Biographies:   David W. COLE, Fairchild, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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David W. Cole, retired farmer and veteran of the Civil War, was born in
Lorain county, Ohio, April 7, 1839, the son of David and Margaret (Cooper)
Cole, natives of New Jersey and pioneers of Lorain county.  When David W.
was a boy of eight years his parents moved to Byron, Fond du Lac county,
Wis., and engaged in farming.  From there they moved to Adrian township, 
Monroe county, and in 1871 came to Fairchild, Eau Claire county, and resided
there the balance of their lives.  The death of the father occurred December
16, 1888, at the age of 82 years, and that of the mother at the age of 81.
In their family were nine children: Samuel C.; Charles C.; Eliza L., who
married Newton Palmer; Elias G.; Vincent S.; David W.; Lewis R.; William H.;
and Margaret A.  She married Byron O. Palmer, who died May 18, 1892, in his
52d year.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 685