Name/Title
BookEntry/Object ID
2017.034.001Scope and Content
Collection of personal papers and books belonging to Elizabeth Coon and her great-grandfather Daniel Brown. Elizabeth Ann Coon was born in Stonington, March 30, 1892-June 23, 1960. She was a descendant of great-grandparents Daniel Brown (1817-1860, Stonington) and Jerusha Brown (1826-1871), grandparents Arabella Brown (1845-1877) and William Horace Tucker (18??-1879, Civil War veteran), parents Jerusha Brown Tucker (1872-1955) and Jerry D. Coon. Her family lived on the Birchwood Dairy Farm (rte 1 Stonigton, 126 South Broad Street). The collection includes:
*Day Book, "No. 1, September 1, 1819, Brown Family.
*Account Book, "Abstract, 1840"
*School Book, "The Franklin Written Arithmetic" c. 1878, inside front cover: "Daniel Brown Jr., Stonington, Conn., June 10, 1885"
*School Book, "The Franklin Fourth Reader" c. 1873, inside front cover: "Daniel Brown, Stonington, Conn., Feb. 10, 1880"
*Account Book, Daniel Brown in account with H.F. Sheffield, 1833-1835"
*autograph book with message from Elizabeth Coon at 16, October 20, 1908"
*Washington Trust Co., Westerly, R.I., Account Deposit Book, Eugene Wood, 1915-1926
*Ledger, "Eugene M. Wood, Dairy Farm Entries, April 1911-October 1913"
*Scrapbook, News clippings (westerly, stonington, norwich area) with emphasis on crime and accidents, c. 1907-1908
*Booklet, "Hire Electricty for the Farm!"
*Program, "Class Day, Stonington High School," June 22, 1927
*Program (2), "Graduation Exercises," West Broad Street School, Grade 8, June 13, 1928 and 1927
*Flyer/Program, "Mammoth Pageane, 300 Years of Transporation, 1649-1949", Stonington, Conn., August 13, 1949
Photograph, mounted on board, interior of a men's clothing store
*carte-de-visite, Daniel Brown as a child
*tintype, Daniel Brown as a childCollection
Elizabeth Coon Collection