George Washington Cole

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Cole was born in June 1891, in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jacob Cole, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Mitchell, was 21. He married Donie Hensley on 27 August 1910, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rocky Station District, Lee, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Magisterial District 2, Harlan, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 23 December 1953, in Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Cole
1891–1953
Mary Cole
1898–1977
Marriage: 12 September 1920
Thomas Cole Sr
1922–
Arnold Cole
1924–1925
Homer Cole
1926–1970
Omar Cole
1927–
Leona Cole
1933–
Clyde Cole
1935–2006

Sources (21)

  • Wash Cole, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wash Cole, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Wash Cole, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"

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World Events (8)

1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

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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