Person Page - 3541

     Joseph Platt was born before 15 January 1693; Date of baptism.¹

     Bridgett Bouton married Daniel Kellogg.¹

     Mary Platt was born on 31 August 1681.¹ She was baptized on 4 September 1681.¹ She married John Woodruff, son of Matthew Woodruff and Mary Plumb, on 22 December 1698.¹

Mary Platt died in 1766.¹

     John Woodruff was born on 5 February 1672/73.¹ He married Mary Platt, daughter of Joseph Platt and Mary Kellogg, on 22 December 1698.¹

John Woodruff died on 23 July 1726 at age 53.¹

     Irena C. Nixon was born circa 1875 at Ohio, USA; Age 5 in the 1880 census.¹

     Walter W. Nixon was born circa 1877 at Ohio, USA; Age 3 in the 1880 census.¹

     Henry G. Koon was born between 1809 and 1810 at New York, USA; Aged 41 in 1850 census; 50 in 1860; 60 in 1870; 70 in 1880.
Grave marker seen in FaG says 1810-1889.¹ He married Susan A. (Ann?) Hart on 12 July 1833 at Penn Yan, Yates Co., New York, USA,
;
Nancy A. Shattuck on the George Clinton Shattuck Family Tree gives this date and location for the marriage, but cites no source for the information.²
Henry G. Koon died in 1889.¹
Henry G. Koon was buried in 1889 at Steele City Cemetery, Steele City, Jefferson Co., Nebraska, USA;
From Find a Grave: Henry G Koon
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Susan Ann HART vs. Susan A. (Ann) (HART) KOON(S):
     This is the Susan A. (Ann?) HART (1812-1894) who married Henry G. KOON(S)/COON and who is named in the 1851 will of Susan Ann HART (1801-1851).
     The name Susan was fairly common among the descendants of Epenetus HART (bef 1736-1801/2). Some Ancestry family trees assign Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOON (1812-1894) as the daughter of Alexander (1774/77-1829) and Susan (RIGGS) (ca1778-ca1820) HART, the son of Epenetus. I believe that Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART had a daughter named Susan Ann HART, but that she was born in Ontario Co., NY in 1801 and died (apparently unmarried) in Summit Co., OH in 1851.
     I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, the will of "Ohio Susan" also names ""Susan Koon wife of Henry Koon of Prattsburgh, said Susan Koon is now in Penyan I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, theI believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, the will of "Ohio Susan" also names ""Susan Koon wife of Henry Koon of Prattsburgh, said Susan Koon is now in Penyan I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large numb[sic]" and (later) "Susan A Koon of the Village of Penyan [sic], Yates Co." By this we can conclude that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) and Susan A. (Ann?) (HART?) KOON (1812-1894) were two different women.
     Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) married Henry G. KOON of Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., NY in 1833. Mary/Mariah HART (1084-1897), another daughter of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART also married a man in Prattsburgh, William B. SHATTUCK (1784-1871), ten years earlier in 1823. So there is some link of the family of Epenetus to Prattsburgh. However, I believe that Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOONS (1812-1894) was too young to have been Armstrong's daughter.
     Susan and Henry KOON had a son named Henry Hart KOON. Henry Hart KOON (1838-1897) had a son he named William Hart KOON (1873-1955). Susan and Henry KOON also had a daughter named Emma S. KOON (1849-unk). Giving HART as the middle name of their son implies the likelihood of a HART connection. Naming their daughter Emma may imply a connection to the Emma/Emmy HART (1799-aft 1829) who was also a daughter of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART. (In perhaps a total coincidence, Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) adopted a woman in Ohio named Emma H. Pease and also named her in her will.)
     Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART had four daughters:
1. Emma/Emmy (1799-aft1829)
2. Susan Ann (1801-1851)
3. Mary/Mariah (1805-1897)
4. Elizabeth "Eliza" (c1805-1900)
     In his will of 26 November 1829, Armstong mentions, "my four daughters in New York, to wit, Maria, Eliza, Emmy and Susan Ann." The order of their names is not the order of their birth. Susan Ann HART appears to have still been living in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY in 1830 (1830 Census), and moved to Ohio sometime before 16 Dec 1847 (the date of her will written there).
     Armstrong left Susan and his four daughters behind in NY and migrated to Missouri sometime between 1813 (when Armstrong's name was dropped from the Benton Twp., Yates Co., NY) jury list and 1822/23 (when he married Nancy (TODD) MURPHY in Washington Twp., Franklin Co., MO). I have no information regarding the reason or exact timing of his split from Susan, but I think that it is unlikely that they would have had a daughter as late as 1812.
     My initial theory about the identity of Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOONS is that she was a HART, based on her giving her son this name, but that she was either 1) a child of one of Armstrong's siblings, or 2) that she came from another HART line in the same area. I continue to research this issue.
     In conclusion, there were two separate women, Susan Ann HART (d. Ohio 1851) and Susan A. (HART?) KOON but the may have been related.
GA Vaut, August 15, 2026

SUSAN A (HART) KOON RESEARCH LINKS
Ancestry Family Trees
     Prater Family Tree - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82189350/person/30453298734/facts
     Elizabeth J Moulton - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/29244925/person/12210684306/facts
     Major Mouton's Family - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/20204363/person/955823093/facts
     George Clinton Shattuck Family Tree - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/54442544/person/202554302993/facts
FaG
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91887038/henry-g-koon [Husband]
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86081559/henry_hart-koon [Son]
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/211509398 [Grandson]
Censuses
     1840 NY Steuben Co - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/records/1604424
     1850 NY Yates Co - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/8918718
     1856 IA - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1084/records/9479436?tid=20204363&pid=955823093&ssrc=pt
     1860 IL - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/36832452?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
     1870 IL - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16426150?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
     1880 NE - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/records/33084541?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
Other
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62282/records/4340430714
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/3855723.^3,4,5,6

Henry G. Koon appeared on the census in the household of Henry G. Koon.

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 1840 at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York, USA;
Henry G Koon 1840 United States Federal Census
p. 245, line 11

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart lived on 16 December 1847 at Penn Yan, Yates Co., New York, USA;
Per the will of Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) dated 16 Dec 1847: "Susan Koon wife of Henry Koon of Prattsburgh, said Susan Koon is now in Penyan [sic]" and "Susan A Koon of the Village of Penyan [sic], Yates Co."⁸

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 23 July 1850 at Milo Township, Yates Co., New York, USA;
Henry G Roon [sic] 1850 United States Federal Census
p. 174-B, lines 16-20, dwelling 11, family 11

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 1856 at Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA;
Henry G Koon Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
pp. 1084-1085, lines 9-13, dwelling 2, family 2

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 9 June 1860 at Kankakee City, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA;
H G Koon 1860 United States Federal Census
p. 66, lines 25-29, dwelling 549, family 509

Henry G. Koon appeared in the census of 1862 at District 6, Kankakee City, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA;
H G Koon and Co U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
no page, lines 19-20
19 KOON H G & Co Kankakee Ret Dealer Tax $10.00
20 (same) Kankakee Cattle Broker Tax $10.00.¹²

Henry G. Koon appeared in the census of 3 July 1865 at Kankakee City, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA;
H G Koon
Illinois, U.S., State Census Collection, 1825-1865
p. 8-9, line 38
38 H G KOON
The rest of the line is difficult to read. It appears that there are one male and one female adult, and possibly three children: one female 10-20, one male 20-30, and one female 20-30. Total household = 5 with 1 male elgible for militia.
This could be Henry Hart (aged 17 at the time) if the 10-20 year old, was mislabeled "Fem." instead of "Male".
The man and woman aged 20-30 are unidentified.¹³

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 16 August 1870 at Ward 16, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA;
Henry G Koon 1870 United States Federal Census
p. 173-A, lines 28-30, dwelling 2078, family 2942

Henry G. Koon lived in 1873 at 890 Fulton, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA;

Henry G Koon
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart appeared in the census of 8 June 1880 at Colfax, Colfax Co., Nebraska, USA;
H. Koon 1880 United States Federal Census
p. 4, lines 9-11, dwelling 31, family 31

     Henry Hart Koon was born in 1838 at New York, USA.¹ He married Frances Loretta Houk in 1861.^2,1

Henry Hart Koon died in March 1897 at Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA.¹
Henry Hart Koon was buried in March 1897 at Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA;
From Find a Grave: Henry Hart Koon
     ;
Susan Ann HART vs. Susan A. (Ann) (HART) KOON(S):
     This is the Susan A. (Ann?) HART (1812-1894) who married Henry G. KOON(S)/COON and who is named in the 1851 will of Susan Ann HART (1801-1851).
     The name Susan was fairly common among the descendants of Epenetus HART (bef 1736-1801/2). Some Ancestry family trees assign Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOON (1812-1894) as the daughter of Alexander (1774/77-1829) and Susan (RIGGS) (ca1778-ca1820) HART, the son of Epenetus. I believe that Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART had a daughter named Susan Ann HART, but that she was born in Ontario Co., NY in 1801 and died (apparently unmarried) in Summit Co., OH in 1851.
     I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, the will of "Ohio Susan" also names ""Susan Koon wife of Henry Koon of Prattsburgh, said Susan Koon is now in Penyan I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, theI believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large number of people from Ontario Co., NY who would be her 1st cousins and nieces if this relationship holds. In fact, the will of "Ohio Susan" also names ""Susan Koon wife of Henry Koon of Prattsburgh, said Susan Koon is now in Penyan I believe that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) was the dau. of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART because her will names as beneficiaries a large numb[sic]" and (later) "Susan A Koon of the Village of Penyan [sic], Yates Co." By this we can conclude that Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) and Susan A. (Ann?) (HART?) KOON (1812-1894) were two different women.
     Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) married Henry G. KOON of Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., NY in 1833. Mary/Mariah HART (1084-1897), another daughter of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART also married a man in Prattsburgh, William B. SHATTUCK (1784-1871), ten years earlier in 1823. So there is some link of the family of Epenetus to Prattsburgh. However, I believe that Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOONS (1812-1894) was too young to have been Armstrong's daughter.
     Susan and Henry KOON had a son named Henry Hart KOON. Henry Hart KOON (1838-1897) had a son he named William Hart KOON (1873-1955). Susan and Henry KOON also had a daughter named Emma S. KOON (1849-unk). Giving HART as the middle name of their son implies the likelihood of a HART connection. Naming their daughter Emma may imply a connection to the Emma/Emmy HART (1799-aft 1829) who was also a daughter of Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART. (In perhaps a total coincidence, Susan Ann HART (1801-1851) adopted a woman in Ohio named Emma H. Pease and also named her in her will.)
     Armstrong and Susan (RIGGS) HART had four daughters:
1. Emma/Emmy (1799-aft1829)
2. Susan Ann (1801-1851)
3. Mary/Mariah (1805-1897)
4. Elizabeth "Eliza" (c1805-1900)
     In his will of 26 November 1829, Armstong mentions, "my four daughters in New York, to wit, Maria, Eliza, Emmy and Susan Ann." The order of their names is not the order of their birth. Susan Ann HART appears to have still been living in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY in 1830 (1830 Census), and moved to Ohio sometime before 16 Dec 1847 (the date of her will written there).
     Armstrong left Susan and his four daughters behind in NY and migrated to Missouri sometime between 1813 (when Armstrong's name was dropped from the Benton Twp., Yates Co., NY) jury list and 1822/23 (when he married Nancy (TODD) MURPHY in Washington Twp., Franklin Co., MO). I have no information regarding the reason or exact timing of his split from Susan, but I think that it is unlikely that they would have had a daughter as late as 1812.
     My initial theory about the identity of Susan A. (Ann?) (HART) KOONS is that she was a HART, based on her giving her son this name, but that she was either 1) a child of one of Armstrong's siblings, or 2) that she came from another HART line in the same area. I continue to research this issue.
     In conclusion, there were two separate women, Susan Ann HART (d. Ohio 1851) and Susan A. (HART?) KOON but the may have been related.
GA Vaut, August 15, 2026

SUSAN A (HART) KOON RESEARCH LINKS
Ancestry Family Trees
     Prater Family Tree - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82189350/person/30453298734/facts
     Elizabeth J Moulton - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/29244925/person/12210684306/facts
     Major Mouton's Family - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/20204363/person/955823093/facts
     George Clinton Shattuck Family Tree - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/54442544/person/202554302993/facts
FaG
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91887038/henry-g-koon [Husband]
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86081559/henry_hart-koon [Son]
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/211509398 [Grandson]
Censuses
     1840 NY Steuben Co - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/records/1604424
     1850 NY Yates Co - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/8918718
     1856 IA - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1084/records/9479436?tid=20204363&pid=955823093&ssrc=pt
     1860 IL - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/36832452?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
     1870 IL - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16426150?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
     1880 NE - https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/records/33084541?tid=29244925&pid=12210684306&ssrc=pt
Other
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62282/records/4340430714
     https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/3855723.^3,4,5,6

Henry Hart Koon appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York, USA;
Henry G Koon 1840 United States Federal Census
p. 245, line 11

Henry Hart Koon was listed as a resident in Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart's household in the census report on 23 July 1850 at Milo Township, Yates Co., New York, USA;
Henry G Roon [sic] 1850 United States Federal Census
p. 174-B, lines 16-20, dwelling 11, family 11

Henry Hart Koon was listed as a resident in Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart's household in the census report in 1856 at Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA;
Henry G Koon Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
pp. 1084-1085, lines 9-13, dwelling 2, family 2

Henry Hart Koon was listed as a resident in Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart's household in the census report on 9 June 1860 at Kankakee City, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA;
H G Koon 1860 United States Federal Census
p. 66, lines 25-29, dwelling 549, family 509

     Frances Loretta Houk was born on 10 July 1835 at Ohio, USA.¹ She married Henry Hart Koon, son of Henry G. Koon and Susan A. (Ann?) Hart, in 1861.^1,2

Frances Loretta Houk died on 2 June 1910 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA, at age 74.¹
Frances Loretta Houk was buried after 2 June 1910 at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA;
From Find a Grave: Frances Loretta Houk Koon

     Mary F. Koon was born on 14 September 1866 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, USA.¹ She married William C. Mellanson in 1882
; His 1st of 3 wives.²
Mary F. Koon died on 2 January 1934 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA, at age 67.¹
Mary F. Koon was buried after 2 January 1934 at Ridgewood Memorial Park, Des Plaines, Cook Co., Illinois, USA;
From Find a Grave: Frances Loretta Houk Koon