Welcome to the newest member of our branch of the Cone Family

Yesterday, my niece Kristen Cone Dominguez, gave birth to her second son. Charles Alan Dominguez is named for his grandfathers Charles Newton "Rusty" Cone and Alan Moore. His arrival was more poignant because my sisters, brother and I had gathered in Golden, Colorado for a memorial service for our mother Betty Werst Cone on Friday. Charlie arrived a few weeks early but his timing was impeccable as June 8th is also the date of this great grandfather Charles Newton Cone, Jr.'s birth.

Charles Alan Dominguez

Charles Newton Cone with son Charles Newton Cone, Jr. about 1934

Congratulations on the newest member of our family Kristen and Raul.

Remembering Frederick Allen Cone

My cousin Lauryn Cone Mac Gregor reminded me in a Facebook post today that it has been 4 years since her father passed. Frederick Allen Cone was my father's (Charles Newton Cone, Jr.) younger, by six years, brother. Born 29 Sep 1933 in Portland, Oregon to Charles Newton and Hazel Allen Cone. He was named Frederick for his paternal grandfather, Frederick Naaman Cone and Allen from his mother's family.

Hazel and Fred circa 1934



Big brother Chuck with his arm around Fred
Portland, Oregon circa 1937
from the Baby Book kept for Chuck by his mother.



Born into a musical family (Dad was a talented baritone, Mom played piano, Chuck played violin and sang base) Fred chose viola and excelled. I have found a number of articles from the Oregonian Newspaper mentioning his participation. Among them, Feb. 4, 1951 on page 51, "The concert in B-minor for viola and orchestra... will have stellar position in the Junior Symphony's February 17th concert.... Fred Cone, member of the orchestra, will be the featured soloist."

Fred was also a talented vocalist. While he was a student at University of Portland, he was a frequent soloist in Portland area chorales. Genealogy Bank has one of the notices for the Portland Oregonian that contains a very nice photograph Stars in "The Messiah". He later went on to sing with the Stanford University Chorale in 1955-6. He continued to sing and perform throughout his life.

My first memories of "Uncle" Fred come from the time my Mother and I lived with my Grandparents in Portland while my Dad was away with the Navy. He was always mortified by having someone my age call him 'Uncle'.

Fred Cone age 19

Another of my vivid memories of Uncle Fred was his wedding to Rebecca Chidlaw. They had met while both were students at Stanford. The wedding took place in Claremont, California. We were living about an hour away in La Habra. It was quite a project to get my sisters and I (ages 6, 5 and 3) dressed appropriately for an evening wedding preceded by an hour's car ride. Some how we managed to arrive in one piece with flower covered bandeaux in our hair. The photo below is from the receiving line, 7 Sep 1957.

Fred's vocation may have been the law, however his avocation was always music. His melodious tones were featured at many family celebrations including my sister's wedding May 8, 1993. This was very special for us as our father had died the previous October and we were still devastated.



Fred singing at the wedding of
Leslie Cone and Hugh Riecken
May 8, 1993 Roswell, New Mexico
 

There was a strong family resemblance between Fred, Chuck and their father Charles Newton Cone. Seeing Fred in the years after my father had died were always heart warming. He had so many of the same mannerisms, it brought my Dad's memory closer. I always wondered if there was a genetic component to their gestures.


Three Cone men February 1985 Florida

Have not been able to figure out how to make this photo of Charles with sons Fred and Chuck larger without degrading the quality. They met in Florida to watch Charles' receive an award from the Forest Products Research Council.

Fred your talent, personality and joie de vivre are missed by family and friends especially today.



Cones buried in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

Always on the lookout for the surname CONE, I was researching on www.findagrave.com for Inga Iverson Christensen and stumbled on to the following Cones:

Ben Otis Cone                b. Nov. 6, 1906     d. May 12, 1971
David Wilton Cone        b. unknown           d. Sep. 9, 1978
Frank G. Cone, Sr.         b. Mar. 11, 1911   d. May 1, 1989
Laurence Perry Cone     b. Nov. 14, 1871   d. Sep. 19, 1933
Linton Cone                   b. Nov. 5, 1873     d. Oct. 22, 1904
Margaret A. G. Cone     b. Apr. 19, 1854    d. Jan. 16, 1937
Margaret M. Cone         b. Oct. 2, 1903      d. Sep. 20, 1993
Mary Muller Cone         b. Jul. 23, 1874    d. Mar. 23, 1955
Sarah E. Cone                b. Feb. 26, 1914   d. unknown
William H. Cone           b. Dec. 22, 1850   d. Jan. 31, 1931

All of these cones are buried in the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
Findagrave says "Bonaventure started as the Evergreen Cemetery Company which was privately owned but sold to the City of Savannah in the early 1900s and renamed Bonaventure."

I do not know if these Cones are related to the Haddam, Connecticut clan. Perhaps, one of their family members will see this post and let us know.

Unfortunately, I still have not found Inga Iverson Christensen's burial site.

Charles N. Cone and Patents

      In talking to my cousin Bob Brim about how his grandfather Frederick Naaman Cone had learned to read German to help my grandfather Charles N. Cone with the products he was developing for the plywood industry, I began wondering about the information I could find on my grandfather's inventions. How wonderful to be living in the Internet era! In just a few seconds I found his U. S. Patent number 3956860 with a Filing date of Mar 23, 1973 and Issue date of Jun. 29, 1976 http://www.google.com/patents/US3965860?printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false.
     As children, my sisters, brother and I spent a good deal of time each summer visiting our grandparents in Oregon. An integral part of each visit with our Cone grandparents was a trip to Pacific Adhesives, Inc first in Beaverton and then in Hillsboro. We remember seeing railroad cars emblazoned with the PACO logo, the intricacies of the labs and of course the stacks of 50 pound bags of dried animal blood in the warehouse. Alright, to be honest, we remember most the smell of those bags YUCK!
     We were proud of the work our grandfather was doing. Many conversations centered around how things were going with what my grandmother (Hazel Allen Cone) termed "Old Foamy." The more than three years between the filing and issue dates for "Plywood Manufacturing Using Foamed Glues" does not begin to speak to the time and resources Charles N. Cone invested in this process. In fact, he had filed and then abandoned two previous patent applications, one in 1969 and one in 1970 for "Old Foamy." Grandaddy was 77 when the patent was issued.
     Blessed with an inventive mind, Old Foamy was not Charles' first effort to patent his ideas and developments. On Nov 6, 1931, he filed for Patent number 1976436 "Adhesive and Process of Making Same" which was issued in 1934. The first paragraph states, "My invention relates to the process of making a laminated construction unit, the laminated product of said process, the process of making the adhesive for such unit and the adhesive product of said last process." http://www.google.com/patents/US1976436?pg=PA4&dq=foam+glue+plywood+process+and+cone&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EjotUYz1AoXWrQHMtoGwBQ&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=foam%20glue%20plywood%20process%20and%20cone&f=false
      The key to why the "Old Foamy" patent was so important to Charles can be found on the first page of his earlier patent. "Charles N. Cone, Seattle, Wash., assignor to I. F. Laucks, Inc., Seattle, Wash., a corporation of Washington." This statement meant the any income or royalties derived from this process belonged to Charles' employer, not to him. From the employer's point of view, they were providing the employment, facilities, and resources for the development of the process. Grandfather understood that but it planted the seed of necessity to develop and own the rights to his inventions. It was not until 1956 that he founded Pacific Adhesives, Inc. At age 58, he was determined to own the fruits of his mind.
     His father, Frederick Cone, did not pass until December 1957 so I'm certain that he was proud of his son's accomplishments. Grandaddy (Charles) worked until his 89th birthday still contributing to the development of the plywood industry. He died a month later. I have many photos of the older Charles Newton Cone, but the one below shows his confidence and determination, even as a young man.

    

  
   

Lyman and Naaman Cone Agriculture Census 1850

 Brothers Lyman and Naaman Cone are both listed on the 1850 Agricultural Census taken 03 Oct 1850 in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York.

Lyman reported the following:

160 improved acres
100 unimproved acres
$5,200 cash value of farm
$200 worth of farm implements and machinery
2 horses
12 milch cows
20 other cattle
30 sheep
8 swine
$525 total value of livestock
20 bushels of wheat
100 bushels of rye
300 bushels of Indian corn
120 bushels of oats

Naaman reported the following:
150 improved acres
33 unimproved acres
$3,000 cash value of farm
$100 worth of farm implements and machinery
8 horses
7 milch cows
2 working oxen
11 other cattle
40 sheep
6 swine
$875 total value of livestock
30 bushels of wheat
100 bushels of Indian corn
150 bushels of oats


Lyman and Naaman were the sons of Ira and Lydia (Hayes) Cone. Lyman was born 18 Apr 1799 in Otsego County, New York. He married Mary Santley 12 Mar 1820. Lyman died 30 Mar 1888 in Laurens, Otsego County, N. Y. aged 87 years. In "Some Account of the Cone Family in America, William W. Cone describes him as;
      
        "An honest, conscientious and deeply religious man, and a member of the
        Society of Friends. In political matters he voted with the Whigs, and with the
        Republican after the Republican party was formed. His house was a station
        on the "Underground Railway" and he assisted many slaves to escape."
        (page 457).

Photo from the collection of Flora Dunlap Long

Naaman was born 11 Sep 1804 and married Joanna Warner, the daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Hopkins) Warner 17 Nov 1825.  Naaman, after a long career in education, moved on to Hornellsville in Steuben County. He was Poormaster at Hornellsville at the time of his death 29 Oct 1855. I do not know why he moved to Hornellsville.

One of the genealogical coincidences is that Naaman Cone's grandson, Frederick Naaman Cone (son of William Warner Cone),  married Helen Brown Newton (daughter of Mary Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Lydia Hornell, daughter of George Hornell, Jr., son of George Hornell)the second great granddaughter of George Hornell the man for whom Hornellsville was named.

Cone Grandchildren on Oregon Beach 1935

 

 

Frederick Naaman Cone
Born 29 Mar 1859, Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York
Died 29 Dec 1957, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
 



 

Through www.ancestry.com, I've recently connected with my second cousin, grand daughter of my grandfather's sister Flora Harriet Cone. Also named Flora, she has been sharing some wonderful photographs of the extended Cone family. Our mutual great grand father Frederick Naaman Cone is pictured above.

Great grandfather Cone's life journeys took him from New York state to Worthington, Minnesota; to Mapleton, Utah; to Salem, Oregon and finally to retirement in Portland. A farmer, from the mid 1920s to mid 1930s, he raised prunes somewhere in Marion County outside Salem. We're trying to determine exactly when he moved off the farm and though Marion County land records are probably the quickest answer, we have not located those on-line.

During the time period in question, all but one of his children also lived in the Portland - Salem area.
Daughter Molly and her husband Rev. Thomas Acheson were in Salem where he was pastor of the Jason Lee Methodist Church. Daughter Flora and her husband Charles R. Brim were also farming in rural Marion County in 1934. Son Charles Newton Cone and his wife Hazel Allen Cone were living in Portland where he was working as a chemist in the plywood industry. Only oldest son William Laurence Cone and his wife Rhea Wauneta Watts Cone and their four daughters remained in Utah.

 

Cousin Flora sent a wonderful photograph of the Northwest based Cone grandchildren lined up by age on the beach at Neskowin, Oregon in 1935. If the inserted caption is too difficult to read, the grandchildren are from left: Bob Brim ( he wants us to notice that he was standing on his toes to seem taller), Josephine Brim, Helen Acheson, Barbara Brim, Fred Brim, Mary Acheson, Chuck Cone, Flora "Lally" Brim, and Tom Acheson.

Charles Newton Cone

My Grandfather, Charles Newton Cone, was born in Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota 06 Dec 1898. He was raised in the small farming community of Mapleton, Utah. His parents Frederick Naaman and Helen Newton Cone; grandparents Charles Shepard and Mary Clarke Newton; and even great-grandfather John Champion Clarke went to Utah as part of a Presbyterian Mission to lead Mormons back to their church before 1900.

Charles Newton Cone Circa 1899

Mapleton was a village of about 600 people with impressive views of Maple Mountain (now called Spanish Fork Peak) and Ether Peak. The population was predominantly Mormon and my Grandfather recounted that there was some exclusion of his family by the LDS community.  Not surprising given the family's mission.

1900 Census
Mapleton Precinct Sup. District 273, Enum District 157
20 June 1900
from www.ancestry.com


Careful examination shows the families of John Newton, his father Charles Newton including father-in-law John Champion Clarke,  and Frederick Cone his brother-in-law. All heads of household occupations have been given as farmer.