Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . and again in 1841. At this Confer-ence he was elected Bishop. He filled the office accept-ably for four years, and his health not being able toendure the labors attendant upon this position, heentered again upon the more pleasant and less labori-ous position of a circuit and stationed preacher. He removed to the Miami Valley in 1845, and onMarch 5, 1846, he joined the Miami Conference at asession held at Otterbein Chapel, Darke County, remai
Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . and again in 1841. At this Confer-ence he was elected Bishop. He filled the office accept-ably for four years, and his health not being able toendure the labors attendant upon this position, heentered again upon the more pleasant and less labori-ous position of a circuit and stationed preacher. He removed to the Miami Valley in 1845, and onMarch 5, 1846, he joined the Miami Conference at asession held at Otterbein Chapel, Darke County, remained in connection with this body until hisdeath. During his connection with it he filled manyof its most important fields of labor. January 16, 1821, he was united in marriage to Cath-erine Bookwalter, by whom he had eight children, onlythree of whom are now living. One of these, JosephB. Coons, is a lawyer, residing at Spring Hill, married Mr. Pentzer, a Presb^^terian clergyman,and is residing some place in Iowa. Lucella, who isnow a widow, married a Mr. Bartlett, and resides inDayton, Ohio. The wife and mother died April 26,. vr ^W>^ TWELFTH BISHOP UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 2Y9 1840. Some time after her death, Mr. Coons marrieda widow lady living near Circleville, Eleanor Windshipby name, and by her he had seven children, three ofwhom are still living : John is preaching for the UnitedBrethren Church; Philip is in the express business atSpringfield, Ohio; while one daughter, Ellen, lives nearGermantown. The survived her husband anumber of years. The Bishop died at his residence in West Dayton,on Saturday, August 7, 1869, having reached the ripeage of seventy-one years nine months and twelve had long been afflicted with dyspepsia and finallydied with .cancer of the stomach. For some time beforehis death he was confined to his bed. He loved life;to him it was precious. During the early part of hissickness he constantly expressed a desire to
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