William Henry Cole

Brief Life History of William Henry

When William Henry Cole was born on 21 May 1866, in Jefferson Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States, his father, Charles Cole, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth A. Asher, was 25. In 1900, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as farmer in Jefferson Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States. He died on 29 December 1948, in Altamont, Daviess, Missouri, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Ayr Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Cole
1835–1925
Elizabeth A. Asher
1841–1896
William Henry Cole
1866–1948
Sarah E. Cole
1867–
Mahitable Elizabeth Cole
1870–1928
Elizabeth Cole
1874–1874
Mary O. Cole
1876–1878
Ada Chloe Cole
1881–1956

Sources (9)

  • Henry Cole in household of Jack L Gibson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • William Henry Cole, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Henry Cole, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).

English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).

English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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