Edgar Whitfield Cone

Brief Life History of Edgar Whitfield

When Edgar Whitfield Cone was born on 31 May 1838, in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States, his father, Reuben Cone, was 31 and his mother, Harriet Thomas, was 25. He married Harriet Emily Bates on 31 October 1860, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Cass, Nebraska, United States in 1860 and El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1880. He died on 14 November 1908, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edgar Whitfield Cone
1838–1908
Harriet Emily Bates
1838–1912
Marriage: 31 October 1860
Edgar E Cone
1861–1864
Ernest Elbert Cone
1866–1910
Alonzo Cone
1869–1951
Charles Eugene Cone
1873–

Sources (10)

  • Edgar Cone, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Edgar Whitfield Cone, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Edgar Whitfield Cone in entry for Alonzo Cone, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish (Roscommon): possibly a shortened form of McCone .

English (Suffolk): from Middle English coin, cone ‘wedge, corner’; the reasons for its adoption as a surname are unclear.

Americanized form of North German Kohn or Köhn, or Kuhn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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