Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....Cole, Samuel 1856 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  SAMUEL COLE, the oldest of the children of Alfred and Hettie (Snyder) Cole, was
  born February 25, 1856, in Cherry Mills, Sullivan county, and attended the
  public schools until fourteen years of age, at which time he secured a position
  as clerk in the general store of Dr. J. M. Heacock, with whom he remained six
  years. He then entered the general store of Wells & Ackley and was with them for
  nine years. In February, 1886, he purchased a half interest in the hardware
  store of James Cunningham, and with him conducted the business for five years,
  when he bought out his partner's interest and became sole owner of the
  establishment, which he has successfully carried on ever since.
  
      Mr. Cole was married January 15, 1885, to Miss Kate R. Wagner, daughter of
  Rev. R. S. and Lydia Wagner, of Philadelphia, and they have three children, Emma
  K., Samuel H. and Alfred A. Mrs. Cole is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran
  church and a most estimable woman. Mr. Cole has always held a prominent place in
  his community, has been burgess of Dushore borough for three terms, and is a
  member of the town council. He was appointed receiver of the Dushore Industrial
  Works in 1888 and assignee for the Bigger, Young & Company foundry and machine
  shops, a business he settled up and turned over to Bigger Brothers. He has the
  finest hardware store in the county, located at the corner of Water and Turnpike
  streets, and manufactures tin and copper ware, does plumbing, pipe-fitting,
  roofing, etc. He owns a half interest in the lot at the corner of Railroad and
  Water streets, on which are located two stores, a saloon, a meat market, barber
  shop and the handsome residence of the late Dr. W. W. Waddell. Mr. Cole is a
  stockholder in the Dushore Bank and has a pleasant residence on Church street.
  He is a member of Deegan Camp, No. 90, Sons of Veterans, in Athens, Pennsylvania.
  
      Isaiah Cole, grandfather of our subject, was a son of Ezekiel Cole, and was
  born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania. He learned the trade of a miller from his
  father and followed that business in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, during his
  life. His wife was Miss Mary Gibbons and six children were born to them, namely:
  Alfred, a retired miller, of Dushore; Thomas, deceased; Sydney, a resident of
  Venango county, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Luther Crouse,
  of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania; Sarah A., now Mrs. Aaron Williamson, of
  Tanner, Manistee county, Michigan; and Isaiah, a lumberman and miller in
  Clearfield county, Pennsylvania.
  
      Alfred Cole was born in Benton township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, May
  20, 1830. He received a good education in the common schools, and, following in
  the footsteps of his father and grandfather, became a miller by trade, remaining
  at home until March, 1853, when he came to Sullivan county and took charge of
  the gristmill at Cherry Mills. In December, 1863, he went into the army and was
  assigned to Company I, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, stationed
  at Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was in the eight-days fight at Raleigh, after
  which he was taken ill and spent some time in the hospital, from which he was
  discharged July 3, 1865. He returned to Cherry Mills and again took charge of
  the gristmill, it having been operated by his father during his absence. In the
  spring of 1866 Mr. Cole moved to Dushore and operated the Dushore mill up to
  1895, when, owing to failing health, he retired from active life. He has always
  been highly respected and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of the
  community. He is a member of Sullivan Post, No. 388, G. A. R.
  
      Alfred Cole was married November 25, 1854, to Miss Hettie Snyder, daughter
  of Isaac and Margaret (ne'e Kittle) Snyder, of Cherry Mills, and five children
  were born to them: Samuel, our subject; Annie and Oliver, deceased; Frank, who
  is railroading in Mercer county, Pennsylvania; and Zachariah, a well driller and
  farmer in Dushore.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  
  Extracted from: 
                      
                    History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
                      
                              Compendium of Biography
                      
          The Lewis Publishing Company
                        Chicago: 1899
    
  
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