JOSEPH W. COONS

(From the History of Callaway County Missouri, 1884, page 560-561.)
Transcribed by Kris Breid, 20 December 2005

JOSEPH W. COONS, farmer and stock raiser. In 1824, Joseph Coons, pere, and Lucretia Dalzell, both natives of Kentucky, were married in that State and eleven years afterwards came to Missouri and settled in Bourbon township, of Callaway county, where they lived until their deaths. He died in October, 1843, aged forty-three, having been born in 1800. She died in 1870, aged sixty-five, having been born in 1805. He was a minister of the Christian denomination and a farmer. He preached in Kentucky, prior to coming to Missouri, and preached in Callaway county afterwards until his death. He was one of the pioneer ministers of the Christian denomination in Callaway county, and was an earnest, devoted servant of the Lord. Joseph W. Coons, the subject of this sketch, was born the year following his parents' removal to this county, on the 30th of January, 1836. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. After he grew up he was married to Miss Anna D. Duncan, a daughter of John and Sally Duncan of this county, but originally of Kentucky. They have four children: Wallace D., Sallie L., Nettie C. and Hiram J. Mr. Coons first lived on a farm consisting of a part of the old family homestead, but in 1875 he sold that and bought his present place which contains 200 acres. He makes a specialty of raising mules, cattle, hogs etc., for the markets, and is one of the successful, enterprising farmers of Bourbon township. Mrs. Coons is a member of the Millersburg Christian Church, and he is a member of the A.F. and A. M.

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