COLE, Jesse J.

COLE, GILMORE

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 16:08:44

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

Jesse J. Cole, firm of Harroun & Cole, blacksmiths, Fifth avenue; was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1835; lived there until 20 years of age; he came to Iowa and located in Clinton in March 1856, and learned his trade here; he served in the army two years, in the 20th I. V. I.; he has been engaged in business here since 1870. He married Miss Margaret Gilmore, of this city, in 1865.