Folks, I needed to do a lookup on the name COLE. I wish to share the data with you. Of course it is from: History of Camden County (1886) by George Reeser Prowell. +++ COLESTOWN CEMETERY.— The dilapidated condition of many of the burying-grounds in the vicinity and the natural desire of those interested in the old grave-yard attached to St. Mary’s Church, created a feeling in the community to provide a suitable resting-place for their loved ones that would be perpetually kept and taken care of for that purpose, and led to the establishment of the Colestown Cemetery. The Cemetery Company was organized in 1858 and has located a tract of twelve acres of land lying adjacent to and surrounding St. Mary’s Church, at Colestown, the oldest Episcopal Church in West Jersey, now in a good state of preservation. The site is high and slightly rolling; the soil being entirely free from stones or rocks, and with a sub-soil of a beautiful red gravel, makes the drainage a perfect one, no water being accessible, even in the lowest parts, nearer than twenty feet of the surface. The location is such that it cannot fail to be appreciated, being but six miles east of the city limits of Camden, and equidistant from the thriving boroughs of Haddonfield and Moorestown. Lying at the intersection of the public roads leading from Merchantville to Medford and from Moorestown to Haddonfield, it is of easy access, which, together with its natural advantages, all tend to make it one of the most desirable places of interment in West Jersey. This cemetery was created by a special act of the Legislature, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Colestown Cemetery Company." Section 1 names the following incorporators: Joseph H. Coles, Abraham Browning, David B. Coles, Josiah E. Coles, Genge Browning, Edward Browning, John S. Wilson, Isaac Browning, Benjamin Osler, J. Ogden Cuthbert, Isaac Roberts, Joseph E. Roberts, Nathan S. Roberts, Lawrence Browning, Joseph C. Hollinshead, Joseph Ellis, Richard B. Champion, J. Stokes Coles, John Buzby, Samuel Jones, Charles Wilson, Franklin Stiles, John T. Coles, Charles B. Coles, Joseph C. Haines, Mahlon M. Coles, Benjamin F. Hollinshead, Isaac B. Lawrence, Eli Browning, Charles E. French, Richard Fetters, Benjamin H. Browning, Joseph A. Burrough, Hannah H. Browning, Charles W. Starn, William H. Browning, Joseph Few Smith and William Stiles, and provides that "their associates shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of ‘The Colestown Cemetery Company,’ and by that name shall have perpetual succession for the purpose of continuing, establishing and improving a cemetery or place for the burial of the dead, at or near St. Mary’s Church, Colestown, in the township of Delaware, in the county of Camden, in this State; and for that purpose the said company may purchase and hold lands not exceeding twenty acres, and enclose, survey, lay out, and divide the same into lots, roads, paths and avenues, and erect and construct a chapel, vault, sexton’s house, and other improvements thereon, and otherwise ornament the same, and sell and dispose of lots therein for the burial of the dead. . ." By the same act the following-named persons constituted the first board of directors: Joseph H. Coles, Abraham Browning, Joseph Ellis, Josiah E. Coles, Samuel Jones, Edward Browning, David B. Coles, Charles Wilson, Joseph C. Hollinshead, Isaac Roberts, John Buzby and Joseph A. Burrough, who were "to serve until the first Monday in May next, and until others shall be elected in their stead; and the said Joseph H. Coles shall be the president, and the said Joseph Ellis shall be the treasurer, and the said Edward Browning shall be the secretary of said company, until the said first Monday in May next, and until others shall be elected or appointed in their stead." But four of the first board of directors are now living, most of the others being silent occupants of the grounds they selected and dedicated as the last resting-place of theirs and succeeding generations. Under this act a company was organized, and subscription-books opened for subscriptions to the capital stock of the company, which was soon taken and work commenced. The land was purchased of Joseph H. Coles, who was elected president of the company, which office he held until his death. Edward Browning was the secretary and Joseph Ellis treasurer. Contracts were awarded for building the chapel and sexton’s residence, and also the receiving-vault. Charles Wilson, of Camden, constructed the buildings. The chapel and sexton’s residence cost $4263.45, and the receiving-vault $122.12. The shade and ornamental trees were purchased in Pennsylvania, and were all hauled there at one load, by Isaac Roberts and Joseph C. Hollinshead. The lots met a ready sale and the income derived therefrom has been sufficient to pay off the original costs and charges and keep the grounds in order; and as no profits can be paid the stockholders after repaying the original outlay (which is nearly all paid off), the income which must necessarily arise from the sale of lots is compelled by law to be exclusively to maintain and improve the grounds, will be sufficient to provide for its care and improvement for a long period of years. The following are the names of the original stockholders and the amount subscribed and paid in by each: A. Browning, $850; Jos. H. Coles, $1300; Genge Browning, $900; Edward Browning, $900; David B. Coles, $800; Josiah E. Coles, $150; John Wilson, $100; Isaac Browning, $100; Benjamin Osler, $50; J. Ogden Cuthbert, $150; Isaac Roberts, $100; Joseph E. Roberts, $100; Nathan S. Roberts, $100; Lawrence Browning, $100; Joseph C. Hollinshead, $175; Joseph Ellis, $300; Richard B. Champion, $70; J. Stokes Coles, $50; John Buzby, $100; Samuel Jones, $50; Charles Wilson, $175; John T. Coles, $100; Charles B. Coles, $50; Joseph C. Haines, $150; Mahlon M. Coles, $50; Benjamin F. Hollinshead, $50; Charles E. French, $100; Benjamin H. Browning, $100; Joseph A. Burrough, $250; Hannah H. Browning, $100; Charles W. Starn, $100; William H. Browning, $100; Joseph Few Smith, $100,— total, $7870. Following are the officers of the association for 1886: President, Joseph C. Hollinshead; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Stokes Coles. Directors,— Joseph C. Hollinshead, John Buzby, Joseph H. Coles, Alfred W. Clement, Edward Burrough, Isaac Browning, William D. Coles, John Campbell, Benjamin F. Hollinshead, Mahlon M. Coles, Joseph C. Haines, Isaac W. Coles, Maurice Browning, D. Budd Coles, Charles B. Coles, J. Stokes Coles. Managers,— Joseph H. Coles, Edward Burrough, Charles B. Coles, John Campbell, Alfred W. Clement, Isaac W. Coles, William D. Coles. Sexton, Elihu Shepperd Low. +++