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William Lewis COLE

William Lewis COLE

Male 1870 - 1951  (81 years)


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  • Name William Lewis COLE
    Birth 1 Aug 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as August 1871.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 4, 5] 
    Residence Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Death 22 Oct 1951  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Point Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Fallen Timber, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I20002  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2018

    Father William Franklin COLE,   b. 9 May 1849, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Mother Mary Sophia BODE,   b. 15 Aug 1848, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F8860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Columbia Jane "Lummie" VANVERTH,   b. 1 Sep 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1938, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [7]
    Marriage 29 May 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      William Cole, 28, b. Aug 1871, farmer, married 6 yrs; wife Columbia J, 23, b. Sep 1876, married 6 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); dau Mary S, 4, b. Aug 1895; son Roy D, b. Dec 1896; dau Emma L, 1, b. Sep 1898; mother-in-law Mary A. Behrens, 82 (corrected from 92), b. Mar 1818 (corrected from 1808) in Germany, immigrated in 1832, widowed.
      (NOTE: Mary A. Behrens was actually William's grandmother-in-law, his wife's maternal grandmother. The birth date on her headstone is March 12 1808.)

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910 at Sand Fork Creek:
      William Cole, 39, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Lummie, 35, married 15 yrs, mother of 7 children (all still living); dau Mayme, 14; son Roy, 13; dau Lisett, 11; son Wilmer, 8; dau Charlotte, 5; dau Stella, 2; son Edmond, 3 months; father-in-law Henry Vanverth, 85, b. Germany, immigrated in 1866, natuarlized, widowed,
      (NOTE: The 1866 immigration date for Henry Vanverth cannot be correct, since he was enumerated in the 1860 Census in Doddridge County. That may have been the year that he became a naturalized citizen.)

      Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Nov 23 1916, in its entirety:
      "Ben Staarman and W. L. Cole, two prosperous farmers of Cove District, were in town Tuesday evening with a wagon load of turkeys, which they disposed of at good prices."
    Children 
    +1. Mamie S. COLE,   b. 14 Aug 1895   d. 25 Jun 1989, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     2. Roy Delsworth COLE,   b. 11 Dec 1896, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1918, Camp Lee, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    +3. Emma Lisette COLE,   b. 16 Sep 1898, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1995, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    +4. Wilmer Monroe COLE,   b. 31 Jan 1902   d. 3 Feb 1966, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +5. Charlotte Rosalia COLE,   b. 10 May 1904, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1997 (Age 93 years)
    >6. Stella May COLE,   b. 3 May 1907, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1970, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +7. Edmond Glenn COLE,   b. 23 Dec 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1989, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +8. William Henry COLE,   b. 28 Apr 1912   d. 17 Jan 1992 (Age 79 years)
    +9. Gladys Virginia COLE,   b. 20 Feb 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 2012, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Photos
    20002_COLE_William-Lummie-Mamie-Roy_1897.jpg    		20002_COLE_William-Lummie-Mamie-Roy_1897.jpg
    Documents
    20002_WilliamLCole_LummieVanVerth_MarriageRecord_29May1894.jpg    		20002_WilliamLCole_LummieVanVerth_MarriageRecord_29May1894.jpg
    Family ID F7361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Family of Henry VanVerth's daughter Columbia Jane 'Lummie' & William Lewis 'Will' Cole, Leopold, Dod    		Family of Henry VanVerth's daughter Columbia Jane "Lummie" & William Lewis "Will" Cole, Leopold, Dod
    20002_WilliamLewisCole_PointPleasantBaptChCem_FallenTimber_DoddridgeCoWV.JPG    		20002_WilliamLewisCole_PointPleasantBaptChCem_FallenTimber_DoddridgeCoWV.JPG

    Documents
    20002_COLE_WilliamLewis_1870-1951_DeathRecord.jpg    		20002_COLE_WilliamLewis_1870-1951_DeathRecord.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792607&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    5. [S2118] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    6. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    7. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792607&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as W. L. Cole, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Lummie Vanworth, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 29 1894 "in the public highway," officiated by John S. Riblett, a Minister of the Gospel. Informants for marriage license: Henry Vanworth & W. L. Cole.
      999999_Horseback-Weddings_In-the-Public-Highway.txt      		 999999_Horseback-Weddings_In-the-Public-Highway.txt