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Ira Kingsley Cole lived in Defiance County, Ohio where he was a teacher and a carpenter. He received land in Minnesota after the Civil War. He took his family there until the children were ready for high school. He then moved to Colby, Wisconsin near his brother Charles Cole so that his children could attend high school there. Ira Kingsley Cole later married a widow Elsie Edminster who had one daughter Nettie.
The following is from Ira Kingsley Coles Obituary from the Colby Phonograph, Colby, Wisconsin, dated June 19, 1919. The Information was provided by Lois Cowan Yeomans of Jackson, Michigan a great granddaughter of Charles Rodney Cole.
The death of Ira K. Cole, formerly of this city, occurred at Canton, Minn., his home, of creeping paralysis. The remains were brought to Colby for burial and he was laid to rest in the Colby Cemetery Sunday June 8th. The funeral was conducted from the M.E. Church, Rev. J.H. Paul officiating. The local Masonic order, of which Mr. Cole was a member, conducted the remains to the cemetery and paid their final respects to their departed comrade.
In the church the Masons were ranged on the right, the G.A.R. on the left, backed by the Eastern Star and W.R.C. respectively, In the center aisle were the mourners comprising Mrs. Cole of canton, Minn., wife of the deceased, Mrs. H.J. Cade of New Lisbon, daughter, Mr. L.M. Cole of Decatur, Ill. and Mr. Ira L. Cole of Madison, his sons, Miss Nettie Edminster of Canton, a stepdaughter, Mr. C.R. Cole and wife of Colby, a brother and other relatives.
Mr. Cole was born in Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Nove 28, 1842. At the age of 10 years he moved with his parents Lewis and Phoebe Cole to Defiance Co., Ohio. Here he remained until he attained manhood and on Aug. 3, 1862 was married to Elvira M. Potts, at Milford, Ohio. Five children were born to this union, three of whom survive him. Three hours after his marriage he enlisted in the army serving in the Civil War until its close.
In May 1872 Mr. Cole removed with his family to Hersey, Minn., where he remained for 10 years. In 1882 he moved with his family to this city where he remained until May 1916 when he took up his residence at Canton, Minn., where he remained until the time of his death.
For 34 years Mr. Cole was a resident of this city and during this period was an active member of the M.E. church and for many years superintendant of the Sunday School. During the late years of his residence here he bacame affilliated with the Masonic Order.
Mr. Cole was a carpenter by trade but taught school a number of winters in the districts around Colby. He was foreman of the bridge and building department of the Wis. Central Railroad for a number of years and also rural mail carrier for many years until declining health compelled him to resign his position.
On the 25th of June 1911 his first wife passed away. On Aug 7, 1912 Mr. Cole was married to Elsie D. Edminister of Canton, Minn.
One daughter of the deceased, Jennie L. Cole, died in infancy at Hersey, Minn. Mrs. John F. Lamont, another daughter who grew up in Colby died at Wausau Mar 14, 1895.
Besides the above mentioned, deceased is also survived by 3 brothers: L.E. Cole of Hicksville, Ohio, Chester H. Cole of Gove, Kansas, and L.S. Cole of Schoolcraft, Mich. One sister also survives him, Mrs. E.O. Stone of Hicksville, Ohio.
The following is from the History of Defiance County, page 144.
I.K. Cole, Co. C, 195th O. V. I., e. March, 1864, disc. 1865.
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