U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coonts, Frederick Monroe (1860-1933) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 367 Frederick Monroe Coonts, born 1860, son of Jesse and Lydia Coonts, was married November 10, 1880, to Amanda, daughter of Frederick and Emily (Stalnaker) Booth. Their child, Effie, born May 22, 1881, died in infancy. Mr. Coonts is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Democrat and farmer, residing on Mud Creek, where he owns 41 acres of improved land. He was educated in the common schools. Frederick K. Booth, father of Mrs. Coontz, was born August 13, 1822, and was raised by his uncle, Frederick Hill, and lived for years in the "Old Stone House." He married Emily, daughter of Andrew Stalnaker. Their children's names were, Stephen, John, Andrew, William, Burnett, Jeremiah, Catherine, Amanda and Lee Ida. He was an industrous farmer and accumulated over 550 acres of land, and after giving liberally to his children, he had 200 acres left. He built a saw-mill and a grist-mill on Hunter's Fork of Sugar Creek. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV, #9459 Full-name: Fredrick Monroe Coontz Birth: April 27, 1860 in W.Va. Death: Aug. 27, 1933 in Philippi, Barbour County, WV Marital-status: Married, Amanda J. Coontz Father: Jessie Coontz, born in W.Va. Mother: Lydie Ramsey, born in W.Va. Informant: L. C. Stevens of Philippi W.Va. Burial: Lambert Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------