Warren Patten Coon genealogical research papers

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{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18179", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18179", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1903-1943", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1903/1943"}

date_inclusive_start

1903

date_inclusive_end

1943

keydate

1903

unittitle

{"value"=>"Warren Patten Coon genealogical research papers"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Warren Patten Coon (1879-1951) was a Methodist minister and a trustee of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey. The collection contains correspondence between Coon and several relatives, circa 1920-1939, along with research notes, genealogical lists, charts and family data sheets that Coon compiled in the course of conducting research on the Coon family, including extensive genealogies of the descendants of David Coon of Shadigee, N.Y. and Daniel Coon of Hopkinton, R.I. The collection also contains draft essays about the Coon family."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Coon Family Genealogical Research Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Coon, Warren Patten, 1879-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Warren Patten Coon (1879-1951) was a Methodist minister and a trustee of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey. Early in his career, Coon led several large congregations in the Newark, New Jersey and later served as a chaplain in the United States Army during World War I. He made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1922, running as the Republican candidate from New Jersey's 8th District. In his later years he was the pastor of the First Methodist Church in West Orange, N.J. As a member of both the Sons of the American Revolution and the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, Coon pursued the Coon family ancestry, conducted extensive research on families from New Jersey's Sussex and Warren Counties, transcribed grave markers, and wrote and lectured. Coon died Sept. 7, 1951 at the age of 72 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Donated to New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, ca. 1933.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains correspondence between Coon and several relatives, circa 1920-1939, along with research notes, genealogical lists, charts and family data sheets that Coon compiled in the course of conducting research on the Coon family, including extensive genealogies of the descendants of David Coon of Shadigee, N.Y. and Daniel Coon of Hopkinton, R.I. The collection also contains draft essays about the Coon family.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the New York Genelogical and Biographical Society, 2008.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (1)

date_start

1903

date_end

1943

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