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Eldean was very close to Val and he felt very protective to his eldest sister. However, this was about to change. Elmer "Two-Bits" Blanchard and Val had become best buddies at work. Val began bringing his friend out on the motorcycle to the family farm, and the two would terrorize the neighborhood and the local girls. This friendship was quite tight until Elmer became interested in Val's closest sister, Eldean, "Dean." When Elmer announced his intention to marry Dean and Dean brushed her brother's concerns aside, the friendship took on a more distant note. Parents: George Jackson COLE and Emma Johanna CARLSON. She was married to Elmer (Two-Bits) BLANCHARD on 14 Sep 1916 in Porter Co., IN. Children were: Eileen Theresa (Mickey) BLANCHARD. 9 April 1931 Mrs. Albert Bancroft The death of Mrs. Albert Bancroft, a resident of this community for many years, occurred Tuesday morning at her home in Chesterton. Mrs. Elizabeth Cole Bancroft was born in Hebron, Indiana, on January 28, 1859, the daughter of Lucy Garvey and David Payne Cole. She was therefore 72 years, 2 months, and 9 days old at the time of her passing. When she was very young the family moved to Liberty Township where she grew to womanhood. On July 22nd, 1877, she was married at Woodville to Lorenzo Albert Bancroft, who survives her. To this union 7 children were born. Two died in infancy. Surviving are four sons and one daughter: William D. of New Buffalo, Michigan, Jay E. of Michigan City, Indiana, Joseph A. of New Buffalo, Clinton E., at home, and Mrs. Vettie May Bohrer of Chesterton. Besides there are four brothers and two sisters: L. P. Cole of Branch, Michigan, H. J. Cole of Loup City, Nebraska, Louis and Joe Cole of Woodlake, Nebraska, Etta Chapman of Gridley, California, and Sally King of Loraine, Oregon. There are also ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was a member of Phoebe Rebekah Lodge and the American Legion Auxiliary. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 P.M. from the First Methodist Church in Chesterton with the Rebekahs in charge. Rev. A. E. Bagby will officiate. Burial will be in Chesterton cemetery. She has reference number 276. Parents: David Payne COLE and Lucy Jane GARVEY. She was married to Lorenzo Albert BANCROFT on 22 Jul 1877 in Porter Co., IN. She was married to Allen MOORE. She was married to John, Jr. TRATEBAS on 17 Aug 1940 in Porter Co., IN. Children were: John, III TRATEBAS , Robert Lewis TRATEBAS, Vivian Phyllis TRATEBAS. The Legend of White Flint and Flint Lake as told by Helen Kull in 1917 No doubt many of you remember Mr. George Merrill, who until the past year resided about a quarter of a mile east of Flint Lake. Mr. Merrill delighted in telling this story as he remem-bered the incidents. About eighty years ago or at the time when the Merrill family moved to this vicinity, the Calumet region was inhabited by a few scattered settlers and the Pottawatomie Indians. It is a common supposition that the Ottowa Indians likewise made this their home, but authority confirms us that they came only on occasional visits to this region, their welcome being made evident on the part of the Pottawatomie Indians by the fact that Mrs. Joseph Bailey, who with her family were the first white settlers in Porter county, was a descendant of the Ottawa Indians. Her mother was an Indian and her father a French fur trader, but nevertheless she was a very cultured and refined woman, and because of her fair skin the Indians termed her the Lily of the Lakes. Shortly after the coming of the Merrills into this county there was a family by the name of Van Loon living near Wahub Lake, and it is supposed that the heroine of our legend was a Van Loon daughter stolen by the Pottawatomies, who delighted in stealing white children. When the Merrill family moved to this vicinity, Mr. Merrill was about four or five years of age; nevertheless he recollected a very beautiful white girl in the Indian tribe. No doubt his remembrance was sharpened by the fact that the settlers took special interest in the girl. They did not attempt to rescue her, for they knew that would bring trouble, but they taught her the ways of the white man and to read and write after their own fashion. At this time the girl was about fourteen years of age, and, as was the usual custom of the Indians whenever anything extraordinary came into the life of any member of the tribe to give that individual a name, they named the girl White Flint, because of her fair face and the unbleached, homespun material which the settlers gave her for garments. A little romance was woven into the tale when Chiqua, the chief, proposed a marriage between White Flint and his son; but White Flint, not consenting to this proposal, remained silent, and in consequence was held in seclusion by the Indians. As the story goes, a young settler from Ohio crossed the border, and, coming into this vicinity, fell in love with White Flint. His surname has been forgotten, but his Christian name was Joseph. One day, near its close, White Flint, mounting her pony, left the camp two miles east of the lakes, and taking the road that cuts what is now the main lake road, where the interur-ban tracks leave the main road, she followed the trail along where the water works now stand, and turned down past what is now Sheridan Beach and Edgewater. When she neared Sheridan Beach she came upon some settlers, and inquiring as to the whereabouts of the young man from Ohio, was informed that he had gone up the lakes, hunting. She rode until she came to the foot of Long Lake, about where Ulrick's hotel now stands. Here, overtaken by a storm, she dismounted from her pony, tied him to a tree and sought shelter in the underbrush. Some time later, weary from his day's hunt, the settler, wending his way homeward, came to the foot of Long Lake, and seeing something white moving in the underbrush, in the growing dusk and impending storm, he mistook it for a wild swan, and shot. Creeping closer, as a hunter does, he recognized White Flint, and, filled with joy, he rushed to her--to find her dead. At first he was so frightened he contemplated running away, for he feared punishment at the hands of the Indians, but reconsidering, he wended his way back to the settlers and told them of the accident. He was later given a backwoods trial and cleared. Later, by a means of a few gifts, he made his peace with the Indians. We do not hear anything further of Joseph, for he crossed the border into Illinois and then found his way back to Ohio, but the Indians, in memory of White Flint, named the lake White Flint Lake. The Indians, as is well known, were soon driven from home, and as the term came into more common use it was shortened until we have simply Flint Lake. He was born on 27 Feb 1876 in Porter Co., IN. He Local News Sand Creek Debating Society on 20 Oct 1897 in Morgan School, Sand Creek. (9) 20 Oct. 1897 The Sand Creek Debating Society [held at the old Morgan school-house on the west bank of Sand Creek] closed the mock trial Friday evening, wherein Tenia Osborn sued Jose Castleman for breach of promise. The witnesses on the defendant's side did not stand as firm for their leader as did the plaintiff's on the previous Friday evening. Etta Osborn and Claude Williams, though witnesses for the defendant did a great deal to help the other side. Claude admitted that he was on good terms with the plaintiff, but had done nothing to cause any trouble between her and her lover. The plaintiff's attorneys were Jut Castleman, August Sievers and F. R. Dickinson; the defendant's attorneys were F. H. Cole, W. G. Dickinson and Walter Knapp. They all did justice to their side and their pleas were especially good. Jut Castleman would make a fine lawyer in the Circuit Court, and August Sievers and F. H. Cole would not be far behind. At the close of the trial the jury decided six for the plaintiff and six against her. The decision was appreciated by both the plaintiff and defendant, as they had about made up their to settle the matter before the decision was given in. Roy Didle, Tom Collins, Ed Hyde and Ernest Krausgril made excellent stump speeches, the first two against and the latter two for the plaintiff. To have changed their minds would have been as big an undertaking as to change the position of Mt. Everest. All in all the trial afforded the society a great deal of pleasure, although it was not appreciated by some of the roughs of the country. The society intends having something new again the coming Friday evening, and those who can and will act as ladies and gentlemen will be welcome, but those who intend coming to make disturbances, bear in mind that some one will be there to watch you. He died on 11 Jun 1959 in Porter Co., IN. He Local News Area Stories of interest Spring, 1895 in locally.(9) 24 May 1895 SHE LOST HER PANTS But She Was a Chicago Girl and it Made No Difference Guests of the Stanford Hotel on Michigan Avenue were horrified on Sunday at an accident to a young lady which occurred right in front of that famous hostelry, which has become a kind of headquarters for those bicyclists who make use of the magnificent south side boule-vards, says the Chicago Tribune. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a very dashing girl, with a little cap set jauntily upon her blond ringlets, came speeding down the avenue. She was dressed in a very natty blouse and the latest style of riding bloomers, which reached well down toward the ankle. Just as she reached the hotel one of the bloomer legs caught in the chain, and the entire bloomer was stripped off her shapely right limb. The spectators were for a moment paralyzed and two or three young ladies blushed as red as a rainy sunset, but the dashing damsel was equal to the emergency. With a dextrous hand she disengaged herself from the mangled bloom-ers and stood before her admiring audience arrayed in an extremely becoming pair of black tights and trunks to match. Thrusting the bloomers into her blouse she vaulted lightly on her wheel and the next moment was vanishing southward. 29 March 1895 CHESTERTON CHIPS What the People are Doing and Saying Ella Galloway, a street walker of Valparaiso, was arrested Mon-day, charged with enticing a little 13 year old girl from her house for immoral purposes. Ferguson, a baker, and father of the child, swore out the warrant. The Galloway woman was overhauled at one of the depots with her victim by an officer just as they were about to leave, and was jailed. It is known that there are 16 girls, most of them the daughters of respectable parents of Valparaiso, now in houses of prostitution in Chicago. Some of these girls have grown so bold as to advertise their whereabouts in the Chicago Dispatch. It is about time that something were done to stop this evil. He has reference number 25. Parents: John Conger COLE and Mary Arvilla OSBORN. He was married to Anna Belle HINELINE on 10 May 1898 in Porter Co., IN. Children were: Vera Blanche COLE, Ivan Kimmel COLE, Adah Marjorie COLE. WOODVILLE - G. C. Cole spent the greater part of this week at Indianapolis attending the State Convention of Township Trustees, returning home Saturday. He Local News Interurbans and the Air Line Railway between 1906 and 1922 in LaPorte to Woodville.(44) [The following is excerpted from an article, "Gary Railways," by James J. Buckley, in the International Standards Book No. 0- 915348-84-5 Bulletin 84 of the Central Electric Railfans' Association, P.O. Box 503, Chicago, Illinois 60690: 1st Issue 5/1949, Enlarged Edition, August, 1975, Copyright 1975, compiled and contributed to this reader by William J. Breining.] » Page 3: April 1906, Goshen, South Bend & Chicago R.R. was incorporated, more familiarly known by holding company name: Chicago - New York Electric Airline R.R. --- 742 miles --- 10 hours --- $10.00 » Page 5: Construction was started in September, 1906, at La-Porte. Five miles of line between LaPorte and South LaPorte were put into operation 6/15/1907. Over 2,000 people rode the line on that day. On 11/1911 a 15 mile tangent was completed between South LaPorte and a junction (Goodrum) with the Valparaiso Northern Railway (named after investor G.C. Goodrum). The section between Chesterton and Goodrum was put into operation on 2/18/1911...the railroad was completed up to Woodville on 10/7/1911...a bridge over the B&O at Woodville was opened on 2/17/1912, thus connecting Valparaiso, Chesterton, & LaPorte. » Page 7: Goshen, South Bend, & Chicago and Chicago-New York Electric Air Line passed out of existence quietly with a simple notice in the papers stating that from November 3, 1917, service would no longer be given from Woodville to LaPorte. ...a shuttle car continued operation from Woodville to Chesterton until 1922. [WJG, 3/15/1979] » Page 9: The Air Line had a power plant at South LaPorte prior to 1912. ...then purchased from Northern Indiana Gas & Electric...300KW substations were located at South LaPorte, Door Village, Woodville, East Gary, & Lottaville. » Page 11: Air Line 1907-1917. Running time between LaPorte and Hammond was 2:30... 8 daily runs... 9 on Saturday and Sunday... reduced to 6 runs daily in 1916 until 1917. In LaPorte, Air Line cars used the Chicago - South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Depot. » Page 17: Six box cars were purchased and a local freight service operated between Hammond, Gary, LaPorte, South Bend, & Goshen. Milk cars were run between LaPorte, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Gary, Hammond, and Indiana Harbor. He died on 17 Dec 1939 in Porter Co., IN. He was buried after 17 Dec 1939 in Chesterton cemetery, Chesterton, Porter Co., Indiana. He has reference number 21. He Local News. Many comments were made that George Cole had buried a sum of money, often described as gold, somewhere on the farm. There were a lot of jokes about this in later years and any family member caught digging for any reason anywhere on or around the property would be accused of trying to find "the old man's money." By the time I came along most thought the story was just that -- a story. However, there may be some truth behind it -- some older family members and neighbors claim to have seen the treasure before it was buried. One source, still alive when I became interested in the truth behind the story, told me that as a child he had been shown two old kitchen pots full of gold coins and items. Soon after that, George Cole denied it had happened and nothing whatever was ever found of the two pots or the gold. One old family member (not known for his ability to tell a straight story) said he had heard the stories from his parents and had heard that George had buried the treasure to keep it out of others' hands and refused to tell anyone where it was, even many years later. Possible truth: When the B&O Russian immigrant train derailed and burnt just west of the Woodville curve, George was one of the first of many neighbors called in to help with the injured and dead. Nearly all of these immigrants were fresh off the boat and were in possession of their family wealth to be used to purchase farm land somewhere further west. It is my contention that George, being early on the scene, found a lot of valuables and coins and, like the others, pocketed much of it. He evidently was not the only one doing so -- the feeling being that, many of the immigrants having burned in the old wooden coaches, the possessions would not likely find its way back to Russia or to relatives anyway. I feel that he regretted doing this and buried the gold out of guilt and repentance and swore never to tell anyone of its existance. (My neighbor, whenever I'm digging a hole for another bush or tree, yells over to me that there's no use digging, he's already found the gold!) The Catalpas: In the front yard of George Cole's home, even to this day (1995), are two giant catalpa trees. South of the home is about 1 -1/2 acres of old catalpas that has always been know as the "Catalpa Grove." When one of the largest ones blew over about 10 years ago, I cut it up and counted the rings -- there were 80. And that would be about the time of the famous "Catalpa Incident." A salesman came to the home one day and proceeded to tell George that he was associated with the B&O and other area railroads. These railroads, he explained, were in dire need of good timber stands to provide wood for rail ties and that they would pay good money to area farmers for a good stand of the right kind of wood to make ties from, close to the tracks (to reduce transportation costs). A wondrous newly found tree was discovered to make about the best railroad ties known to man -- and this tree grew both tall and sturdily and, more importantly, very quickly. Besides that, it was a wonderful shade tree and had thousands of fragrant white blooms every spring, making it a most desireable yard tree. George bit on the salesman's pitch and wanted to be the first in the area to have a substantial stand of these trees. He envisioned getting very rich, as many of the farmers had some thirty years earlier, selling most all of their hardwood timber to lumber companies supplying Chicago with wood to rebuild homes lost in the great Chicago Fire. So he borrowed the wife's butter and egg money and bought as many "whips" as he could. He planted them where most still stand to this day, uncut and unsold -- and mostly unwanted by man, beast and railroad. Mrs. Cole was not enthused. When it rained, George could be heard outside weeding his flower beds and garden, because he always seemed happiest in this occupation and would sing loud enough for the neighborhood to hear. When the neighbors received a new piano one day, George invited himself over and asked if any of them could play the "durn thing?" I was told by one of the children of this family that none could play the piano and that George, hearing this, sat himself down and proceeded to entertain any and all with long memorized selections and sang to them as well. Evidently music was and has been an inborn talent with many of the Coles. Very late in life, George developed diabetes and eventually was hospitalized in LaPorte. While there, (a Catholic hospital with Polish Nuns) My grandmother (Val's wife) and Clyle's wife had come to look after him and to be there while he had surgery. During the operation one of the non-English speaking Nuns brought my grandmother a large heavy bundle wrapped in white cloths. My grandmother took it and opened it just enough to see what it was. It was George's leg! They had amputated it due to gangrene. Evidently, the belief was that an amputated appendage should be buried with the body even though the rest of the body might not be ready for some years to come. My grandmother (not being Polish or Catholic) did what she thought best -- she found her Polish sister-in-law (Clyle's wife) and handed the bundle to her, and then scooted away. The contention is that the leg was brought back to the farm and buried discretely somewhere in the woods. Many of the ghost stories associated with George's house and farm deal with his coming back to look for that leg! Parents: John Conger COLE and Mary Arvilla OSBORN. He was married to Emma Johanna CARLSON on 11 Nov 1890 in Porter Co., IN. Children were: Valentine Rue COLE, Eldean Louise COLE, Kenneth COLE, Clyle Clayton COLE, Hubert Emery COLE, Ida Fay COLE, Iva May COLE. Giles' discharge papers show that he enlisted on Feb. 15, 1864, at Liberty Township, Porter Co., Indiana, under Capt. Sheffield, and was mustered at Michigan City, Indiana, on March 17, 1864, by Capt. Thatcher. He was 19 years old when he died at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, from a fever on Dec. 12, 1864. These papers describe him as 5' 8" tall with dark eyes and dark hair with dark complexion. His occupation was listed as farmer. He was buried in Dec 1864 in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. This is presumed place of burial since there is no other record of burial elsewhere. However, Lewis M. Cole found signed military records that Edward P. Cole (father), Edward Cole Osborn (cousin), and David B. Osborn (cousin) appeared in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to claim the effects of Giles E. Cole in January, 1865. There are two documents: a hospital record listing 1 hat, 1 blouse, 1 pair trowsers, 1 pair drawers, 1 shirt, and 1 blanket, dated Jan. 1st, 1865; and a handwritten document swearing to Edward's relationship to Giles, dated Jan. 13th, 1865 -- both signed by Edward P. Cole. He died on 12 Dec 1864 in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.(45) He has reference number 12. Died from fever contracted during fighting in Civil War. Parents: Edward Payne COLE and Sally DILLINGHAM. 18 February 1892 DIED -- at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Al. Bancroft, Mrs. Jane Buckley. Hannah Jane Cole, daughter of David P. and Lucy Cole, formerly of this county, was born in Liberty Township, May 23, 1869. In 1881 she moved with her parents to Custer Co., Nebraska. There she was married to James Stewart, who died and left her a widow at the age of 20. She was subsequently married to Ambrose Buckley and moved to Missouri, but the health of her child became so poor that they were soon compelled to return to Indiana. Three months after their arrival here she was stricken with congestion of the brain of which she died on Thursday morning. The funeral services were conducted at the house by Rev. Virden on Friday, after which the interment took place in the Chesterton cemetery. She has reference number 281. Parents: David Payne COLE and Lucy Jane GARVEY. She was married to Ambrose E. BUCKLEY on 29 Oct 1889 in Mason City, NE. (47) This Marriage Record confuses the issue by specifically spelling the bride's name as Jennie Stewart, both names that were spelled as Janey and Stuart on her previous Marriage Record. Children were: Cecil BUCKLEY. She was married to James H. STUART
on 20 Dec 1886 in Broken Bow, Custer Co., NE.(48)
This Marriage Record specifically records the bride's name as Janey H.
Cole and the groom's as Stuart, not Stewart as published in his obituary.
He was married to Myrtle Calista WILLIAMS on 26 Jun 1895 in Loup City, NE. Children were: Myrtle COLE, Harriet (Hattie) COLE, Matilda (Mattie, Birdie) COLE , Lois COLE, Calla Mae (Callie) COLE, Allen Payne COLE, Jennie Leota COLE, Jessie Ora COLE, Joseph C. COLE, infant COLE. She was married to MARSHALL in Elm Creek, Nebraska.
She was married to Christian
HAUCK on 21 Jan 1882 in Sherman Co., Nebraska.
(49) *Copy of marriage record from Sherman Co., NE vital records.*
17 March 1892 MRS. HATTIE C. LIGHTFOOT. Mrs. Hattie, wife of Alvin Lightfoot and daughter of Columbus C. Cole, was born Jan. 6, 1872, and died March 9, 1892, aged twenty years and two months. Whe was married in March, 1887. Two children were born to the union, both of whom preceded her to the land beyond the shadows. Mrs. Lightfoot was a member of the White Settlement M. E. church and a faithful and devoted Christian. Up to within a few days of her passing she cherished the hope that health would be restored to her, but when, growing steadily weaker, she became convinced that the end was at hand, she calmly and cheerfully resigned herself and spoke of her departure with the utmost composure. To her death had lost all terror. She knew to her it was but a birth into glorious immortality -- into a land of eternal sunshine and bloom. She has reference number 430. She had two children die in infancy, no other children Parents: Christopher Columbus COLE and Nancy Jane BROWN. She was married to Alvin LIGHTFOOT on 17 Mar 1889 in Porter Co., IN. She was married to Joseph BUTTERWORTH. He was married to Katherine PANKIEWICZ in 1936 in Gary, IN. Children were: Jerome Hubert COLE, Joan Katherine COLE, John Borman COLE, Shirley Charmaine COLE. Children were: Robert COLE, Raymond COLE . He was made surveyor of highways at Barnstable, and granted 100 acres of land at Acushauett. In 1667 with others he purchased of King Phillip 500 acres of land on the west bank of what was named for him Coles River. He was a shipwright and civil engineer, and many of the tracts of land of Swansea were surveyed by him. he was a slectman of Swansea for many years, and was representative and deputy to the general court in the years, 1773, '74, '75, '80, '83, '84, '85, '86, and '89. He was for years the friend of King Phillip (the Indian chief). Having veen requested by the Plymouth Colony Council to visit King Phillip and report the conditions made the following report: "Swansea, Apl. 1, 1671. Most Honorable Sirs: --Yours I received this day whereby I perceive you desire to know what posture the Indians are in. I do not find them to continue in a posture of war as they have been. I went to Mount Hope last second day on purpose to see their proceedings and was in many of their houses, but saw nothing as intending to war. But asking them of their reason of continuing together at Mt. Hope, they answered, it was to see Phillip's child buried, and I have seen some return, but the greater part of them are together. And they ghave as the reason, because the wind does so blow against them that they cannot go home with their canoes -- not else. Rest assured I am yours to command what I am able. "Hugh Cole." "Oct. 27, 1669." Hugh Cole was granted fifty acres of land lying between Manneonest Point and the Salt Marsh with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto him and his heirs forever. (Page 149, vol. 3, Plymouth Records.) He was granted by the court respecting his father's grant, he being an ancient freeman. Six score acres of land between the Mattapoiset River and the bounds of Acushassett. In June, 1675, at the commencement of the war with King Phillip, two of Hugh Cole's sons were made prisoners by the Indians and taken to Phillip at Mount Hope. Phillip ordered them set at liverty, because, as he said, Hugh Cole had always been his friend. He sent word to Hugh that he could no longer restrain his warriors, and for him to take his family and immediately remove to Rhode Island. This he did, and one hour afterward his home was in flames. While he had been on such friendly terms with Phillip, his was the first house burned, and Gershom Cole was the first person killed. After leaving his home Hugh Cole located at Portsmouth, R.I. The town records of Portsmouth show that, Oct. 12 1675, Hugh Cole was granted liverty to use some of the windfalls that are down to build a small frame, and to make wheels for the use of the townsmen for their money. Savage says: "Hugh was a segeant in the war against King Phillip." After the war in his election as representative he is always spoken of as sergeant. After the close of the war, 1677, he returned to Swansea and built a house a few rods from where Miss Abby Cole now lives. The well walled by him on the bank of the Kickemuit River is still there. This part of the land has descended by will, no deed having been made for it; it has never passed out of possession of the Cole family and is now owned by Miss Abby Cole. Part of the land owned by him in Swansea is now a part of Warren, R.I. He died in Swansea, Jan. 22, 1699, and was buried in the Southern extreme of Meadow Neck, now known as Howland Meadow in Barrington, in what is known as the Typer Point Cemetery. He had ten children, the first seven wer born in Plymouth, the other three in Swansea. He has reference number 688. Parents: James COLE and Marye TIBBES. He was married to Mary FOXWELL on 8 Jan 1654 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Children were: James COLE, Hugh COLE II, Mercy COLE, Experience COLE, John COLE, Martha COLE, Anna COLE, Ruth COLE, Joseph COLE, Ebenezer COLE, Mary COLE, Benjamin COLE. He was married to Elizabeth LETTUCE on 1 Jan 1689. He was married to Mary SHELLY on 30 Jan 1694 in Swansea, Massachusetts. He was married to Deborah BUCKLAND on 6 May 1681 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Children were: Deborah COLE, Hugh COLE III, Mary COLE, Joseph COLE, Lydia COLE, James COLE, Hannah COLE, Deborah COLE, Christian COLE, Bethiah COLE. When Emma Cole was pregnant with the twins, she already had teenaged children. George was very embarassed that the neighbors might think him "oversexed and promiscuous" to have gotten his wife pregnant later in life. But when it was found that twins were the result, he couldn't have been happier and would often sit in the front yard with Ida and Iva on his lap to let the world see his pride. Ida and Iva were identical twins and so much alike that even close family members had difficulty in telling them apart. Some found, however, that Ida was usually the happier of the two, with Iva looking more thoughtful and serious. Parents: George Jackson COLE and Emma Johanna CARLSON. She was married to James Taylor SMITH on 21 Dec 1928. Children were: Shirley May SMITH , Lucille Ann SMITH, Barbara Muriel SMITH, Laura Ethel SMITH. He was married to Susanna WHEATON on 5 May 1733 in Shaftsbury, VT. (54) Children were: Aaron COLE, Bethuel COLE. When I was younger, many older men would tell me of their attempts to date one of the twins. Evidently, it was not unknown that Ida and Iva would switch places on their dates and pretend to be the other without anyone ever catching on. There are many very becoming photos of the two together. Parents: George Jackson COLE and Emma Johanna CARLSON. She was married to Don Forrest DEHAVEN on 24 Mar 1929 in Woodville, Porter Co., IN. Children were: Don Laurence DEHAVEN, Carol May DEHAVEN, Kenneth Allen DEHAVEN, Martha Ann DEHAVEN. He was married to Sophia on 22 Nov 1939. Children were: John Frederick COLE, Kenneth COLE. This is the story of all those COLEs. Please feel free to add or correct by sending me email or writing me directly. Look around, maybe we're cousins! Some other COLE resource books: COLE Cole, Rev. David. Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catharine Serven, Married Oct. 15, 1764, at Tappan, Rockland (then part of Orange) Co., N.Y. (1876). 268 p. CS/71/C69/1876 COLE Cole, Frank T. The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America (Including Coles and Cowles). With Some Account of the Descendants of James Cole of Hartford, Connecticut, 1635-1652 and of Thomas Cole of Salem, Massachusetts, 1646-1672. (1887). CS/71/C69/1887 COLE Cole, Ernest B. The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth, 1633. Also a Record of the Families of Lieutenant Thomas Burnham of Ipswich, 1635; Lieutenant Edward Winship of Cambridge, 1635; and Simon Huntington of Norwich, England, 1635. With a Complete Record of the Cole, Coole and Cowle Families of America in the Revolution. (1908). CS/71/C69/1908 COLE Hardon, Henry W. Cole Family of Stark, New Hampshire. Descendants of Solomon Cole of Beverly, Massachusetts. (1932). CS/71/C69/1932 COLE Cole, Haydn S. Haydn Samuel Cole and His Ancestry, Being a Genealogical Study and a Reminiscent Sketch. (1935). CS/71/C69/1935a COLE Gillett, Kathryn M.C. Cole-Gillett Ancestry. Vol.I: Cole. (1963). CS/71/C69/1963/v.1 Parents: Jack Wilbur COLE and Catherine May GARRETT. He was married to Elaine Henrietta TOENSING on 5 Jun 1970 in Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL. Children were: Rebecca Leone COLE, Wendalyn Jennifer COLE. Jack Wilbur Cole, 72, passed away Saturday morning, May 2nd, 1992, at Porter Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident, he was born in Woodville (Liberty Township) June 27, 1919, to Valentine Rue Cole and Loretta May (Brown) Cole. He attended Cole's School and graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1939. In 1942 he entered the Pilot Training program of the U.S. Army Air Corps, subsequently seeing action in the African campaign. He piloted a B-17 in the bombing of Berlin, was shot down behind enemy lines, and returned to Allied lines by trading his equipment (including his shoes) for concealment. Following his discharge he married 1st Lt. Ruth L. Zuber at Chanute Field on October 5th, 1946. His wife preceded him in death last October. Following World War II, he made his home in Liberty Township and continued in the Air Force Reserve program, retiring in 1971 with the rank of Major. He worked as an armature winder at Gary Works, U.S. Steel, until his retirement in 1977. Jack was a member of St Patrick Catholic Church, a charter member and Past Commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2511, as well as a former member of the North Porter County Conservation Club. He is survived by two brothers: Don Clinton Cole, wife Hazel, and Lee Henry Cole, wife Bobbie; a son: Jack Timothy Cole, wife Elaine; and two granddaughters: Rebecca and Wendalyn - all of Chesterton and Liberty Township. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 5th, 4:00 PM to 8:00 at Edmonds and Evans Funeral Home. The VFW will present a short memorial service and will accompany the remains to Chesterton cemetery following a funeral service at 11:00 AM at Edmonds and Evans. He has reference number 167. Parents: Valentine Rue COLE and Loretta May BROWN. He was married to Ruth Lucille ZUBER on 5 Oct 1945 in Urbana, IL. He was married to Catherine May GARRETT in Jan 1939 in Porter Co., IN. Children were: Jack Timothy COLE . RESIDENCE-OBSOLETE: Highgate (suburban London) in 1616, Saco ME 1632, Plymouth MA 1633 OCCUPATION: "sayler", inkeeper, shoemaker. Best known as proprietor of Cole's Tavern on Cole's Hill in central Plymouth (Stratton) IMMIGRATION: Came on Ship Anne - landed Plymouth MA 1633 REF: The Great Migration Begins - eliminates Lobel and Saco ME info of earlier works and gives origins. REF: Am Patriots - FDR REF: Stratton, Plymouth Colony REF: English Origins of NE families v3 p781 about Mary Lobel's ancestry NEHGR NOTE: First settler of "Cole's Hill", Plymouth - area which includes Plymouth Rock. (The first burial ground of the Pilgrims) NOTE- in Plymouth in 1633 where he was a freeman the same year. was a sailor in Plymouth in 1634. Surveyor of highways in 1641 and 1644. Volunteer against Pequot Indians in 1637. Kept the first public house or Inn in Plymouth and one of the first in New England. It was conducted from 1633-1698 being run afterwards by his son James and then his son James. NOTE: Family story about shorting someone in a transaction..selling ale short weight.. Stratton says:.. fined for selling less than legal measure, presented for breach of the peace, fined for selling wine to an Indian etc. Wife Mary was fined with him on 2 Mar 1668/69 for sellinf strong liquors to an Indian and 3 pounds for allowing people to drink on Sunday during public worship (PCR-5:15) REF-DEATH-Q: Colonial Dames: MA, Surveyor, constable - gives death 1630 - but his last child was b. 1639 REF: Gentle Pioneers: shoemaker, innkeeper Plymouth. Taxed in 1633, freeman 1633. Proprietor, town officer. Kept the famous tavern. Lived on the side of the hill which still bears his name. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REF: Gentle Pioneers: shoemaker, innkeeper Plymouth. Taxed in 1633, freeman 1633. Proprietor, town officer. Kept the famous tavern. Lived on the side of the hill which still bears his name. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REF: Frank G. Hutcheon, 3 Turret Shell Lane, Hilton Head SC 29926 Volney A. Plumb, 2451 Olivera Rd. Apt C-10, Concord CA 94520 James P. Van Etten, 7 Beech Place, Woodbury NJ 08096 Barbara Ackerman, 1430 Warrington, Mt. Clemens MI 48043 Mary E. Jackson, 8051 Clark Rd., Bath MI 48808 Philip E. Scott, 6638 Walnutwood Circle, Baltimore MD 21212 John V. Killheffer, 41 Charlotte St., Somerset MA 02726 Brian J. Barry, PO Box 83-2130, Richardson TX 75083-2130 Lt. Col. R. F. Kirkpatrick (Ret), 2354 Windermere Lane, Orange City FL 32763 Anne Mueller 5 Cedar St., Camden ME 04843 REF: For Lobel/Cole info - see English Origins V III p 781 WIFE - Mary TIBBES-6779 REF: The Great Migration Begins REF: Second Supplement to Torrey REF: TAG 67:244 He died in 1688 in Plymouth, MA.(57) Date is taken from plaque on Cole's Hill, Plymouth, MA He was Internet Queries in 1998. At 08:57 AM 1/15/98 +0000, you wrote: >I saw the subject names in your surname list in the RSL. I thought perhaps >you might have a comment or two on the James COLE/Mary LOBEL or Mary TIBBES >confusion. Can you fill me in on the Highgate connection with the COLE >family? and share your LOBEL and FOXWELL information? >Thanking you in advance, >Tim Cole http://www.niia.net/~timcole > Tim, Your web site has more information than I have. It appears to me that Mary Tibbs is probably James' wife. I'm pasting my notes below and you might find something to ad to your file: Information from " The Decendants of James Cole of Plymouth, 1633", by Ernest Byron Cole, The Grafton press of New York, 1908. Some of his work is based on information supplied by Miss Asenath Wilbur Cole of Warren, RI. She had spent some time collecting records of the first four generations and decendants of Hugh Cole, the second son of James Cole of Plymouth. Many of the records from which this data was secured have since been destroyed. I am not sure James Cole was born in 1616 as Ernest claims he married Mary Lobel in 1624. It was claimed that earliest information obtained of James Cole dates from 1616 when he was living at Highgate. ____________________________________ From: Margaret J. Olson mjolson@prairienet.org Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 10:29:00 PDT First - William Cole of Eniskillen is no longer considered an ancestor of James Cole of Plymouth. Only a few early sources ever said that, as a matter of fact. Do you have access to the new "The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633" written for the NEHGS by Robert Charles Anderson. James Cole came from Barnstaple, Devonshire and married Mary Tibbes.o That out of the way - My descent is from James' son Hugh - down to my Grandmother, Lucy May Cole Russell. Most of my line lived in Swansea. I own my grandmother's copy of EB Cole's book. All the stuff before the 1st generation (James) is interesting - and I never gave it credence, though the Old King Coel reference which I also have from another place, is kind of fun. EB Cole's first generation - with Mary Lobel and her possible ancestry has been suspect for awhile, and I was really happy to see The Great Migration Begins give a definitive answer, even if it removed Mathieu d'Lobel from my line :-) ____________________________________________ Subject: Re: Cole/Foxwell Date: Sun, 24 Nov 96 16:35:36 EST From: Devon_Branca@mlsonline.com (Devon Branca) To: wfacuff@earthlink.net (Bill Acuff) I have Family Tree Maker-generated printouts from my cousin Dave Lehman who has researched this family. There are SEVENTY pages of names and dates starting with James Cole born about 1600....If you would like to contact Dave his e-mail address is: d_lehman@prodigy.com (he is going to college right now, so don't know if you will get a prompt reply). John didn't marry Sarah BUTTS until 8-15-1712 and all the children are through John and Susannah....see chart below for their names, etc. Hugh Cole I's children are also listed below. I descend through Hugh Cole II to his daughter Lydia Cole who married George Sisson II. I do belong to the Luther Family Association..Who do you descend from Samuel or Hezekiah? My descent from Capt. John is: John (1), Hezekiah (2), Hezekiah (3), Levi (4), Jonathan (5), Bethany Luther Sisson (6)...... Hope this helps. Thanks for your information. I have "talked" to Margaret Olson before. She is the one who sent me a few pages of "The Migration Begins". Your cousin Cheri ___________________________________________ On Foxwell, I have nothing to ad to what you already have, and I have nothing about Ann Sheely/Shelly. Regards, Bill. Reply to: Acuff@bigfoot.com He has reference number 683. The Barnstaple records spell Cole as Coale. Listed as "Freeman" in Plymouth in 1633. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [This following is disputed by recently found records in England but is included here] The earliest information obtained of James Cole whose name stands at the head of the family in America, dates from 1616, when he was living at Highgate, a suburb of London, England. He is spoken of a great lover of flowers, ... "...and it is probably due to this fact that he became acquainted with and married Mary Lobel, a daughter of the noted botanist and physician, Mathieu Lobel. Mathieu Lobel was born in Lille in 1538. He was the son of Jean De Lobel, a distinguished lawyer. Mathieu was a physician nt Montpelier, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland; he also practiced medicine in Antwerp, being attached as physician to William of Orange; from Antwerp he came to London, and became physician to James I. He was a great student of vegetable physiology, and was the author of a number of books upon medicinal plants. It was he who first discovered the medicinal qualities of the plant Lobelia, and gave the plant its name, using his own name and adding the letters "ia." He died in Highgate, London, March 2 1616.".... James Cole and ...Mary Lobel...[disputed] were married in 1624. Their first children, James and Hugh, were probably born in London. They came to Saco, Maine, in 1632, and the following year, 1633, located in Plymouth, Mass., where he was admitted as freeman the same year. He was known as a sailor. His name appears upon the tax list of Plymouth in l634; Jan. 2, 1636, he had a grant of ten acres of land; Jan. 2, 1637, the court deeded him seven acres of land to belon to his dwelling house. Three acres of land probably included all the land on the south side of Leydon Street, from tbe corner of Warren Street to the westerly line of the lot opposite the Universalist Church. His dwelling stood on the lot next below the Baptist Church. He was the first settler of and lived upon what is still known as "Cole's Hill," the first burial ground of the Pilgrims. This land probably included the ground upon which rests Plymouth Rock. In September, 1641, he had a grant of fifty acres of land at Lakenham meadow. In October, 1642, he had a further grant of land at the same place. In l662 a grant of land at Sacconet Neck. In l665 he had thirty acres of land on the west side of the Namuet River. He was surveyor of highways in the years, l64l, 42, 5l, and 52; was constable in 1641 and I644. In 1637 his name appears upon a list of volunteers against the Pequot Indians. Soon after his arrival at Plymouth he opened the ifrst inn or public house of plymouth, and one of it not the first, public house in New England. This house was kept as a public house by him and his son James until 1698. In 1668 he sold to his son James the land down to and including the lot upon which stands the Baptist Church. In 1689 his son James sold it to William Shurtliffe. I have been unable to find any record of the death of James Cole or his wife Mary. He was married to Marye TIBBES on 8 May 1625
in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.(58)
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He was married to Mary TILSON on 23 Dec 1652 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Children were: Mary COLE, John COLE, Nathaniel COLE, Ephraim COLE, Elizabeth COLE, Martha COLE, Joanna COLE, Hannah COLE. He was married to Abigail DAVENPORT in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Children were: Karen COLE.
She was married to Earl Dean RICHARDS on 30 Jun
1926 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Have an adopted son who is a professor at
Kalamazoo, MI.
He was married to Alma <?> in Sidney, Nebraska. He was married to Sharon Ann IRONS on 7 Mar 1959. Children were: Sheryl Frances COLE, Jeri Lee COLE, Gregory Allen COLE, Ann Marie COLE. He was married to KEE in Austin, Minnesota.
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