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Cole Family Photo Collection
From the collection of Michele Komora
The Cole family moved to the St. Joe/Elkhart area a few years after Geo W. Cole was killed Bion went west and became a newspaperman. A book was written about this family by Elizabeth Rogers Kellogg.
Geo Claimed to be born in Ohio
Story goes that the 5 children maybe more but the 5 kept in
touch, were on a wagon train heading west and it was attacked by
Indians and the parents killed (the parents may have been a
marriage of white and Indian) the children were taken in by
different families and separated. They were supposedly too young
to remember who there parents were in later years or where they
were born Died in Battle of Champion's Hill 1863
Marriage
Name: George M. Cole Spouse Name: Mary E. Rager Marriage Date: 21
Oct 1849 Marriage County: Wabash Performed By: J. P. John
Aughinbough Source Title 1: Wabash County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriage Records 1835 - 1854 Pt. I : 1835-1840
Pt. Source Title 3: Compiled by Wabash County Historical
Musuem Book: A OS Page: 133
Military Service
Name: George W Cole, Residence: North Manchester,
Indiana Enlistment Date: 15 November 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served:
Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 598
598 Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 15 November
1861 Enlisted in Company B, 47th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 15
November 1861. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 22
October 1862 effective 22 October 1862 Killed Company B,
47th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 16 May 1863 in Champion's Hill,
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Here is a link for Wabash county Native BION COLE
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Legislature/1901/pages/nelg0166.htm
The five orphans were Mary, Mahala, Leonard, Alexander, Geo. W. (Bion's father ) Rhoda Cole was a deaf mute.
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Started: Monday, October 01, 2007
Updated: Saturday, March 09, 2013 03:06:00 PM