SIXTH GENERATION

48. * Albert Benjamin CONE ^{(82) (132)(76) (133)} was born on 19 May 1798 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT. He died in 1869 in Athens, Athens, OH. He was raised in New York state. Preacher for the United Brethren Church, also a circuit rider in Ohio. He was listed as a farmer & carpenter. The 1903 history stated "Republican in politics and a farmer by occupation.
Albert B. Cone, was a carpenter, farmer and minister, having spent the last years of his life in preaching the gospel in Athens county, Ohio. He was connected with the United Brethren church and was a circuit rider in Ohio. He lived to the age of eighty-six years, and at his death the community mourned the loss of one of its truest and noblest citizens. Mr. & Mrs. Cone became the parents of ten children, five daughters and five sons, and nine of the number grew to manhood and womanhood.
Albert's grandson, Elmer Colfax Cone thought his grandfather was a Lutheran minister and it possible the he was but we have never been able to find evidence to prove that this was so. Also the 1903 history lists only two children, as there is a difference of 22 years between the children, it was to be expected that there were other children not known or mentioned when the 1903 history was published.
In 1937 Elmer Colfax Cone wrote to Elwood a letter, which he still has, giving him as much information as he could remember about his father's family. The letter states: "Father was born I 1837 in Ohio and had three brothers and four sisters. The only ones I ever knew or seen (sic) was two brothers. William, fathers oldest brother and his youngest brother Frank were through on a visit about 55 years ago (1882). Albert, father's youngest brother lived not far from Kansas City and raised a family there of several children. He was a carpenter and a cabinet maker. His two oldest boys John and Henry worked in the Missouri Pacific RR car shops as car finishers. The rest of the family I know little about. Uncle Albert visited with us a few times alone." He also wrote "Fathers sister, Aunt Lois was several years older and married a Fred Shepply and there was another sister married to a man named Oberholtzer, they had a son named Will."
It would seem then that the family of Albert B. Cone and Sarah McCune consisted of at least eight rather then two shown in the 1903 history. This information and that from a Biographical Record of Jasper County about Thomas L. Cone, led us to the name and some information on ten children. He was married to * Sarah "Sally" MCCUNE on 10 Feb 1820 in Athens County, OH.

49. * Sarah "Sally" MCCUNE ^(76)(134) was born about 1793 in Pennsylvania. She died on 19 Jun 1883 in Athens, Athens, OH. Sarah, was a native of Pennsylvania. She was of Scotch and Dutch descent, her father having been born in Scotland, while her mother was a native of the Keystone state. She was brought to Ohio when about four years of age, and hers was a long a useful career, reaching the ripe old age of ninety years. Children were:

i. Infant girl CONE.
ii. Nancy CONE was born.
iii. John CONE.
iv. William CONE was born on 11 Sep 1821 in Athens, Athens, OH. He died on 20 Dec 1898.
v. Benjamin W. CONE⁽²⁵⁾ was born in 1828 in Amesville, Athens, OH. He was administrator of his father's estate.
vi. Lois CONE was born in 1830 in Ohio. She died in Oklahoma. Fred and Lois lived on Center Creek, about 10 miles south of Preston, Jasper, Missouri. After Fred's death she went to live with her son Willie in Oklahoma, where she died.

vii. Sophia (Sofia) CONE was born in Ohio.
viii. Polly CONE was born in 1835 in Ohio.
24 ix. * Thomas Luther CONE.
x. Albert Watson CONE was born on 12 Aug 1843 in Athens, Athens, OH. He was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Albert served in the Civil War, in the 13th Kansas Calvary. He was a Socialist and an Adventist. He resided in Kansas City, Missouri.