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Henry Asbury Cole
4 Nov 1844 – 27 Aug 1923
| Birth | 4 Nov 1844 |
| Death | 27 Aug 1923 |
| Cemetery | Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery Biloxi , Harrison County , Mississippi , USA |
| Added by | Rich H. on 29 Jul 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10185687 |
Bio
He was born November 4, 1844 in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He died in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. Additional info for bio: He married second to M. J. Boswell on January 21, 1894 in Carroll County, Mississippi. He was the son of Richard W. Cole and Eliza Jane Jones. During the time the young Rebel army was forming, Henry Cole was still too young to enlist. The family records say that he ran away from home to try to join the army. Henry enlisted in Company A, 30th Miss. 6, which consisted of men from Carroll County. Nov. 22, 1863, Henry enlisted in Company A, 30th Mississippi Regiment, "Neill's Guard". The 30th Miss. was part of Gen. Edward Walthall's brigade, which was placed on the western slopes of Lookout Mountain. A couple of years after the war, Henry married the widow Sarah Land Tucker. They raised the two Tucker children plus four of their own. His name appeared on a list of veterans in a book for the Confederate Veterans Reunion of 1904 in Memphis, TN. He was admitted twice to the hospital at Confederate Soldiers' Home at Beauvoir, Miss.; once in 1914 and again in 1920. In 1920 he applied for his pension benefits while living with his daughter. On May 22, 1922, he again entered the Beauvoir hospital and died there on Aug. 27, 1923.
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- Vina Jane Cole Ball 1840–1904
- PVT Robert Elliot Cole 1841–1861
- Virginia V. "Jennie" Cole Scott 1843–1888
- Frances M. "Fannie" Cole Purcell 1849–1929
- Richard Bascom Cole 1851–1903
- Infant Son Cole 1853–1853
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