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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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"
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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 This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.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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