Married in Canada in 1843 and was living in Sanilac, Michigan in 1850. By 1860, they were living in Elba, Michigan, where he registered for the Civil War draft. He was only 45 when he died there in 1867.
Sources
1850 US Federal Census, Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan; Roll: M432_363; Page: 3B; Image: 11, Family Number: 159.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); ARC Identifier: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 3, Class: 2, Congressional District: 5th, Elba, Lapeer, Michigan. Image on Ancestry.
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8J-J21 : accessed 5 September 2015), William Cole, 15 May 1867; citing Lapeer, Michigan, reference 2; FHL microfilm 974,256.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: