Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

ALBERT J. COONS, station agent, Little Indian, born in 
Morgan County, Ill., Feb. 14, 1852. Received a common 
school education principally in Sangamon County. At the age 
of twenty-two years left home and commenced railroading at 
Berlin, Ill. Oct. 2, 1876, he took charge of the station at 
Little Indian, since which time he has been in the employ 
of the Wabash R.R. He was married in Cass County Oct. 14, 
1880, to Miss Laura, daughter of John and Nancy Epler. (See 
history.) She was born Sept. 18, 1858. George M. Coons, the 
father of Albert, was born at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 3, 
1816. Came to Morgan County in 1825; is a farmer by 
occupation, and still living; his wife, Mary J. Sturges, 
was born near Arcadia, Morgan County, Nov. 11, 1828, and 
died Sept. 28, 1861. She was the mother of ten children of 
whom Albert was the fifth child. He is highly esteemed in 
the community where he resides, and is considered a 
thorough businessman. Politically he is a Republican.

Coons Epler Sturges 
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Morgan-IL Sangamon-IL KY