SHERMAN GENEALOGY: Allied family COLE 3
Alonzo J Sherman, 308 W Dwight, Oscoda MI 48750, 989-739-3650, <>
NATHAN6 COLE
1779. Nathan Cole was born in MA (1850 Census).
1781. Polly Cole (Cole) was born in MA (1850 Census), may have also been called Mary Cole.
c1800. Nathan and Polly were married.
1804. Nathan and Polly moved from the town of Winfield in Herkimer Co NY to the town of Pamelia in Jefferson Co NY, which is about 12 miles N of Watertown NY on SR-37. It is not clear if they moved to the town of Pamelia or the township of Pamelia: In NY state townships are called towns.
1812. During the war of 1812 they lived near a blockhouse to which the children were taken whenever there was a rumor the British were coming.
1850. Census of LeRay Town/Twp of Jefferson Co NY indicates: Nathan Cole age 72, farmer, $2,500 real estate owned, born MA; Polly Cole age 69, born in MA (p128/d343/f349); Chauncey Cole age 37, born in NY; Esther Cole age 35, born in NY; Elimira Cole age 17, born in NY; Sanford Cole age 15, born in NY; Serena Cole age 13, born in NY; Pembroke Cole age 8, born in NY; Raselus [Rassealus] age 7, born in NY; James Oscar Cole age 5, born in NY; June Cole age 4, born in NY; Leona B Cole age 11/12, born in NY (p128/d343/f350). Chauncey is Nathan's son and Esther is Chauncey's wife. Sanford, James Oscar & June are probably Chauncey & Esther's children, but are not confirmed by a second source as the other children are.
1854. Aug 8th, Polly Cole (Cole) died, buried in Sanford Corner Cemetery in Jefferson Co NY, which is about 8 miles N of Watertown NY on US-11.
1861. Jul 8th, Nathan died, buried in Sanford Corner Cemetery.
Gen Reference: The Cole Family, unpublished manuscript compiled by Josephine Cole Beckwith (JCB) and her daughter L Maude Beckwith (Collins), undated. Copy at Flower Memorial Library, Watertown NY 13601.
Note. Nathan Cole not shown in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) at the Allen County Public Library, FtWayne IN (March 1996).
5 Brothers & Sisters of Nathan Cole (3-5 are half brothers/sisters)
1. Ezra Cole.
2. Sabria Cole.
3. Ruby Cole (Eaton) married James Eaton, had daughter Sarah Eaton.
4. John Cole.
5. Nnice (sic) Cole (Williams). (Gen Ref: JCB).
3 Sisters of Polly Cole (Cole):
1. Sally Cole (Gowings). 6 Children:
1. Gustus Gowings. 2. Clairca Gowings. 3. Mary Gowings. 4. Harrell Gowings. 5. Laura Gowings. 6. Rossella Gowings.
2. Olive Cole (Eaton). 4 Children:
1. Dayton Eaton. 2. Walter Eaton. 3. Hannah Eaton. 4. Maranda Eaton.
3. Anna Cole (Cornwell). 7 Children:
1. Ezra Cornwell. 2. George Cornwell. 3. Harrison Cornwell. 4. Nelson Cornwell. 5. Lucy Cornwell (Walton). 6. Clarenda Cornwell (Sieber or Seeber). 7. Maranda or Salina Cole (Ashley).
16 Children of Nathan & Polly Cole (JCB):
1. Amanda7 Cole (Dayton). Married Benjamin Dayton could be spelled Dighten. 6 Children:
1. Diantha8 Dayton (Gillet).
2. Mary8 Dayton (Hubbard), 4 children:
1. Martin9 Hubbard.
2. Amanda9 Hubbard (Pride).
3. Eldred9 Hubbard.
4. Elva9 Hubbard.
3. Fletcher8 Dayton.
4. Francis8 Dayton.
5. Franklin8 Dayton.
6. Eldred8 Dayton.
2. Lucy7 Cole (Stewart), was born Jul 19 1802 in Town of Winfield in Oneida Co NY. Married Feb 1 1820 to Wm Stewart. Lucy Cole (Stewart) died 1902 and is buried in Evans Mills, which is about 12 miles N of Watertown NY on US-11. 2 Children:
1. Mary8 Stewart (Goulding) married Amos Goulding in 1843 and she died in 1908. Apparently there are no descendants as she bequeathed her Bible and other personal things to Josephine Cole (Beckwith), daughter of her brother Charles (See 14th child below).
2. Sanford8 Stewart.
3. Philip7 Cole was born Apr 24 1804. Married 1st Mary Countryman who was born Jan 2 1814. Married 2d Clarissa Thompson. Philip died Jan 1 1883 and Clarissa died Mar 17 1883. 11 Children:
1. Catherine8 Cole.
2. Mary8 Cole (Pierce). Married Wm C Pierce. 2 Children:
1. Chester9 Pierce was married to a woman named Taylor. 1 Child:
1. Kittie10 Pierce (Clark) married Frank Clark, daughter Dorothy11 Clark.
2. Candace9 Pierce (Fergerson) married Frank Fergerson. 5 Children:
1. Clayton10 Fergerson.
2. William10 Fergerson.
3. Pierce10 Fergerson.
4. Nellie10 Fergerson.
5. Candace10 Fergerson.
3. Minerva8 Cole (Clute) married Nick Clute. Had a little girl that died young.
4. Nancy8 Cole (Rawson), had child Charley Rawson.
5. Lucy8 Cole (Southwell). 4 Children:
1. Minnie9 Southwell (Snell) married Gordon Snell.
2. Maude9 Southwell (Fox).
3. Elsie9 Southwell.
4. Fred9 Southwell.
6. Tomson8 Cole.
7. Elsa8 Cole (Southwell).
8. Clarissa8 Cole (Hoover) was born 1850 married George Hoover in 1872. Called Clara. Lived near Chauftys Corners. Clarissa died 1915. Daughter Ebie Hoover.
9. Estella8 Cole (Townsend) married W Townsend.
10. John8 Cole lived in Watertown NY.
11. Nathaniel8 Cole died at age 20.
4. Polly7 Cole (Cooper) was born 1805, married Rana Cooper, and died 1903.
1. Francis8 Cooper.
5. Emiley7 Cole (Rappole) married Dec 13 1829 to Daniel Rappole, this was his 2nd wife. 4Children:
1. Mary8 Rappole (Hough).
2. Elize8 Rappole (Zoller) married Pierce Zoller. Elize also called Harriet.
3. Emily8 Rappole was born c1837 and died Jun 6 1919, 82 years old.
4. Frank8 Rappole married Ada Nash Oct 5 1870. 5 Children:
1. Kate9 Rappole (Brucker), no living children;
2. Jessie9 Rappole (Parish).
3. Louis or Lewis9 Rappole.
4. F LeRoy9 Rappole.
5. John9 Rappole.
6. Olivia7 Cole (Weed) married Truman Weed, 2 children.
7. Chauncey7 Cole was born c1813 and married Esther Hoover. See the 1850 census above. Chauncey died Apr 30 1876 at age 63 and Esther died Jun 5 1879 at age 64. Chauncey and Esther and their children Henry and Rassealus are buried in Sanford Corner NY Cemetery. 10 children born in NY:
1. Elmira or Almira8 Cole was born c1833
2. Sanford8 Cole was born c1835.
3. Serena8 Cole was born c1837.
4. Henry8 Cole was born 1839 and died Nov 1 1888 age 49 years.
5. Pembroke8 Cole was born c1842.
6. Rassealus8 Cole was born c1843.
7. James Oscar8 Cole was born in c1845.
8. Leana8 Cole, probably Leona B8 Cole who was born c1849.
9. Clinton8 Cole.
10. Esther8 Cole.
8. Silas7 Cole. See page 7 for details.
9. Francis7 Cole married 1842 to Hannah Eaton from Brownville NY which is about 2 mile NW of Watertown NY. Hannah was born 1816. 3 Children:
1. Alfred8 Cole was killed in the Civil War.
2. Irving8 Cole was born 1849 and died 1932. 8 Children:
1. Fred9 Cole.
2. Frank9 Cole.
3. George9 Cole.
4. Claude9 Cole.
5. Charles9 Cole.
6. Nettie9 Cole (Cregan).
7. Stella9 Cole (Reed), married Fred Reed and had 3 children:
1. Ruth10 Reed.
2. Doris10 Reed who died single.
3. Mildred10 Reed (Priest) who had 2 sons with only one shown:
1. Richard11 Priest who married Nancy Wager.
8. Nellie9 Cole (Reed) married Fred Reed (sic), no children.
3. Edwin8 Cole and 1st wife Mertie Daniels, 2d wife Frences (sic) Reed. 4 Children.
1. Edwin9 Cole Jr, by 1st wife.
2. Don9 Cole, by 2nd wife.
3. Ross9 Cole, by 2nd wife. Unmarried.
4. Leone9 Cole, by 2nd wife. Unmarried.
10. Angeline7 Cole (Raleigh). Angeline Cole and Elias Raleigh both of Bayham [Elgin Co ON] married May 14 1845; witnesses were Granson Cole [brother Charles Grandison Cole] and Reubin Andrews (London District Marriage Record v1p128). Also reported spelled Rowley.
1. William8 Raleigh.
11. Cynthia7 Cole was born Dec 2 1819 and died Mar 6 1843.
12. Mary Ann7 Cole (Torry). Had son Levi Torry.
13. Dempster7 Cole. Had children Directus Cole & Jennie Cole.
14. Charles Grandison7 Cole was born at Pamelia NY Sep 13 1825. Married Aug 26 1846 to Sophia Townsend, who was born Jul 11 1825 (London District Marriage Record v1 p128). 1847-1866 they lived in Eden in Bayham Twp Elgin Co ON, after which they returned to the US [probably NY] (100 acres, N 1/2 of Lot 25 Concession IX Bayham Twp Elgin Co). Eden is only 12 miles S of Norwich ON where Emeline Cole and William R Sherman were married: Emeline is the daughter of Charles's brother Silas (See child number 8 above). 5 Children:
1,2,3. Unnamed8 Cole died at birth or early infancy.
4. Josephine P8 Cole (Beckwith) was born May 30 1852. Married Dec 24 1871 to Millard Cleon Beckwith by Geo Rockwell. 3 Children:
1. L Maude9 Beckwith (Collins).
2. Winferd G9 Beckwith.
3. Blanche P9 Beckwith (Quartz).
5. Mary Amanda8 Cole (Bolton) was born Apr 29 1855. Married James Bolton.
1. Edith9 Bolton (Shannon) [unclear, Shannon could have been her middle name].
15. William7 Cole was born Aug 23 1829, married in MN to Urena Ulvin. 4 Children:
1. Lucy8 Cole (Brown).
2. Alice8 Cole (Brown).
3. Nameless8 Cole.
4. Ezra8 Cole. (Gen Ref: JCB).
Note. The 1880 Co Map of San Fran Twp Carver Co MN shows a W Cole and a William Cole in sections 20, 29 & 30, which is about 15 miles E of Norwood MN on the MN River. <Check 1870, 1875 & 1880 censuses to confirm this is the correct person>.
Also on the above 1880 map, in sections 4,5 & 8 in Young America Twp in Carver Co MN is a Nathaniel Cole family (relationship unknown), this is 2 miles W and 1 mile N of Norwood MN.
The 1870, 1875 & 1880 censuses indicate: Nathaniel Cole farmer, born 1815 in CT, both parents born in CT; Mary Cole born 1818 in OH; Silas Cole born 1849 in IN; Martha Cole born 1852 in IN; Emily Cole born 1857 in MN; Ida Cole born 1858 in MN; Emma Cole born 1860 in MN; Jured Cole born 1802 in CT, both parents born in CT; Orpha Cole born 1809 in CT. It is possible Nathaniel & Jured are brothers.
A 1882 Carver Co History indicates Nathaniel Cole came from Warwick Co IN in 1856 and had a brother named Alfred Cole that lived near by. In 1859 Nathaniel was elected as Justice of the Peace for the town of Young America. In 1858 a John Cole was elected constable for the town of Watertown MN. (Copy at Carver Co Historical Society, 119 Cherry St, Waconia MN 55387).
16. Olivia7 Cole died at age 10 months.
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SILAS7 COLE.
1813. Lucy Steel was born in NY State (date from cem/WT; location from 1860 Census & JCB).
c1814. Silas Cole was born in Town/Twp of Pamelia in Jefferson Co NY, The town is located about 10 miles NW of Watertown NY (JCB).
1820+. Much of the following information about Silas Cole will not apply, but at this time it is research material to help find his location(s) from 1820 on, and his place and date of death.
1820. Census Index indicates a Silas Cole in OH (LDS/AIS).
c1830. Silas and Lucy were married.
1830. Census Index indicates a Silas Cole in CT, MA, NH, OH, PA & VT (LDS/AIS).
1830/50. Silas Cole does not appear in the Land Record Index or the Biographical and Genealogical Index of the Archives Of ON (letter from Archives, Oct 13 1988).
1834. Oct 12th, daughter Emeline Cole born in NY (1870 & 1900 Censuses) or in Canada (1880 Census), see below.
1840. Census index of New York State lists two Silas Coles: (1) LeRay Town/Twp in Jefferson Co (LDS/AIS p26), and (2) Wales Town/Twp in Erie Co (LDS/AIS p297). Neither were listed earlier in the 1830 or later in the 1850 census index. There were also Silas Coles listed in CT, IN, MA, NH, OH, PA, RI, & VT (LDS/AIS). <check Tuscola Co MI>.
1840. Census of LeRay Town/Twp Jefferson Co NY indicated a Silas Cole family: The age groups in the census matched Silas, his wife Lucy, and 4 oldest children named Benjamin, Emeline, Charlotte and Willard (p26).
1840. Census of Tuscola Co MI indicated no Silas Cole. Census of Lapeer Twp (all of the NW corner of county) Lapeer Co indicates no Silas Cole, but a Rueben Cole family with 8 males and 2 females (p20).
1841. <Check censuses for Oxford & Elgin Counties ON.
1845. <check census for State Census, Tuscola Co MI>.
1847. Son Alfred born in Michigan (1870, 1880 & 1910 Censuses below).
1847/66. Silas's brother Charles Grandison Cole lived near the village of Eden in Elgin Co ON, after which they returned to the US (100 acres, N 1/2 of Lot 25 Concession IX Bayham Twp Elgin Co). Eden is only 12 miles S of Norwich ON where Silas' daughter Emeline Cole and William R Sherman were married.
1848/55. Apparently they lived in West Canada (Ontario) as some of their children were born there, Lucy Cole born 1848 and Willard Cole born 1855 (1860 Census of Attica Twp Lapeer Co MI).
1850. Triplets were born, they died young (JCB).
1850. Morality Schedule for MI had 9 Coles, but no Silas.
1850. Census Index for MI indicates no Silas Cole in the State, but in Washington Twp Macomb Co it indicates a Lucy M Cole on p137. <check census for Lucy>.
1850. Census index indicated there were Silas Coles in the states of IN, MA, MI (Cass Co) MO, NH, OH, PA and RI (LDS/AIS). Check of actual censuses indicated all were the wrong family.
1850. The following census was interesting because of the given names, but wrong family. Census of Stark Twp Coos Co NH indicated: Silas Cole age 35, farmer; Lucy M Cole age 35; Emeline Cole age 14; Fanny Cole age 11; Ralph [unclear] Cole age 9; Seth Cole age 6; Lucinda Cole age 3; all born in NH (p140/d117/f48).