Biographical Sketch of Lewis Cole, Jefferson County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Lewis Cole, farmer, of Plattin Township, was born near St. Joe Mines, then in Washington County, but now in St. Francois County, in the year 1832, and is the sixth of twelve children born to Joshua and Jane (Turley) Cole. (For further particulars of parents, see sketch of Joshua Cole). Lewis was reared under the parental roof, and was obli- ged to walk six miles to obtain an education, which was rather limited. He served about six months in the Confederate army under Col. J. Thomp- son, of Gen. Price's army, in 1861, and operated principally at Belmont. He was married in 1863, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William and Mary Shelley, formerly of Robertson County, Tenn., but who came to St. Fran- cois County, when Mrs. Cole was about nine years old. Of the twelve children born to Mr. Cole and wife, five are now living: Albert S., Eva A., Ida L., Minnie L. and Newman F. Mr. Cole lived two years in St. Francois County, and in 1865 removed to Audrain County, where he re- mained one year. He then came to Jefferson County and settled three miles west of Rush Tower (where he has 380 acres of land, 100 acres under a good state of cultivation, all the result of his own labor), engaging in farming and mining and when in Audrain County he was em- ployed as an overseer. He is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was for James Buchanan, in 1856. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================