General Information

Birth
19 OCT 1831
Jones County, Georgia
Death
22 FEB 1921
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Samuel T. Cole. The mercantile and farming interests of Washington

County, Ark., are well represented by the gentleman whose name heads this

sketch. His birth occurred in Jones County, Ga., October 19, 1831, but be was

reared to manhood in Kemper County, Miss. He remained with bis father

until he attained his majority, and then came to Arkansas in 1858, locating in

Yell County, where be was married September 25, 1860, to Mary E. Woods. She

was born September 20, 1839, in Tennessee and reared in Mississippi, and was

the daughter of John Woods (deceased). Up to 1874 they resided in Yell County,

but since that time have been residents of Cane Hill Township. He purchased

a farm of thirty-six acres, on which is a neat one-story residence and a fine

orchard of fifteen acres of well-selected fruits. Since 1887 he has been engaged in

merchandising in the town of Boonsboro, carrying a good and fairly large stock.

He is one of the directors and treasurer and the largest stockholder in the Cane

Hill Canning and Evaporating Factory, and is one of the enterprising citizens

of the county. He is the father of the following family: Amanda B., wife of S.

J. Harris, of Dardanelle; Dr. John W., of Boonsboro; 0. H., who is in the store

with his father; Lula L., Mattie I., Mary L. and Carl G. Samuel Walter died

in 1884, at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Cole's parents, Reuben and Celia (Wadsworth)

Cole, were born in Richmond County, N. C., and Jones County, Ga.,

respectively. They were married in the latter State, and there made their home

until 1841, when they moved to Kemper County, Miss., the father dying in

Kemper County April 25, 1857, the mother in Washington County January 26,

1877. He was a soldier in the Creek War, and was major in the State militia of

Georgia.

Parents

Reuben Cole
- Father
Birth
Richmond County, North Carolina
Death
25 APR 1857
Kemper County, Mississippi
Celia Wadsworth
- Mother
Birth
Jones County, Georgia
Death
26 JAN 1877
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Mary Elizabeth Woods
- Wife
1839 - 1915
Birth
20 SEP 1839
Mississippi
Married
25 SEP 1860
Yell County, Arkansas
Death
6 JUN 1915
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Mary Elizabeth Cole
- Daughter
1875 - 1951
Birth
MAR 1875
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
31 OCT 1951
Morrow, Washington, Arkansas, USA
Burial
4 NOV 1951
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Otho Hunter Cole
- Son
1865 - 1945
Birth
JUL 1865
Weddington, Arkansas
Death
1945
Carl G. Cole
- Son
1877 - 1955
Birth
1 MAY 1877
Dardenell, Arkansas
Death
14 JUL 1955
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Burial
16 JUL 1955
Lincoln Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Amanda B. Cole
- Daughter
1861 - 1927
Birth
1861
Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas
Death
1927
Samuel Walter Cole
- Son
1869 - 1874
Birth
3 MAR 1869
Weddington, Arkansas
Death
30 JAN 1874
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Nettie Cole
- Daughter
Birth
1862
Weddington, Arkansas
John "Dr;" Woods Cole
- Son
1863 - 1924
Birth
1863
Death
1924
Burial
Lincoln Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Lula Lee Cole
- Daughter
1868 - 1944
Birth
31 MAY 1868
Dardanelle, Arkansas
Death
5 MAR 1944
Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Mattie I. Cole
- Daughter
1872 - 1937
Birth
27 JUL 1872
Dardenell, Arkansas
Death
28 NOV 1937
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
29 NOV 1937
Lincoln Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas