Leonard (Lennie) COON ³⁰⁰

  General Notes:

from St Peters Lutheran Church "Old Stone Church" Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY: COON, Lennie, son of Robert & Allie, 26 Aug 1886, aged 3 yrs, 3 mos, 26 dys

  Events in his life were:

• He died at age 3 in 1886 in New York.

• Death Cause: diptheria.

• He was buried at the St Peters Lutheran Church in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA. ³⁰³ **I found Leonard Coon's headstone here in Sept 2007. He was to the left of his Aunt Harmenah Coon Traver, Henry Traver and Aunt Rachel Coon Traver (Henry Traver's second wife, sister of Harmenah). Why is Leonard was in the U.S.A. in 1886? His father and mother were married in Toronto, Canada in 1881 and were in Stratford,Ontario, Canada in 1887 when Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Coon was born. The family was back in the U.S.A. around 1897. His stone reads: LENNIE, son of Robert and Allie COON, died Aug 26, 1886, aged 3 yrs. 3 mo & 26 dys.