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Biography & Historical Record of
Ringgold County, Iowa
Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1887, p. 254
Transcribed & submitted
by Sharon Becker
Ringgold County IAGenWeb
WILLIAM B. COLE
William B.
COLE, son of William and Elizabeth (BUCKINGHAM) COLE, was born in
Rock Island, Illinois, November 12, 1855. his father was born in
Killarney, Ireland, and in 1840 came to the United States, settling
in Massachusetts. In 1850 he went to California, where he mined till
1853, returning in that year to Massachusetts. The same year they
removed to La Salle County, Illinois, and soon after settled at Rock
Island. In 1858 or 1859 he removed with his family to Mercer County,
Illinois, and in 1864 went to Idaho, where he was engaged in mining
till 1868, when the family came to Ringgold County, Iowa. The
parents are now living in Jefferson Township. They had a family of
three children, of whom our subject is the only one living.
Their eldest son, Thomas, died in Idaho, aged twenty-three years,
and their son, John, aged at the age of four years.
William B. COLE, the subject of this sketch,
spent his youth in assisting his father on the farm, and received
his education in the common schools. He subsequently read law for a
time, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced his
profession for a while before the Justice, Circuit and District
courts. He is now devoting his attention to the duties of his farm
on section 16, Jefferson Township, where he has 142 acres of choice
land, and is meeting with success in his general farming and
stock-raising.
Mr. COLE was united in marriage May 22, 1876, to Miss
Viola BONEBRAKE, a daughter of the late Samuel W. BONEBRAKE. They
are the parents of four children - Ira T., Samuel C., Frederick H.,
and an infant son.
~ Additional source information is provided by Sharon Becker CC
Ringgold County IAGenWeb:
WPA Graves Survey
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