Cone, George Warren

CONE

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/18/2012 at 13:18:44

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

CONE, GEORGE WARREN - Bear Creek - pg 827-8. Attorney-at-law, Brooklyn. Was born in Rockinghamtown, Vermont, October 17 1837, where he lived till thirteen years old. His father (Theodore) was a farmer. He moved with his family (including the subject of this sketch) to Galesburg, Illinois, in 1850. In 1861 our subject enlisted in company G, First Illinois cavalry. His first engagement was at Lexington, Missouri, where he was taken prisoner by Gen. Price, and paroled. He returned to his home in Illinois, and on August 10, 1862, re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Illinois infantry, participating in many of the notable events of the war. He was promoted to first lieutenant in the spring of 1863, and received his commission as captain the autumn of the same year. He was honorably discharged June 5, 1865, at Chicago, and commenced the study of law in the same year at Galesburg. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, at Knoxville, Illinois. He practiced at Oneida, Illinois, until 1869, when he came to Brooklyn. Mr. Cone is numbered among Brooklyn - s prominent attorneys, and has a large and lucrative practice.