William Cole (1775 - 1858)

Born 5 Feb 1775 in Frederick, Montgomery, Maryland

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1858 at age 83 in Crawford, Ohio, United States

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Research Notes

Biography

William Cole was a Hollander (Dutchman).
Came to Auburn township, Crawford county, from Washington County, Pa., during the early part of the last century.
William Cole was a farmer, and the first Justice of the Peace in Auburn township. On one occasion, having no paper in the house, he used a pumpkin for a court docket. William Cole was a great wolf trapper. He caught large numbers of them and sold the pelts. He was also a good fighter, and was never whipped.

He was a Methodist, and they held their meetings in the barn. He believed that to whip was according to Scriptures.
He was the first settler in Richland County and cleared a farm of 160 acres. He built a little cabin when bears, wolves, deer an Indians were plentiful.
At the age of seventy, his arm was so mangled that it had to be amputated.
He was a Democrat until the war, and then became a Republican. He was a member of the United Brethren church, and was opposed to secret societies.
He had a kind word and a warm sympathy for every one he met and commanded the respect of all who knew him.
He was the father of sixteen children, the sixth of whom was Mrs. Ramsey. He never whipped any of them with anything except a stocking.^[1]

Source

1. ↑ Evening Telegraph Daily Forum, Margaret Ramsey Obituary (22 Feb 1916)

See generally:

Primary Sources:

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Ancestry.com)
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDB-431 : 8 December 2014), William Cole and Catherine Kindred, 28 Mar 1847; citing Crawford, Ohio, United States, reference vol 3 p 3 n 823; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 388,676.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3G-59S : 9 November 2014), William Cole, Auburn, Crawford, Ohio, United States; citing family 149, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave Memorial# 8900256

Secondary Sources:

• Ancestry Family Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23028733&pid=1851497704
• Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, Number of Souls, With Names and Ages, ---- Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland, August 1776: Section now Embraced in Montgomery County in Maryland records, colonial, revolutionary, county and church, from original sources (1915): p. 201, https://archive.org/stream/marylandrecordsc01brumuoft#page/200/mode/2up
• Evening Telegraph Daily Forum, Margaret Ramsey Obituary (22 Feb 1916)