Show fun I 1 1 ral u lul mt it in 9 liar linh r A VA JL duma US i caf B B M a th a rs abram coon inventive gen cen ins and ashay valley pioneer helped at tim of death of robert der i il abram coon was born at coal ville utpa h september 15 1805 bein ing the son lion of aarn and diana lewis coon abe as ho was waa commonly called came to ashley valley with hla his P parents aerts in the spring of 1877 hip father homesteaded homestead ed the ranch now owned by lewis of naples lie ile helped alls is fath father oai cut the farm until 1804 when he ha idt ft vie the valley with ills his brother la law MS 1144 IVO lived in southern utah and busho for a time whery lie ho became beanie interested in machinery which cl was his vocation lie ile was waa a genius along this line lim and invented several valuable mechanical ch ell anical clevi devises ses which proved very beneficial to the arld and profitable to hissed A among 9 these was a punch press with which one man could force a punch through several inch inches of soiled coic aoki etc abeel J he a bonja oil nil this which made him in dependent tor twenty years he also invent invented Vc a device for a beeam engine which proved a 0 boon to the operator of that machine he was tind swindled led out of af this invention by a dishonest partner mr coon traveled extensively as a exult of his invention and op steam erma in various imas of the united states mostly at saw mills he was as married to mary jane jaae wilon ir in arizona in ili eipl beille hun him to the grave by about four months neontha lie ile in ib by two slaters sisters mrs 11 C ruple of vernal and another sister in baker alty oregon A number of nephews azid and nieces also survive I were held at the I 1 ersi bard aard chiapel under the or of the f uncial funeral homo with dishop bishop pontha caldei ig on february Febi uary alth at I 1 p m A special quartet sang rock of A ages g e s though deepening mals 1 I 1 need theo thee every how hour the opening prayer was by E S gurr rind and the benediction v as pronounced by J willialm will Willi tan aln workman G 11 southam who A ho at as a boy had with the departed and a boys cattle in ill bear riep bention in VV oming it was from the coon family that mr Sout hani had re ived hij hi fust knowledge ol of this section he was told indians indiana could 00 bachels bs liels of wheat heat to the acte acre and that hat t eiery oi cry farm had its As own coll co J mine when the S SunA abam hain s came to ashley valley they located near the coon home stead in naples vi bard ard I 1 wilum william I 1 II 11 L the next speaker worked v with mr dar coon ckon at 9 a sawmill 40 years ago end paid laid a glowing glowie tribute to ills his sterling character character stated lie he was a gifted mechanic mcchan ls mid and loved to hava bave everything in order at al all times that in into the basin thy were 6 0 flays coming up aweis cannon after conliff conUi ff hero here the loon L oon s bis big grain crops ana shared tle tiie I 1 rain with other settlers emling coming int into the tha valley air coan ad was a builder of roads and ta dialls ails george A glaush in gilg his hia to his ua departed depart rd friend frien d told of a hla mr stated there was r enough recognition given to tile the sneers ers before they passed away as rich heritage they were leaving should be connect 4 up fully with the alv acs cs of the ecale pioneers lie he also told that when hen only a a lad of 13 years mi ili coon had helped to lay out the body ot of robert snider who was killed by lightning and vaa v m one of the very first to be burled buried in the valley ini In was sas made in alip vernal cemetery with bishop patha calsor ane grave |