Cole, Edgar

COLE, BRACE

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Date: 10/9/2004 at 08:16:26

Source: The Biographical Record & Portrait Album of Webster & Hamilton Counties, Iowa 1888.

Edgar Cole, section 12, Rose Grove Township, was born in the State of New York, September 22, 1846, a son of Henry & Nancy Cole. When he was four years old his parents moved to Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated, remaining at home until after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. In March 1865, he enlisted and was assigned to and for a time was stationed at St. Louis, and from there was sent to guard the Union Pacific Railroad, remaining in the west about 6 months, where he was discharged and returned to Wisconsin. In 1866, he came to Iowa and lived in Hardin county three years, and in 1869 he moved to Hamilton County and bought eighty acres of land in Rose Grove Township, where he has lived since. He has added to his farm until it now contains 159 acres, and in addition to this he owns 141 acres in Hardin County. He has a good residence and other farm buildings, and his improvements are among the best in the township. Mr. Cole was married 15 March 1873 to Jennie Brace, a native of Columbia County, Wisconsin, a daughter of Lewis Brace, now of Hamilton County. They have five children- Alice Louise, Myrtle,Milton,Edith, & William H. In politics, Mr. Cole is a republican. He & his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.