Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Cole, Roy Emmett 1885 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

ROY EMMETT COLE

    The prestige afforded by lineage of honored pioneer strain, illumined by
personal prominence resultant from intelligent activities, bestows increased
importance upon the standing of Mr. Cole, who as county treasurer of Yolo
county, enjoys distinction as one of the youngest county officials in the state
in point of years, and is the youngest county treasurer in the entire
commonwealth. In point of fidelity to his trust and devotion to his duty he is
surpassed by no other incumbent of the office in any part of the state, nor do
the records of the past in his own county furnish the name of any treasurer more
capable than he or more intelligently active in protecting the financial
interests of the county. Whatever of success he already has attained it may be
attributed to his own unaided exertions, for he had no help in starting out for
himself and only his own resolute force of purpose enabled him to obtain an
excellent education, for the family, although highly respected, possessed little
means and naturally the struggle for a livelihood was constant.

    The paternal grandfather of Mr. Cole, John B. Cole, was born in Kentucky.
Later years found him in Iowa, and still later, in 1852, he came to California
with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, William and David, and
settled on a farm in Yolo county, and here he and his wife passed away. Before
her marriage the grandmother was Julia Jacobs, a native of Missouri. David V.
was born while his parents were living in Iowa and he was still a small child
when removal was made to California in 1852. During young manhood he went to
Oregon, having previously married Eliza Anderson, who was born in Sacramento
county, the daughter of William Anderson. The latter was born in Missouri and in
young manhood, about 1852, came to California. Here he married Drucilla Swinney,
also a native of Missouri. Mr. Anderson died in Oregon, and his wife still makes
her home in Gilliam county, that state. Returning to California about the year
1893, David V. Cole settled near Capay, Yolo county, but since 1902 has made
Woodland his home.

   Roy E. Cole was born in Gilliam county, Ore., September 20, 1885. After
completing the studies of the country schools he entered the Woodland high
school and in 1906 was graduated from that institution. Later he studied in the
Woodland Business College. An examination in which he received credits unusually
high enabled him to secure a teacher's certificate and he then began to teach in
the Eureka district. At the close of the term he was engaged as principal of the
Cacheville school. In 1910 he entered the campaign for the nomination on the
Democratic ticket for county treasurer and in the primaries won the nomination
over two competitors, both of whom were popular and capable. He was elected by a
good majority and took the oath of office January 2, 1911. Since entering upon
his official duties he has given his attention closely to the work and has
proved his fitness for the position. Among business men, as among his
schoolmates in earlier life, he has been popular. It is said that the young men
who have known him throughout the most of his life are his most ardent
champions. In boyhood they learned to rightly estimate his personal worth. His
sterling qualities of mind and heart they have recognized. Their appreciation of
his companionship Las been constant as also their regard for his genial
temperament and his persevering industry. Older people, witnessing the
self-denial of his early .struggles and the honest impulses governing his acts,
have become his friends and tender to his official career their zealous support.

   Mr. Cole was married in Yolo county June 17, 1911, to Miss Louise Brownell, a
native of Yolo county and the daughter of William and Ione (Hayes) Brownell,
pioneers of the county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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