The Coles
Cole Cemetery
1930
1920
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Marshall Sr. (b. MS 1858)…was 62 (grave marker 2/13/1862-6/2/26 means 64 yrs old)
Laura Cole (b. MS 1857)..was.63 (grave marker 1860-1934 means 74 yrs old)
Marshall Jr. was 19. born 1901. (grave marker 7/16/1901-10/29/28 was only 27)
Grandson Bethel was 14 born 1906 in MS
Grandson Marshall was 12 born 1908 in OK
Lived in Lacey, Kingfisher, Oklahoma//he owned his own home.
They had 11 children:
Willie 1872
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1920 census:
Grover Vallard b. (1887-1971 grave marker 84 yrs old) …33 m. Dillie Cole (grave marker 1887-1847 means 60 yrs old) …32
children :
Elmer b. 1912 was 8 (graver marker 1912-1968 means 56 yrs old)
Sarah b. 1914 was 6
Melburn b. 1920 was six months
Live in Lacey, Kingfisher, Oklahoma/ he rented.
Dolan b. 1890 (grave marker says 1888-1970 means 82 yrs old)
1920 census:
Talmadge. 1893 or 1895 age 25
m. Alcine Cole
living with three sisters-in-law: Bernice Ratcliff 18; Orettia Ratcliff 14; Erma Parks 52;
Sylvester 1894
L.D. or T.D 1896
John b. 1897
Marshall 1902
Mary b. 1865
Herbert (grave marker 1885-1952 means 67 yrs old)
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1910 census:
Marshall was 54 and had been married since he was 15...according census married 39 years. (seems questionable) born 1856 ??
Laura was 48 and a mulatto and had 11 children.
1. Dolan ..20 years..b 1890 had Irene Cole married Guy..grandson posted on ancestry.com.
2. Sylvester 16, born 1894.
3. L.D. or T.D. was 14 or 15 years old—son. (poss Talmadge)
4. John was 13 year old…born1897 (? Grave marker 5/19/1895-11/5/1985 means 90 yrs old)
5. Marshall was 8 year old b. 1902…according to death record, he died Oct 29, 1926..this is a son not a grandson.
Bethel grandson was 4 years old..born 1906
Hughland Marshall grandson born in OK was 2 1908.
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1910 census
Grover Vallard was considered a mulatto and 22 year old and married almost a year to Dillie (B).
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1900
1900 Lauderdale Co, MS, 2-BT, page 182(all birthplaces shown as MS)Marshal Cole 41 farmer, married 21 yrsLaura (wife) 41 married 21 yrs, 10 kids, 10 living
1. May or Mag (dau) 22 farm laborer 1878
2. Sarah (dau) 19 farm laborer 1881
3. Hurbert (son) 16 farm laborer 1884
4. Vallot (son) 13 farm laborer 1887
5. Daniel (son) 12 farm laborer 1888
6. Sylvester (son) 9 1891
7. Pedee (son) 7 1893
8. Zeb (son) 5 1895
9. Stephen (son) 2 1898
WHERE IS WILLIE COLE??
1880 census:
Name: Laura A. Cole Residence: Daleville, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Birthdate: 1861 Birthplace: Mississippi, United States Relationship to Head: Wife Spouse's Name: Marshal Cole
Spouse's Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): Mulatto Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Female Martial Status: Married Age (Expanded): 19 years
Child Willie Cole M age 1 b. 1879
Occupation: Works On Farm NARA Film Number: T9-0653 Page: 135 Page
Character: C Entry Number: 103 Film number: 1254653 Household
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1870 census:
Stephen Cole b. 1835 …35 (black born in North Carolina)
Ann Cole…age 17 born in Mississippi
Marshall Cole…age 10
Mary Cole… age 5
Beck Cole …age 2
Based on the last child's age, Stephen’s wife may have died in 1867, 68, or 69 .
Nelly Brown age 18 (possibly Laura’s sister) b. 1852
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SLAVE SCHEDULES:
1860
1850
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Willie Cole
The oldest
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2/16/1872-8/1964
Sylvester Cole
Tall and dark
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6/5/1891-2/1973 in Las Vegas, NV
Census says he was born in 1894
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Talmadge Cole Sr.
Lived near a fish market
1900-1973 in Detroit
On 1920 census, he lived in OK and was 27, which means he was born in 1893.
Talmadge Jr., 6/19/26-1984
Detroit. Only 58 yrs old.
Possible
Talmadge Cole III
Lived in Las Vegas is where he died with daughter
Dolan Cole
Light Skin
Belleveer Street, elder in church, married, retired Ford Motor Co.
Left OK after Dust Bowl for Detroit
b. in MS in 1890 per 1920 census
d. 1970 AZ
Children: Herman, Recil, Irene
Dolan liked to wear a double breast suit. Sold land to Ford Motors ??
Grover V. Cole
Mulatto and short
Born 11/12/1887, Meridan, MS
Died 7/28/1971 in Hennessey, OK 73742
A mulatto in 1910.
5 children with Dillie Nichols. 3 children died before 1971.
One daughter: Sarah Henley of LA (7/21/1913?-1991?)
Son Melborne Cole of Detroit(? 10/1919-9/29/1998) 48221, Wayne, MI
At time of Melborne's death, he had 9 grand children and 10 great-grand children.
Herbert Cole
The youngest
Born Died? In Wichita, KS
Bethel m. Nellie (Hattie)
Both worked for Boeing.
Daughter, Uletha lived in CA
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John Cole
Worked for railroad
John m. Fannie
Born 5/19/1895- Died 11/5/1985
In Hennessey, Ok
Census says 1897,
John Jr.(Augustus now lives in TX)
m. Gloria
Tracey Cole (daughter and airlines)
?? Lee Andrews, Hennessey
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Mary Ann Cole
Married a Hubbard
She moved from Hennessey, OK to Detroit, MI to be with son, Marshall.
She was old in 1964.
Willie Cole Sr.
His descendants
1. Jim (oldest) m. Nancy
Laura, Ophelia, Herbert, Alberta, Jimmy, Calvin
2. Leroy B m. Gertie
Charlie, Mary, Katherine, George
3. Delmar (1900-1984?)
Naomi, Lydia, Annie, Jane, Lonnie, Mae, Emma, Dorothy, Willie, Earle Sr., William Sr., Diane, Mary Ann, Nancy
4. Willie Jr. twin to Florence 7/2/1903-10/13/20077, Beatrice
5. Florence 1903=1979
Willie, Laura, Henry, Julius, Olivia, Carl, James, Robert, Virginia, Wally, Earl, Alma (Peggy)
6. Lilly
Fannie, Bennie, Robert, Janre, Rosetta, Pervie "Scottie", Cleo, Leon, Mary Lee, Christine, Katherine, Teretha "Tee"
7. Lonnie 5/11/09-12/29/1993
Charlie Jr., Velma, Luella, Beatrice, Christine, Eugene, Hazel, Leo, Calvin, Kenneth twin to Leonard
8. Ross "Roscoe"
Dan, Roscie