BIO:  Francis COLE, Menallen Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 474

FRANCIS COLE, lumberman and farmer, P.O. Arendtsville, was born September 13, 
1826, in Berkenour, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, a son of George and Elizabeth 
(Geltz) Cole.  They came to this country in August, 1830, and located in Green 
Township, Franklin County; thence moved to this county in 1840.  The father died 
in what is now Franklin Township, and was buried in the grave-yard belonging to 
the Church of St. Ignatius; the mother died in Franklin County, and was buried 
in the Catholic grave-yard at Chambersburg.  Francis was reared to agricultural 
pursuits and began life for himself as a farmer and lumberman.  At the age of 
eighteen, in company with his brothers, George and John, he took charge of the 
homestead.  May 18, 1854, he married Sarah A., daughter of William Devine; she 
died February 2, 1861, aged twenty-five years, the mother of the following 
children:  Mary E., born May 22, 1855; Jane A., born February 4, 1857; Sarah E., 
born March 4, 1859, died January 24, 1886; and Agnes, born January 21, 1861, 
died February 11 of the same year.  Mr. Cole married for his second wife, 
October 20, 1862, Mary P. Livers, a daughter of Arnold Livers, and she has borne 
him the following children:  William Edward, born August 11, 1863, died April 
15, 1864; John F., born May 25, 1865; Anna M., born January 19, 1868; William 
A., born November 17, 1869; Loretto C., born May 8, 1872; Regina C., born 
November 5, 1873; Charles I., born November 18, 1875; Edith G., born November 
11, 1878; James C., November 3, 1880; and Francis J., born October 25, 1882;  
Mr. Cole settled on his present place in 1856, and now owns 1,800 acres in 
Buchanan Valley.  He operates the saw-mill at the home-place, and manufactures 
125,000 feet of lumber annually, besides 50,000 plastering lath and 200,000 
shingles.  Politically he is a Democrat, but has never been an office-seeker.  
He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.