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Howard Ames Coon was borne on May 7, 1890 in DeRuter, New York.  Mr. Coon studied art at the Rhode Island School of Desig and moved to Ballardvale in 1930. He taught art and Abbott Academy. Mr. Coon's brother Raymond Coon was an accomplished pianist at taught music at Abbot Academy. Several of Howard Ames Coon's (1890-1997) watercolors hang in Memorial Hall Library, [http://www.mhl.org/art including Benjamin Abbot's Homestead Rose Cottage and Ballardvale].


On September 13, 2018, excessive pressure in natural gas lines owned by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts caused a series of explosions and fires to occur in as many as 40 homes, with over 80 individual fires, in the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts. One person was killed and 30,000 were forced to evacuate their homes.
One of Mr. Coon's paintings hung for many years in the office of Henry Morganthau, Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. It was comissioned by the United States Government.  In addition, Mr. Coon painted an extensive mural in the chapel at Fort Warren, Massachusetts. 
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Mr. Coon was married at the Searles Estate in Windham, NH to the former Helen Ryder. They had four children: Eleanor, Arthur, Rowen and Howard Jr. Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Arthur Frederick Ryder , owner of Ryder's Drugstore which stood for many years on the corner of Essex Street and Broadway in Lawrence.  
Merrimack Valley gas explosions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosions
 
BBC Radio September 14, 2018 (Broadcast features Governor Charlie Baker, Andrew Flanagan, Andover Town Manager, Andrew Maylor, North Andover Town Manager and Dan River, Mayor of Lawrence) [https://archive.org/details/BBC_Radio_Kent_20180914_000000?start=3357.075&q=%22andrew+flanagan%22+and+andoverm BBC Radio Broadcast September 14, 2018]
 
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*"Library Brushes Up Art Work", ''Townsman'', October 3, 1991.


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Howard Ames Coon was borne on May 7, 1890 in DeRuter, New York. Mr. Coon studied art at the Rhode Island School of Desig and moved to Ballardvale in 1930. He taught art and Abbott Academy. Mr. Coon's brother Raymond Coon was an accomplished pianist at taught music at Abbot Academy. Several of Howard Ames Coon's (1890-1997) watercolors hang in Memorial Hall Library, including Benjamin Abbot's Homestead Rose Cottage and Ballardvale.

One of Mr. Coon's paintings hung for many years in the office of Henry Morganthau, Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. It was comissioned by the United States Government. In addition, Mr. Coon painted an extensive mural in the chapel at Fort Warren, Massachusetts.

Mr. Coon was married at the Searles Estate in Windham, NH to the former Helen Ryder. They had four children: Eleanor, Arthur, Rowen and Howard Jr. Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Arthur Frederick Ryder , owner of Ryder's Drugstore which stood for many years on the corner of Essex Street and Broadway in Lawrence.


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  • "Library Brushes Up Art Work", Townsman, October 3, 1991.


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