U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Koon, Jesse Turner (1852-1931) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Hardesty's Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia Author: H. H. Hardesty H. H. Hardesty & Company Publishers, 1883 Mannington District, Marion County, West Virginia JESSE TURNER KOON - born in Mannington, Marion county, March 10, 1852, was here joined in wedlock with Mattie L. Furbee, on the 1st of March, 1877. He is a son of Samuel H. and Mary A. (Nay) Koon, and his wife, born in Mannington, August 14, 1856, is a daughter of James H. and Sarah (McCoy) Furbee, who are natives of what is now Marion county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Koon are one son and one daughter: Earl Burchard, born November 29, 1877; Blanche, born August 16, 1879. Jesse T. Koon is extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes, carrying one of the best and largest assortments of those goods to be found in the county. His residence, address, and place of business are at Mannington, Marion county, West Virginia. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Death Certificate, Marion County WV, #16747 Jesse Turner Koen died 26 Oct 1931 Born: 10 Mar 1852 in Va Married; Retired Business man son of: Samuel Koen and Mary Nay cause: Asthma; Myocardial failure buried in Mannington Death Certificate, Marion County WV, #17002 Mattie L. Koen died 24 Oct 1934 Born: 14 Aug 1856, in Va dau/of James H. Furbee & Sarah McCoy cause: Arterioscherosis burial: Mannington Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------