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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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HENRY M. COLE, lawyer, Greenville; was born in Darke Co., March 17, 1845. His grandfather, Samuel Cole, Sr., was a native of Sussex Co., N. J.; he was one of the earliest settlers, and the first Justice of the Peace of Washington Township; his father and mother are natives of the same township; his father, Samuel Cole, Jr., is a substantial farmer; his mother was Elizabeth Cox; of a family of eleven children, our subject is the eldest; by arduous study, with only common-school advantages, he obtained a fair English education; he entered the service of the United States in the war of the rebellion in 1864, and was fifer-boy in Co. G, of the 152d O. N. G.; he read law with Messrs. Knox & Sater, of Greenville; graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in the spring of 1869; was at once admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Greenville; in August, 1872, he formed a law partnership with Judge A. R. Calderwood, of Greenville, and is still so associated. Politically, he is a Republican. He possesses good legal talent, is a close student, and is devoted to his profession; as a pleader and advocate, he is effective; in legal and general literature, he is well informed, and has the manners of a polished gentleman.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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