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William Lowrie Cole
29 Sep 1839 – 11 Feb 1918
| Birth | 29 Sep 1839 |
| Death | 11 Feb 1918 |
| Cemetery | Saint Gabriel Cemetery Benton , Columbia County , Pennsylvania , USA |
| Added by | Amber on 05 May 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8365831 |
Bio
From the Writings of William Heacock as published in the bentonnews.net In the latter part of the 60's there was an outbreak of scarlet fever or diphtheria, I forget now which, that was very fatal to the children on the outskirts of Benton. Funerals were of almost daily occurrence and nursing help was sorely needed. The women of Benton never hesitated in this work of mercy and willingly responded to the care of the dead and dying. A most pathetic case was the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lowery Cole [Lowery and Phoebe Bostian Cole) at Edsons. Three children were stricken and all three died so closely together that their little bodies, in three separate coffins, were at the same time interred side by side in one grave [Their names were George B., Ella M. and Walter E. Cole. They died in March of 1870], at St. Gabriel's cemetery, and despite the fact that the women of Benton, many of whom had small children, had gone among many of these stricken families, it was looked upon as an act of Providence that not one child in our town caught the epidemic, the nearest approach being in the family of Daniel Hartman near West Creek, where the disease stopped. It is also with a grateful heart that I personally acknowledge the whole-heartedness of the people of Benton at a later time.
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Family
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Siblings
- Montgomery Cole 1825–1877
- Benjamin Franklin Cole 1827–1859
- Hannah Cole Stadon 1829–1874
- Harriet May Cole Pennington 1834–1897
- Thomas Benton Cole 1836–1898
- Elmira Cole Karns 1848–1911
Children
- Ella M Cole 1862–1870 FaG
- George B Cole 1864–1870 FaG
- Walter Cole 1868–1870 FaG
- Norton Boyd Cole 1871–1962 FaG
- Bruce Woodward Cole 1874–1966 FaG
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