Florentine Cole
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Florentine T. Cole (1847 - 1912)

Florentine T. "Judge" Cole
Born in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USAmap
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Died at age 64 in Beauregard, Louisiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

Florentine Cole was born to Stephen Cole and Nancy Mitchell Simmons in Calcasieu, Louisiana in the summer of 1847.[1]

When he was 18 years old he enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the Cavalry Scouts of the United States, a volunteer unit from Calcasieu Parish.[2]

Florentine Cole died on March 12, 1912 [3] and is buried at Smyrna Cole Cemetery, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-W4H : 12 April 2016), Florentine Cole in household of Steven D Cole, Calcasieu parish, part of, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing family 606, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [Note that Florentine is mistakenly counted as 'female' here.]
  2. ↑ "Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FF18-YNG : 4 December 2014), Florentine Cole, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State Of Louisiana," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit First Battalion, Cavalry Scouts, NARA microfilm publication M396 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 11.
  3. ↑ Cole-6065.jpg
  4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2019), memorial page for Florentine T. “Judge” Cole (13 Jul 1847–12 May 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #6813922, citing Smyrna Cole Cemetery, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .




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