. History of the bench and bar of Minnesota. dge Martin B. Koon, of Minneapolis, senior member of the well-known law firm of Koon, Whelan & Bennett, was born January 22,1841, at Altay, Schuyler count). New York. His ancestry on hisfathers side were a jirominent Connecticut family. His father, Alan-son Koon, was a farmer in moderate circumstances, in Schuyler York, a man of sterling Christian character. His mothers maidenname was Marilla Wells, and Mr. Koon is wont to speak of her in termsof deep alTection and the most profound reverence for her was a woman of str(>ng c
. History of the bench and bar of Minnesota. dge Martin B. Koon, of Minneapolis, senior member of the well-known law firm of Koon, Whelan & Bennett, was born January 22,1841, at Altay, Schuyler count). New York. His ancestry on hisfathers side were a jirominent Connecticut family. His father, Alan-son Koon, was a farmer in moderate circumstances, in Schuyler York, a man of sterling Christian character. His mothers maidenname was Marilla Wells, and Mr. Koon is wont to speak of her in termsof deep alTection and the most profound reverence for her was a woman of str(>ng character and deepl\- impressed it uponher children. The most valuable legacy which his parents bec|ueathedto him was the habit of industry, indomitable persexerance, never-failing energy, and a mind naturally acti\c and studious. W bile hewas yet a lad his father removed with his family to Hillsdale , where Martin grew up on a farm. He recalls that the firstnifinev he ever earned was bv ridiu a horse for a ncitjhbor while.
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