JOHN EDWIN COLE, (1832 - 1914)

St. Clair County Families, Book II, page 47:

John Edwin Cole was born in Washington DC in 1832. He migrated first to Ohio, then to Iowa where he joined the Union Army, Co. H, 5th Infantry in 1861. He served three years. By 1866 he was married to Elizabeth McKibben and came from Iowa to Missouri with the McKibbens, Burrows and
Calvirds. He married Emma Cooper Short (widow of Will Short) in 1888.

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1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Osceola Twp., Osceola Village:
Dist. 6, ED 232, Page 17, Line 32, 14 June
Cole, Jno. E., white male, age 47, married, born MO
Elizabeth, white female, age 43, wife, married, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA
J.L., white male, age 20, son, single, works on farm, born IA, mother born PA
Edwards, Robt., white male, age 29, boarder, single, selling drugs, born Canada, mother born England

1900 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Osceola Twp.:
Dist. 6, ED 149, Page 5B, Line 89, 9 June
110/111 Cole, John B., head, white male, born September 1832, age 67, married 12 years, born MD, parents born MD, farmer, can read & write, speaks English, owned farm free, farm # 97
Emma, wife, white female, born June 1855, age 44, married 12 years, 3 children, 3 living, born MO, parents born KY, can read & write, speaks English
Bealie S., son, white male, born October 1889, age 10, sigle, born MO, father born MO, mother born MD, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English
Short, Julia, step-daughter, white female, born January 1879, age 21, single, born MO, parents born MO, can read & write, speaks English
Short, Edwin E., step-son, white male, born March 1881, age 19, single, born MO, parents born MO, at school 4 months, can read & write, speaks English

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St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:

Osceola Cemetery
Cole, John E., 11 September 1832 - 25 May 1914
Cole, Elizabeth B., 24 March 1836 - 23 March 1887