Cole, J. B.

COLE, CORMANY

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COLE, J. B.
Farmer; S. 20: P. O. Greencastle; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 10, 1821; came to this county in 1855; owns eighty acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Married Catherine CORMANY Sept. 20, 1843; she was born in Ohio in 1823, died in Sept. 1860, leaving three children - Henry M., Alonzo, and Martha A.; the latter died Sept. 21, 1860. He is a Republican. Has been School Director and Township Trustee two terms. They are members of the Evangelical Association. Enlisted in the 40th I. V. I. in August 1862; was detailed to regimental hospital for two years, and St. John's hospital seven months; cooked for his company three months at Fort Smith, thence to Fort Gibson two months, where he was mustered out in 1865. ~ "Poweshiek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)