Wingate - Nancy Coons - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Nancy Wingate, mother of John C. Wingate, died of lung trouble at 10 o’clock Monday morning. She had lived in Coal Creek Township sixty one years.  She was born in Post Town, Butler County, Ohio, April 29, 1830. She is the last of Christian Coon’s family to the third generation except the sons, John and George C. Coons, of Elizabeth, N. J. She was the mother of five children and now leaves her son, John, without father, mother, brother, sister or child. The funeral was held at Wingate Wednesday at 3 p.m. conducted by Dr. J. H. Cissel.  Mrs. Wingate came to Coal Creek Township with her family Oct. 8, 1836, settling one mile north of Wingate, then Pleasant Hill, near which place she has since lived. Her husband, Wm A. Wingate, died January 18, 1866, leaving her with four children. The only one who survives her is John C. and it is a curious fact that the three children, two of whom lived to mature years, as well as the father, died in the same house where Mrs. Wingate died. Christian Coon was one of the early settlers and the first merchant in Pleasant Hill and was known far and wide as “Old Zip Coon.” Mrs. Wingate has been a patient sufferer for many years, having been an invalid nearly all the time since the death of her husband. -s