Brief Life History of Hiram Beckley
When Hiram Beckley Cole was born on 30 August 1818, in Prattsburgh, Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Horace Cole, was 26 and his mother, Abby Ann Frisbie, was 23. He married Sylvia Beardsley on 14 November 1852, in Raymond, Racine, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 12 April 1897, in New Milford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Monroe Center Cemetery, Monroe Center, Ogle, Illinois, United States.
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- Hiram B Cole, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hiram Cole, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Hiram Beckley Cole, "Find a Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1835
Historical Boundaries: 1835: Illinois, United States 1836: Winnebago, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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