Coles, James C. (1805-1885)

COLES

Posted By: Joyce Newton (email)
Date: 3/17/2007 at 09:21:35

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.619

COLES, JAMES, farmer, Liberty Township, Sec. 30; P.O. Madora; born November 28, 1805, in Berks county, Pa.; moved with his parents to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1807; came to this county in the fall of 1852, and settled on his present home, where he owns 120 acres of land; is one of the oldest settlers in the township; he helped to organize the first township and voted at the first election held in it; sent four sons to the army, two of them dying in the service of their country; named the township in which he lives, Liberty; married, January 6,1831, Mary Pierson, a native of Pennsylvania; had eleven children: W.B., Amos, Jesse, Levi, Lydia J., Benj. P., Barton, Elizabeth E., and Phebe A.; Benj. and Barton are dead; the last two died in the army.