Andrew Cone and Belinda S. Morse

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Husband Andrew Cone ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Aug 1822 - Riga, Monroe Co, NY 2
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         Father: Andrew Gayler Cone (1785-1847) 2
         Mother: Polly Lewis (      -1848) 2

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       Marriage: Jun 1859 3

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   Other Spouse: Mary E. Hebbard (      -1858) 2 - Abt 1843

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   Other Spouse: Mary Elvisa Thropp (      -      ) 3 - Oct 1868 3

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Wife Belinda S. Morse ³

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         Father: Calvin Morse (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 F Lizzie M. Cone ³

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2 F Jessie G. Cone ³

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Cone

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He remained on the farm with his parents, where he received a good common school education, and afterward spent a few terms at Middleburg Academy, Wyoming County, New York. He managed the family farm successfully and took care of his parents through years of declining health till death released them, and paid to his brother, Doctor Cone, his portion of the estate. After losing his parents, Andrew Cone sold his farm, and removing to Milford, Michigan, engaged in commercial business. After the death of his second wife, he removed to Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, then in its infancy, in February, 1862, where he became prominent as one of its pioneers; he was superintendent of the United Petroleum Farms Association, owner and publisher of the Oil City Weekly Times, vice-president of the Oil City Savings Bank, and among the founders of the Baptist church of Oil City, being one of its deacons and superintendent of its Sunday school. He enjoyed considerable reputation as a writer, his principal work on a book entitled, "Petrolia" being a review of the oil speculating agitation and a history of the oil fields of Pennsylvania.
In April, 1873, Mr. Cone was appointed as state commissioner to the Vienna World's Exposition by Governor Hartranft. Accompanied by his wife he sailed in the steamship Pennsylvania, the first of the line from Philadelphia. After fulfilling his official duties so creditably that he elicited praise from the Vienna papers, Mr. and Mrs. Cone traveled through Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain, Mrs. Cone writing letters meanwhile, as foreign correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Oil City Derrick. In the beginning of 1876, Mr. Cone's health failing, he was advised to seek a warmer climate and of the five consulates offered him by President Grant, he chose that of Para, Brazil, especially as he had entertained the Brazilian emperor, Dom Pedro, during his visit to Oil City. Mr. Cone discharged his arduous and responsible duties on the Amazon for two and a half years, with the same indefatigable fidelity and correctness that marked the performance of every duty in life. In July, 1878, he was appointed consul of the United States at Pernambuco, Brazil, where he remained over two years. September 30, 1880, he returned on his first leave of absence to New York, after nearly five years of hard service, hoping rest and change would restore his shattered health. [HVC 1890, 842]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 537.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 842.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 845.