When Orin Colfert Cole was born on 6 March 1828, in Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Luther Cole, was 32 and his mother, Chloe Loomis, was 25. He married Minerva Noah on 15 January 1850, in Daviess, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nez Perce, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Hansen, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 21 June 1914, in Canyon, Randall, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Randall, Texas, United States.