Owen M. Cole

Brief Life History of Owen M.

When Owen M. Cole was born on 13 January 1799, in Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States, his father, James Cole, was 20 and his mother, Abigail Pray, was 19. He married Sarah Turnbaugh about 1816, in Middlesex, Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 22 December 1888, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Owen M. Cole
1799–1888
Sarah Turnbaugh
1794–1842
Marriage: about 1816
William Riley Cole
1817–1910
Dianah Cole
1819–1847
Lucinda Cole
1820–1886
Clarissa Cole
1825–1895
Susan Ann Cole
1827–1891
David Mark Cole
1830–1896
Nelson C. Cole
1832–1903
Benjamin Howard Cole
1832–1903

Sources (55)

  • Owen Cole, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mr Owen Cole, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Owen Cole, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1822

Established in 1822.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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History of Owen Cole

History of Owen Cole Written by Heather Elaine Sorensen McPhie Owen Cole was born 13 January 1799 (according to the information Owen personally supplied to the Endowment House recorder on 16 Octob …

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