |
to her so that which is made happy |
memory is made to give new power to
golden hope. The light has not gone
out it has only been transferred from
earth to heaven to tighten US .thither
and to bring us more than ever under
the power of the world to come. Death |
came to her as sleep and she came to
her grave life as shock of corn cometh
in it's season. Rest, warrior, pilgrim,
rest.
Her funeral took place Sunday after
moor, Of . n,nlonk from the home of Mr.