16. John Caspar ANTHES was born 9 Jun 1826 in Zwingenberg, Hessen, German. He died 11 Dec 1876 in Ashton IL. John married Louisa Fredericka JUST on 26 May 1848 in Milwaukee WI. [Parents]
DEATH: John Kaspar Anthes died at his home in Bradford Township, Ashton, Lee Co., IL on Monday, December 11, 1876. Brother Anthes was born on June 9, 1826 in Zwingenberg, Hessendarmstadt. He came to American at the age of 21 years. Brother Anthes was formerly a minister and member of the Illinois Conference of the Evangelical Church. Soon after his arrival in America, through the services of an Evangelical Minister, he became interested and was converted to the Christian faith. He served many years as a class leader.
DEATH: In 1851 he received permission from the Illinois Conference to serve as a minister on probation and was immediately assigned as a circuit rider. He served eight years as a traveling minister, and later a number of years as a local minister, but some years ago withdrew from the church and remained thus until his death. In spite of this, unheeded, he sought to serve God and was busy again and again in the service of the Lord.DEATH: Brother Anthes had been ailing for a year but the ailment that caused his death was dropsy from which he suffered severely the last four weeks. He death occurred on Monday, December 11, 1876.
DEATH: I often visited him during his illness and questioned him in regards to his religious beliefs; and so I asked him shortly before his death in regard to his own religious faith. He replied he had made his peace with God and could die happily. His end was peace. At the time of his death he was 50 years, six months and two days old.
DEATH: He leaves behind a deeply bereaved wife and nine children (4 sons and 5 daughters), two loving brothers and many other kinsmen. Three children preceded him in death. On Wednesday, Dec 13, his remains were laid to rest. A large assembly of friends attended the services at which the author of this obituary preached in German, and Reverend Laschell of the Ashton Mission preached in English.
DEATH: signed A. S. Heilman
17. Louisa Fredericka JUST was born 22 Jun 1829 in Glemm, Prussia, Puma. She died 20 May 1907 in Beatrice NE and was buried in Sutton NE. [Parents]
DEATH: The following is taken from the Beatrice newspaper 1907:
DEATH: Mrs. Louisa Anthes passed away yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Stewert, 1106 Market Street, with whom she has been living for the past four years. Ailments incident to old age was the cause of death. Deceased was a native of Prussia, and was 78 years of age. Her husband died in 1876. She is survived by a family of nine children, 4 sons, and 5 daughters. During her residence in Beatrice she made many friends who will regret to learn of her death. The remains will be taken to Sutton this morning at 8:15 over the Burlington, for interment. Furneral services will be held Thursday afternoon.
DEATH: Mrs Louisa Fredricka Anthes (nee Just) was born June 22, 1827, in Glemm, Prussia, Puma. She sailed from Hamburg April 10, 1836, for America, and landed in New York on June 26, having been on the ocean eleven weeks in a sailing vessel. She resided in Rosco, Coshocton Co., Ohio six years, then moved to Milwaukee, Wi, where she married to John Kaspar Anthes, by Rev. George Miller, an Evangelical minister. As a minister's wife, she with her husband lived in Tazwell, Logan, and lee counties, Illinois, until the death of her husbuand, December 11, 1876. In order to get a home for her children, she moved to Clay Co. Ne, and resided on a farm; later in Sutton and Clay Center. In 1903, she moved to Beatrice with her daughter, where she made her home until the date of her death, Monday, March 29, 1907.
18. Lawrence Otto DARNEL was born 31 Jan 1831/1834. He died 20 Sep 1900 and was buried in Ash Grove Cem Wellfleet NE. Lawrence married 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Melissa SETTERS on 1858 in Adair, Missouri.
19. Melissa SETTERS was born 1 Sep 1844 in Mason, Co. IL. She died 14 Feb 1898 in Wellfleet NE and was buried in Ash Grove Cem Wellfleet NE. [Parents]
20. Allen Johnson COLE was born 1, 2 8 May 1849 in Decatur, Illinois. He died 30 May 1935 in Sumner WA and was buried 3 Jun 1935 in Canyon Hill Cemetary, Caldwell ID. Allen married Mary Helena HARE on 28 Jan 1872 in
ALLEN JOHNSTON COLE AND WIFE MARY HELENA HARE AND THEIR FAMILY
1849-1935Allen Johnston Cole, the youngest child of William and Ann E. Collins Cole, was born 8 May, 1849 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Allen died 30 May, 1935 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington.
The story my father has always told about his father's birth was that "Dad's mother died at his birth and he was raised by his maternal aunt, Malinda Collins, who married a Dr. Reeves." Research reveals that my father was correct on all accounts, except that Allen's mother died three (3) months after his birth. Ann Elizabeth Cole's death is recorded in the Ohio, 1850, Mortality Schedule, for deaths occurring in Monroe township, Pickaway County for the year ending June, 1850. "Ann's age is shown to be 29, sick, 3 months, cause of death, fever, died Aug. 1849." Allen J. Cole, along with his Aunt Malinda E. Collins, was enumerated in the Ohio 1850 U.S. Census as shown on page II-2 in paragraph 4.
Allen J. Cole and Mary H. Hare were married at "the Ministers" in Amoret, Missouri on 28 January, 1872. Mary Hare was born 6 February, 1854, in Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio. She was the oldest daughter of Pleasant George Hare and Susannah Moomaw. Pleasant G. Hare was born 10 March, 1824, died Trading Post, Kansas, 7 January, 1899. Married 2 July, 1849 to Susannah Moomaw, born 18 January, 1830, died 4 March, 1892, Trading Post, Kansas.
Susannah Moomaw Hare's identification number is 22154 in H. Warner Kloepfer's Moomaw-Mumma Genealogy updated and published in 1990 by Robert A. Moomaw. Pleasant G. Hare was discharged from Company I, 185 Regiment of Ohio Infantry, at Lexington, Kentucky, 26 September, 1865.
Shortly after Susannah's death, Pleasant G. Hare was injured. Mary Cole's brothers and sisters agreed to award her their shares of their father's estate if she would take care of him. This she did. (Warranty Deed, dated 7 February, 1902. Recorded in Deed Book 59, page 413, Court House, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas.)
Mary and Allen Cole sold their farm in the latter part of February, and they with the younger children departed Kansas City on an immigrant train for Colton, Washington, arriving there in early May, 1902.
Thus far in writing the Allen J. Cole family history I have relied on research findings and interviews. The first memory I have of my Grandmother and Grandfather Cole is when we were living on my father's homestead in Washington County, Idaho, from early Spring, 1910 to 11 November, 1915, when father sold the homestead.
Our home was about half a mile from my grandparent's house, and the two houses were in sight of each other. This made it more convenient for Mother to say "yes" when either I or my brother Howard wanted to visit our grandparents. I can recall quite vividly those early boyhood visits with my grandparents. Grandmother Cole always had time to stop and visit and answer all of a little boy's questions.
One morning Grandmother asked me to let the cat in. As I opened the door, I excitedly informed her that the cat had a live mouse in her mouth. Grandmother said, "That's all right, let her in. She wants to play with the mouse for a while and you may watch them." This was the first and only time I ever saw the Cat and Mouse game played in all its reality.
I remember going into the attic with Grandmother and seeing this funny looking gun. She told me that it was her father's old muzzle loading rifle that he used during the Civil War. She showed me the powder horn, balls and caps, wadding, and the ramrod. Then she showed me the sequence that a soldier had to go through in loading his rifle. Then she let me put the ramrod into the barrel. This was great stuff for a little boy.
Grandfather Cole sold nursery stock and was away from home a great deal of the time. I did not know him as well as I did Grandmother. One year I had a watermelon patch of my own. It was towards the end of the growing season and I was looking forward to the time when the melon would be ripe, as it was the last one of the season. As time drew near for it to ripen, I could visualize that great moment when I would present my prize melon to the family for their enjoyment. When the time came to pick the melon, it was in the cool of the morning, when I dashed barefooted through the dew covered garden towards my melon. My joyous anticipation of taking my prize to the family was smashed to smithereens when I saw it lying before me in two hollowed out halves. Although disappointed and disgusted, I noticed a calling card stuck in one of the halves. I had not learned to read, so hurriedly I took the card to Mother. She told me that it was from Grandfather Cole. My disappointment was somewhat relieved when I learned who had eaten my melon. I felt much better a few days later when Grandfather told me how good the melon tasted.
Ever since I can remember, I have always had a pocketknife. There was a whetstone in the toolbox and I taught myself how to sharpen my knife. There was one thing I had not learned, and that was how to keep from cutting, myself.
I remember as if it were yesterday telling my Grandfather how I was always cutting my fingers. He said, "Let me see your knife." He placed it in my hand and showed me the proper way to hold the knife so that I would be cutting away from myself. He had me cut on a piece of wood to see if I understood what he was telling me. When he saw I had followed his instructions, he said, "Let me see how sharp that knife is." When I handed it to him, he said, "My, this is a good sharp knife. Remember, always cut from you." Following those instructions was like magic, and I knew I had the smartest Grandfather in the world.
These incidents are just a few of the memories I have concerning my early boyhood and my relationship with these kindly people. In later years I visited them every chance I had and we always enjoyed each other so much. I last saw them at Caldwell, Idaho in the Spring of 1926.
I have always felt sorry for Grandfather Cole because he was crippled in the right arm, thus making it difficult for him to make a living trying to work the farm. During the early years on their homestead, Grandfather made a living selling nursery stock. As the area developed and orchards came into being, the demand for nursery stock became less and less, thus leading to the "Death of a Salesman."
As they became older it became harder and harder for Grandfather to make a living. After selling their homestead and for a period of about seven years prior to Grandmother's death, they lived with their bachelor son, Uncle Perry, at Caldwell, Idaho.
It was many years after their deaths, while doing genealogical research in Kansas and Missouri in 1976, that I discovered what I consider to be the financial tragedy of their lives. It was my good fortune to meet Susie Hays Hamilton and her son, David Hamilton. Susie is the daughter of Terrissie Moomaw Hays and Charles Wesley Hayes. Terrissie and Susannah Moomaw Hare were sisters. David Hamilton is a large landowner in Linn County, Kansas. Some of his land adjoins the old Pleasant Hare homestead, which was the property Grandmother Cole sold in 1902. Joseph F. Gibson, who was the buyer, soon after purchase put down a mine shaft and mined coal from under the land. He sold coal and gas from this mine until sometime in the 1930's.
Thus, my grandparents once owned land under which there was enough coal and gas to have comfortably taken care of them all their lives. To me, their "Greener Pastures" move was indeed tragic. I have thought many times how much more pleasant life would have been for these lovely persons had they had only known of the wealth they had under their land.
Allen J. Cole lies buried alongside his beloved wife Mary Helena Cole in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho. Their headstone identifies him, as Allan (sic) J. Cole, 1849-1935.
Their children and whom they married are as follows:
1. Franklin Turner Cole, b. 16 April, 1873, d. 16 August, 1874.
2. William Pleasant Cole, b. 7 November, 1874 at Foster, Bates Co., Missouri, d. Sumner, Washington, 8 January 1949. m. Myrtle Caroline Mitchel, 23 Nov. 1904.
3. Marion Webster Cole, b. 22 September, 1876, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 21 July, 1954, Pullman, Washington.
4. Bertha Manasseh Cole, b. 8 May, 1878, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 22 March, 1879.
5. Eldora Susannah Cole, b. 14 January, 1880, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 9 March, 1952, Pullman, Washington. m. 12 October, 1903, Alfred Simpson, at Colton, Washington.
6. James Boston Cole, b. 3 June, 1882, Louisburg, Miami Co., Kansas, d. 14 March, 1960, Omak, Washington. m. 25 March, 1906, Colton Washington, Virgie Winifred Jenks, b. 14 June, 1888, Central Ferry, Washington, d. 8 November, 1969, Des Moines, Washington. Both cremated. Parents of the writer (Noman M. Cole, Sr.).
7. George Burton Cole, b. 11 April, 1884, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 8 January, 1976, Des Moines, Washington. m. Ouida Jaunita Carmichel, 19 June, 1913, 2. Alice McKean.
8. Thomas Wesley Cole, b. 26 June, 1886, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 2 October, 1936, Caldwell Idaho, m. Martha Elizabeth Oster, Washington County, Idaho.
9. Perry Clinton Cole, b. 16 December, 1887, Linn Co., Kansas, d. 14 August, 1971, Portland, Oregon, m. Ollie Mae Pack, November 1933.
10. Harry Allen Cole, b. 9 May, 1891, Linn Co, Kansas, d. 7 April, 1972, Weiser, Idaho, m. Meda Titsworth, Washington County, Idaho.
11. Charles Edgar, b. 11 June, 1893, Osage Tribe, Indian Territory, d. Denver, Colorado, 26 December, 1982, m. Cleora Kinder, Caldwell, Idaho, 12 August, 1917.
12. Albertie LeRoy Cole, b. 21 October, 1897, Amoret, Bates County, Missouri, d. 4 March, 1899, Trading Post, Linn Co., Kansas.Compiled by Noman M. Cole, Sr. 1981
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Oral history from George B. Cole, Jr. 4/21/2001
My mother did not approve of Grandpa Cole's ways. He did not use the indoor plumbing and he was teaching me to go outside and she did not approve of this. Allan should be spelled Alan. There was only one L in his name.
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From research done by Melba Alice Cole
Allen Johnson Cole was reared by his aunt, Malinda Reeves, after the death of his mother.
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From a tape by George Birton Cole, transcribed by Melba A. Cole in 1961
My father was an explosive kind of person, and the two of them [he and wife, Mary Helena Hare] got along very well together. But the children didn't get along with him, because some of us have the same temperament that he did, and of course two explosions never made anything very quiet for anybody. [He] could write, very poorly; read, very simply; and cipher, they called it in those days - [simple arithmetic].
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21. Mary Helena HARE was born 6 Feb 1854 in Ross Co., OH. She died 17 Nov 1926 in 1401 Arthur St., Caldwell, Idaho and was buried 19 Nov 1926 in Canyon Hill Cemetary, Caldwell, Idaho. [Parents]
Source is letter from George Birton Cole to Melba A. Cole 4/9/1966
My mother, Mary Hare Cole, smoked either a corncob or clay pipe. One of my earliest memories was vying with Jim for the privilege of lighting the small round piece of rolled paper, called a 'quill', at the cooking stove hearth and holding it over the pipe while she drew the flame onto the tobacco. She began smoking when she was five years old. She never 'chewed.'
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Source is a tape by George Birton Cole, transcribed by Melba A. Cole in 1961My mother was a rather quiet, phlegmatic kind of person. Not very explosive, but very quiet and determined. When she said anything it was after a good deal of thought. And what she said generally stuck. She was generally right.
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Source is Charlie Cole to Melba A. Cole
The family trait of being good with children is inherited from his mother, Lena Hare Cole.
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22. William Wilson MITCHELL was born 27 Nov 1844. He died 30 Apr 1903 in Pleasanton KS and was buried in Pleasanton KS. William married Willmina Ann ROOT on 22 Jan 1879 in Pleasanton KS.
23. Willmina Ann ROOT was born 5/31 Mar 1859 in Lee Co. IA. She died 7 Nov 1943 in Pleasanton KS and was buried in Pleasanton KS. [Parents]
24. Hartley Milton ELLIOT was born 20 Aug 1857 in Clarion IA. He died 3 Apr 1884 in Clarion IA and was buried in Greenhill Cem, Edgewood IA. Hartley married Philena Rebecca ROSENKRANS on 19 Dec 1878. [Parents]
25. Philena Rebecca ROSENKRANS was born 5 Sep 1857 in Clayton County, Iowa. She died 18 Apr 1925 in Lodomillo Twp, Clayton Co, IA and was buried in Greenhill Cem, Clayton Co, IA. [Parents]
BIOGRAPHY: 578. PHILENA REBECCA ROSENKRANS, daughter of Benjamin (268), was born near Edgewood, Iowa, September 5, 1857. She was named for Philena Bevans (105) and her grandmother, Rebecca Rosenkrans (104). She was married December 19, 1878, to Hartley M. Elliot, a farmer, and in May, 1881, moved with her husband westward in Iowa, to Wright County, settling on the prairie, where they lived awhile in a tent, which blew over in a night storm, and subsequently in a shanty, where two of her children were born, where her husband died, and she like Naoma was left a widow with two children in a strange land.
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But let us return to the story of Philena Rebecca’s tent life on the prairie, as given by her mother and by herself, showing what the pioneers of our country in the early days and on the prairie have been willing to sacrifice and endure for the sake of securing homes for themselves and their families. Her mother in a letter of March, 1898, says , "Philena Rebecca Rosenkrans, daughter of Benjamin, lived with her parents until she was twenty-one. December 19, 1878, she married Hartley M. Elliot. May 17, 1881, they moved to Wright County, Iowa. They landed on the prairie and pitched a little tent, having a wagon cover for their bed. They had some very hard times, but were only driven in a neighbor’s house one night by a storm, which blew the tent over, but no damage was done. That summer they built a shanty and about the 4th of July moved in it. Then it was more like home.
Teresa R. Elliot. Born on Prairie, Iowa.
They had two children born to them in Wright County. Teresa Rebecca Elliot was born April 20, 1882, Clarence Hartley Elliot was born February 22, 1884. Hartley M. Elliot, the father, died April 3, 1884, and Philena had a sale and she and her children went back to her father’s in Clayton County." After making further inquiries regarding her life on the prairie, Mrs. Elliot, now Mrs. Woodridge, wrote as follows from Edgewood, Iowa, October 30, 1899: "Dear Relative: I will now try and answer your welcome letter and give you some history of myself. I have gone, through so much hardship in my life it is hard to tell it. * * * Elliot and I started for Wright County, 17th of May, 1881. We went with horse teams, and covered wagons and slept in our wagon, and drove on straight through. Took two pigs in a box, tied on the back of our wagon, and a box of chickens, and when night came we camped out, turned our pigs and chickens loose and let them have a run, and when dark came, caught them, milked our cows, fed the calves, then strained the rest of the milk in a big dish pan and in the morning we had all the cream we wanted. If we were near a house we gave it to the people, if not, threw what we could not use away. One night we camped where you could look as far as your eyes would let you and all could see was one little house, and two little straight maple trees, they had set for shade in time. In the morning we saw, as we supposed, a big cloud rising, and to our surprise it was a herd of cattle. We had an oil stove to cook on, on the road, and also used the oil stove all summer. We landed the last of May near Wall Lake, Wright County, at John McKinnis’ where we pitched our tent and with our wagon cover for our bed, we had our home. It looked like a lonesome home to me, and so it was. I would have died with loneliness had it not been for the kindness of Mrs. McKinnis.
Clarence H. Elliot. Born on Prairie, Iowa.
About the 4th of July we got a little shanty built 14x16 feet then it was better. It was ship lapped inside and out. It was quite cozy. We could shut the snakes and frogs out then. The grass there was so full of garter snakes and frogs, you could not go a rod from the house without running on them. Now I will tell you how I made butter: I had a tub by the well and tall cans, strained the milk in the cans, pumped water in the tub, covered the tub and put blankets over the cans for shades, raised the cream and churned it out doors, then put it in a dugout to keep it cool. I got the highest price for my butter. I must tell you the expression my father made when he heard of it: "She can make butter on a log." The wind always blew there, and we had some very hard storms. We never got injured ourselves, but had a horse killed by lightning. My husband did breaking for a living the first summer, but we never went hungry. We took about one hundred quarts of canned fruit with us. There wasn’t any fruit to speak of in Wright County, at that time."
Two years after Mrs. Elliot’s return to Edgewood she was married April 7, 1886, to Francis Irvin Woodridge, a farmer. Their children are: Benjamin Irvin, born January 24, 1888, Louie Arthur, born June 29, 1889, and Pearl Edna Woodridge, born February 20, 1892. Mr. Woodridge is a mason and carpenter as well as a farmer, and as reported by Mrs. Woodridge in the fall of 1898, was engaged in building themselves a new house on a small farm, which they own near Edgewood. Mr. and Mrs. Elliot were both members of the "United Brethren Community," or church, and were immersed at the same time. Mr. Woodridge, her present husband, is also a member of that church, though the church services of that denomination, it is said, have been discontinued in Edgewood since the establishment of the M.E. church there. The likenesses of the two children of Philena Rebecca, born on the prairie are herewith presented in sketch drawing from very small pictures.
26. John Orlando SEVEY was born 19 Jul 1838 in Jefferson Co NY. He died 8 Apr 1914 in Edgewood IA and was buried in Edgewood IA. John married Flora Jane LEE on 2 Jan 1863. [Parents]
27. Flora Jane LEE was born 7 Aug 1846 in Albion OH. She died 13 Jul 1931 in Manchester IA and was buried in Edgewood IA. [Parents]
28. George S SHERMAN was born 18 Jun 1856 in Edgewood IA. He died 8 Jun 1921 in Edgewood IA. George married Ida Marion EASTON on 20 Feb 1876. [Parents]
29. Ida Marion EASTON was born 9 Dec 1855 in McHenry Co IL. She died 31 Mar 1931 in Edgewood IA and was buried in Edgewood IA. [Parents]
30. Austin Eli WHITNEY was born 15 Apr 1855 in Newberg ME. He died 20 Mar 1931 in Waterloo IA and was buried in Fairview Cem Waterloo IA. Austin married Edith Louise OWEN on 25 Nov 1884. [Parents]
31. Edith Louise OWEN was born 1 Mar 1859 in Blackhawk Co IA. She died 3 Feb 1921 in Waterloo IA and was buried in Fairview Cem Waterloo IA. [Parents]
