Schuyler County Missouri Biographies

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Schuyler County Missouri

Judge Hawley Cone

Judge Hawley Cone was born in January, 1825, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and was reared upon a farm. When seventeen years old he went into the general merchandise and distilling business at Conesville, Coshocton Co., Ohio, and afterward at Adams Mills in Muskingum County, until about 1853, when he moved to Peoria, Ill. He then went into the grain business with Mr. Schnebly, and in 1855 went to Davis County, Iowa, where he began to farm.

In 1848 he was married to Miss Jennie Davidson, daughter of Maj. Davidson, a native of Virginia, and who was among the early settlers upon the Muskingum River. Two children blessed this union: Howard J. and Junius B. (deceased). Mrs. Cone died about 1852.

In 1855 Judge Cone married Miss Lois N. Ross, daughter of Lyman Ross, an early settler in Muskingum County, Ohio, where Mrs. Cone was born. Four children have been born to this marriage: Emma B. (deceased), Converse C. (an M. D.), Mary E. and Jennie D.

In politics the Judge is a Republican, and has served as county judge of Schuyler County very efficiently for two years, and has the honor of being elected on a Republican ticket in a very strong Democratic county. He is the second of seven children born to Jared and Eliza (Shoff) Cone, natives of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, respectively. They moved to Cadiz, Ohio, in 1816, then to Licking County, and then to Muskingum County, settling upon a farm which has since been in the possession of members of the Cone family. The mother of Judge Cone was the daughter of Philip Shoff, who was born in Carlisle, Penn., and settled in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1804, where he lived and died. Judge Cone is a Wesleyan Methodist, and believes in the absolute necessity of being cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and perfecting holiness in the fear of God. "With spirituous liquors and tobacco he pollutes not his mouth. He is a dear lover of children, and Sabbath-schools are his delight. Himself and wife are living alone upon a farm in moderate circumstances. He has had his full share of life's misfortunes and ills, and is patiently waiting his allotted time when the last change shall come.

Source: History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, Volume 2, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888

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