Coons Family Bible
Contributed by the Durham
Center Museum
Retyped by Sylvia Hasenkopf
Marriages:
James Henry Coons of North Greenbush and Louisa Anna Strope
married March 20th 1858 at East Greenbush, NY by Nicholas Van Alstyne,
Minister of the Gospel, Witness: David Strope and Catharine Strope
Laura Emma Coons to Augustus Van Acker on November 27, 1878
Sarah Louisa Coons to John L. DeFreest on September 18, 1895
James Ensworth Coons to Anna Edinger on June 2, 1895
Mary Lizzie Coons to James E. Kelley on December 6, 1887
Births:
James H. Coons b. March 14, 1835
Louisa A. Strope b. April 1, 1839
Births of Children:
Laura Emma Coons b. March 7, 1860
Sarah Louisa Coons b. May 11, 1861
James Emmsworth Coons b. March 11, 1863
Mary Lizzy Coons b. November 30, 1864
Jenny Alidy Coons b. November 30, 1866
Deaths:
Jennie Alida Coons d. April 13, 1915 at Rensselaer, NY, aged
48y3m13d
James N. Coons d. June 17, 1915 at Rensselaer, NY
Louisa A. Coons d. August 2, 1918 at Rensselaer, NY, aged 79y4m
James Emmsworth Coons d. August 30, 1921 at Albany, NY, aged 58y
Laura Emma Van Acker d. February 8, 1937, at DeFreestville, Rensselaer Co, NY
Mary Elizabeth Kelley d. May 14, 1937, at DeFreestville, Rensselaer Co, NY
John Bedell d. January 27, 1882
Sarah Bedell d. November 1895, Thanksgiving