Clarence Lee Coon[1, 2]
1897 - 1964 (66 years)
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Name Clarence Lee Coon Birth 02 Oct 1897 , Wilkinson, Mississippi 
Death 20 Feb 1964 Greenville, Washington, Mississippi Age: 66y 4m 18d Christening 19 Mar 2008 SEATT Gender Male Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi Person ID ind3558253458 The Skaggs-Files Last Modified 10 Jun 2008
Father Charles Anthony Coon, b. 24 Mar 1863, , Wilkinson, Mississippi d. 28 Mar 1950, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi (Age 87 years) Mother Jessie Harris O'Kelley, b. 27 Jan 1863, Poplar Glade, Wilkinson, Mississippi d. 26 Sep 1932, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi (Age 69 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1884 Somerset, Tensas, Louisiana Family ID fam548042293 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Alice Mitchell, b. 03 Feb 1905, , , Mississippi d. 08 May 1961, Greenville, Washington, Mississippi (Age 56 years) Marriage 03 Dec 1923 Type: Religious Marriage Children 1. Jessie Harris "Coby" Coon, b. 15 Dec 1926, Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi d. 06 Jun 1995, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana (Age 68 years)2. Eula Grace Coon, b. 21 Jun 1929, Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi d. 05 Jan 1995, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi (Age 65 years)3. Living Coon d. Yes, date unknown Family ID fam548042300 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Nov 2024
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Notes - More About Clarence Lee Coon:
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery II, Woodville, Wilkinson County,Mississippi
1930 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224&enc=1> about Lee Coon
Name: Lee Coon
Home in 1930: Beat 5, Tunica, Mississippi
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Mississippi
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Lee Coon <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909744> 34
Mary Coon <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909752> 26
Lee Coon <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909748> 5
James H Coon <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909724> 3
Eula G Coon <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909780> 9/12
John Best <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=37909728> 55
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 5, Tunica, Mississippi; Roll: 1169; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 120.0.
His son, Lee, says that CL was the finest person he ever knew. He always wanted what was right to be done. He was a very successful man, worked for Conn. General Life Insurance and ran a farm that they had taken ownership of. There were many sharecroppers on the farm, and CL treated them so well that they all wanted to work for him. Later, he bought his own farm in addition to the one he ran and also had a few sharecroppers.
One afternoon, a sharecropper who worked a field for W.P. Brown, the largest land owner in the delta, came seeking a job. He told how the overseer had cheated him. CL called Brown and asked for him to make things right for the man. Brown sent the overseer to pick the sharecropper up, and as soon as they were out of sight, the overseer beat the sharecropper almost to death.
When CL heard about it, he went over to see Brown as angry as anyone had ever seen him. He demanded that Brown pay the poor man's hospital bills, give him $1000 (a huge amount of money--CL was making $200 a week-and he was well off!), and fire the overseer. If Brown refused, he threatened to have him arrested for the beating.
Brown not only agreed, but agreed CL was right in his demands.
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During the depression, his family lived well. Grace says that her dad was forever selling the house they lived in. CL would come home from work and announce, Mary, get packing, I've sold the house. He was always wheeling and dealing.
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He died 18 months after his wife Mary's sudden death from a blood clot. Grace says he died of a broken heart. Lee says he died of "retirement", but as he got sicker, he didn't have the will to fight back and get better.
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Grew up in Woodville, MS and only acquired a tenth grade education. He was a talented baseball player and played professional ball for a Minor League team in Clarksdale, MS. He was supposed to play to the Memphis Chicks, but never did. When he was 21, his father appointed him to Deputy Sheriff of Woodville.
He later worked in a shoe store in Baton Rouge. He met Mary on Thanksgiving Day 1922. They married year later and Lee Jr was born about a year later. They then moved to Drew, MS.
CL worked for Iler Netterville on a farm for two years before he started working for Conn. General.
He served on the School Board at Drew --where Lee Jr. graduated from High School. In fact, he signed Lee Jr.'s diploma.
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Sources - [S75] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Publisher: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [source4071138451] Richard, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rp98007&id=I17967
My Family History Project, (Publication Date: 01 JUL 2008
Media: Website / URL).
# ID: I17967
# Name: Sarah Despain
# Surname: Despain
# Given Name: Sarah
# Sex: F
# Birth: 1737 in , Brunswick, Virginia
# LDS Baptism: 18 Jun 1997 Temple: MANTI 1
# Endowment: 20 Nov 1997 Temple: JRIVE 2
# _UID: 9D9CA8FE78334B42A249D5D9E291D3ACA2F2
# Sealing Child: 21 Mar 1998 Temple: JRIVE 2
# Note:
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B: Abt. 1737
# Change Date: 21 Oct 2007 at 18:30:46
Father: Samuel Despain b: 11 Oct 1692 in French Church, Canterbury, Kent, England c: 16 Oct 1692 in Walloon Or Strangers Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
Mother: Anna Marshall b: 1712 in Brunswick, Virginia
Marriage 1 Moses Harris b: ABT 1733 in Of Brunswick, Virginia
* Married: 1756 in <, Brunswick, Virginia>
* Sealing Spouse: 22 Sep 1993 in SLAKE 3
Children
1. Has Children Victor Harris b: ABT 1775
Sources:
1. Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
USA
www.familysearch.org
Title: International Genealogical index
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 3/17/2007
Text: Sarah DESPAIN; Female; Birth: 1737 , Brunswick, Virginia; Baptism: 18 JUN 1997 MANTI; Father: Samuel DESPAIN; Mother: Anne MARSHALL
2. Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
USA
www.familysearch.org
Title: International Genealogical index
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 3/17/2007
Text: Sarah DESPAIN; Female; Birth: 1737 , Brunswick, Virginia; Endowment: 20 NOV 1997 JRIVE; Sealing to Parents: 21 MAR 1998 JRIVE; Samuel DESPAIN / Anne MARSHALL; Father: Samuel DESPAIN; Mother: Anne MARSHALL
3. Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
USA
www.familysearch.org
Title: International Genealogical index
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 3/17/2007
Text: Moses HARRIS; Male; Sealing to Spouse: 22 SEP 1993 SLAKE; Sarah DISPAIN; Spouse: Sarah DISPAIN; Marriage: 1756 <, Brunswick, Virginia>
e-mail: rpope98155@aol.com
- [S75] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Publisher: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).