Jodie, I found the parents of William T. Cole: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/meriwether/bios/bs68cole.txt This is a bio of that information for you. Lou Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <JodieK444@aol.com> To: <georgia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:20 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Mary Ann Owen & William T. Cole - Georgia > Thanks so much to those who have responded both to the list and privately > to > my questions about this couple. It appears that William and Mary Ann Owen > Cole > moved from Meriwether County slightly northward to Newnan in Coweta County > where William was listed first as a painter (1860) and then as a dentist > (1870). > Mary Ann was with him in 1860 but by 1870 William's wife was Lena, > maiden > name unknown (no marriage record in Coweta). William's children in 1860 > were > James, Caroline, William L., Charles D. and Jesse. By 1870, he has a new > wife. > Additional children are Joseph B. 10, Thomas, 4, and Maud, 2. Since I > don't > know when Mary Ann died, it's hard to tell which children may be hers. > Perhaps > all of them. > > Regarding Carole's message on the Meriwether Cole family, I had noticed > the > will of Nancy Ward Cole online (in Meriwether) and saw that she had a son > named William T., but he was too young to be my William. However, one of > her > children (Sallie) married a Dodds and there are Dodds in Bethel Baptist > Church > cemetery in Rocky Mount where Mary Ann Owen Cole's parents and brother are > buried. > > My William T. Cole is living next door to Robert D. Cole in 1860, in > downtown > Newnan, and later goes into business with him. Here's an excerpt from > Memoirs > of Georgia: > > "On Dec. 27, 1849, Robert D. Cole settled on the lot where he now lives > and > continues to work at his trade. > > "In 1854 he founded the firm of Cole & Barnes, with Thomas Barnes as > partner, > and began business on a very small scale. In the same year they purchased > a > small engine, and about this time their friends came to them and advised > them > to give up the business or they would lose all they had. > > "Mr. Barnes remained with the company only two years, but Mr. Cole > continued > as sole proprietor until 1858, when Dr. W. T. Cole and his brother, > Matthew > Cole, became partners, the firm being then R. D. Cole & Co., which it > remained > until 1866, when W. T. Cole withdrew and it became R. D. Cole & Bro." (End > excerpt) This little business went on to become the famous R.D. Cole > Manufacturing > which built great things all over Coweta County. > > The wording indicates that W.T. Cole was not R.D. Cole's brother, but they > were contemporaries and the name of William's son, Jesse, fits into the > naming > pattern of this family. Does anyone have information showing that he was > a > brother to R.D. Cole? R.D. Cole was born in Newton County to Robert Cole & > Elizabeth Fambrough. They came to Georgia from Surrey County, North > Carolina. (From > "Memoirs." > > W.U. Anderson's history of Coweta gives a pertinent comment on William : > > From Coweta County Chronicles, p. 401 (year was 1911) > "Dr. W.T. Cole died May 4, aged eighty-three — a man of versatile talents, > a > fine draughtsman but especially famed in his profession as a dental > surgeon." > My William's birth year is estimated at 1827, so this is probably him. > > Records of Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan provided by a sexton (not shown in > regular listings) show a Dr. W.T. Cole, 5 May, 1911, age 85. The same > records > show Mrs. W.T. Cole, 24 March 1919, 83 years. (Coweta County cemeteries > book, p. > 413). > > Conflicting information that fits with my second wife is found in the same > reference on page 124, Holly Springs cemetery 5 miles north of Moreland: > Sarah > E. Pittard Cole, 4 March 1849 - 17 Sep 1892, married W.T. Cole 4 March > 1867 > (again, not in Coweta Marriage records). Maybe William married a third > time. On > page 437 of the cemeteries book, there is a diagram of the Presbyterian > Church > Cemetery part of Oak Hill which shows a plot owned by Dr. W.T. Cole right > next to Mrs. Albert T. Smith. > > Will continue to put the pieces together. If anyone has more, please speak > up. Ancestry's census indexers have gotten atrocious. This family was > found when > someone used Heritage Quest. I searched all day yesterday for them with > Ancestry and came up empty. After I found where they were, I went back to > Ancestry > today and changed the erroneous transcription. At least they let you do > that. > Hope this will make it easier for the next person. > > Again, many, many thanks for all the help. > > Judy K in Newnan > > > > ************** > The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy > Awards. 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