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Chapman (1880), Liberty Township biographies
b. 13 June 1833, Darke Co., Ohio, son of James and Sarah Cole (father of New Jersey, mother of Pennsylvania) (p. 724). Came with parents to this county in 1836; they settled 2½ miles south of North Liberty; “among the first settlers of Liberty tp.” (p. 724). M. (1) 16 Sept. 1856 Eliza J. Rush, daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca Rush — one child, James Arthur; she d. 3 Mar. 1859. M. (2) 21 Oct. 1861 Mary E. Reamer, daughter of George and Rebecca Reamer — three living children, Alma A., Benj. F., Mable B. (pp. 724–725). With his brother owns 160 acres and two saw-mills (one in Liberty Township, one at Crum’s Point), plus 102 acres more near North Liberty (p. 725). Named in the narrative as a Methodist class-leader and, with the Cole brothers, in the planing-mill/manufacturing course (pp. 720–721). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: first-settler-family mill owner — Cole Brothers / North Liberty Manufacturing is his firm as much as a business-leg entry; People is a home for him at this size.