Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/10059 Surname: LUNN ------------------------- Taken from The History of Lee County, Iowa, pg. 768, published by Western Historical Company, Chicago, in 1879. COONS, MADISON, Farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Primrose; owns 110 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; was born Feb. 11, 1825, in Franklin County, Ohio. In early life, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed until the last fifteen years, he has engaged in farming. He married Rachel Lunn, April 18, 1848; she was born in Bucks County, Penn., April 26, 1824. He emigrated to Lee County, Iowa in Sept. 1856, locating in Marion Township; the following year came into Harrison Township and on his present farm in the spring of 1865. His children are William T., born July 8, 1852; Jacob W., July 15, 1857; Oliver F., Aug. 11, 1862 [NOTE: this is birthdate of Owen F.]; have lost three --Oliver, Margaret A.[NOTE: b. 1855] and an infant[NOTE: Josiah, b. Aug. 18, 1850]. Democrat.