Alonzo B. Coons

Alonzo B. Coons (September 3, 1841 – March 26, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician from Sharon Springs, New York.

Life Coons was born on September 3, 1841, in Buel, Montgomery County, New York, the son of David Coons and Eliza Buttons. He began studying law under John H. Salisbury at Sharon Springs in the spring of 1861. He was admitted to the bar in May 1863, although he spent the next five years working as a teacher and only opened a law office in April 1868. He opened his law office in Sharon Springs. He was elected District Attorney of Schoharie County in November 1880. In 1900, he was the Democratic candidate for the New York State Senate in New York's 27th State Senate district. He lost to Republican incumbent Hobart Krum. He was again elected District Attorney of Schoharie County in 1910 and 1913. He still held that office when he died. He was buried in Leesville Cemetery.