Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Seth J. Koon and Florena Bauer




Husband Seth J. Koon 1

           Born: 26 Dec 1832 - Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1909
         Buried: 


         Father: Israel Koon (Abt 1805-1870) 1
         Mother: Hannah Johnson (Abt 1800-1865) 1


       Marriage: Abt 1856

   Other Spouse: Eliza Pearson (      -1887) 2 3

   Other Spouse: Nancy J. Williams (      -      ) 3



Wife Florena Bauer 3

            AKA: Florena Bower 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Apr 1877 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Stephen Bauer (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Theresa [Unk] (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M William J. Koon 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna Umberger (      -      ) 3
         Spouse: Grace Robinson (      -      ) 3


2 F Hannah J. Koon 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Oliver Whittenberger (      -      ) 3


3 F Florena Koon 3

            AKA: Flora B. Koon 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Pilgrim (      -      ) 3


4 F Emma Koon 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Seth J. Koon


He left the school room at the age of twenty years and then taught one term. During the first four years following his school life he worked with his father on the farm. He was then married and began farming for himself in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, PA, while later for three years he was employed as an engineer in a coal mine, and then returning to farm life his home was in Otter Creek Township until about 1897, when he purchased and moved to a farm in Deer Creek Township. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served as steward and class leader in his religious home. In politics he was a stanch and true Republican.


General Notes: Wife - Florena Bauer


She died when thirty-nine years of age.

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Sources


1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1064.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1164.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1065.


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