Hon. Charles Koonce and Rachel Vernon

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Husband Hon. Charles Koonce ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Jul 1806 - Bedford Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 17 Sep 1880 3
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         Father: Samuel Koonce (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1846 3

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Haywood (      -1845) 3 - 25 Feb 1834 3

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -1884)

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• Additional Image: Charles Koonce.

• Residence: : Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA. View of the residence of the Hon. Charles Koonce from the History of Mercer County, PA, 1877; pg. 15

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Wife Rachel Vernon ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: May 1847 3
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Children

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1 F Rachel V. Koonce ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Rachel W. Koonce 2
           Born: 1847 5
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         Spouse: George Washington Phillips (1834-Aft 1909) 6
           Marr: 1866 2

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Charles Koonce

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Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co, PA

He was born in 1808. [HMC 1888, 908]
He came with his parents to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the early portion of his life in agricultural pursuits. He was subsequently identified in mercantile pursuits, and in speculation in coal lands, in which he was very successful. In 1835 he was appointed postmaster at Clark, under Gen. Jackson's second administration. He filled the office of justice of the peace for two terms of five years each. In 1863 he was elected a representative in the legislature, and was re-elected in 1864. During the Civil war he was a stanch supporter of Union principles and supported the administration. Politically, he was a Democrat until the breaking out of the war, after which he became identified with the Republican Party. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church for forty years.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 139.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 758.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 752.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 501.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 908.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 524, 757.