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Title:  History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio
Authors:  Aldrich, Lewis Cass.
City of Publication:  Syracuse, N.Y. :
Publisher:  D. Mason & Co.,
Publication Date:  1888

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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Cole, Amos, Pleasant, Holgate p.o., one of the pioneer settlers of Henry
county, was born in Chenango county, N.Y., in 1803.  His parents, Silas
and Louisa Cole, came there at an early day from Connecticut.  In 1815
they moved to Ohio and settled in Scioto county, and in 1831 Amos was
married to Nancy Watts, who was born in that county.  In 1833 he moved
into the then wilderness of Henry county.  He was one of the commissioners
who organized the county, and held the office of commissioner for several
years, and was at one time associate judge.  He was justice for fifteen
years.  He raised a family of six children as follows: Mary L., Elizabeth
A., Julia C., Newton S., Albert E. and Hester S.  The oldest died several
years ago, and the rest of the family are now living in Henry and Defiance
counties.  Amos died in 1863, and Nancy in 1875.  Newton S., the eldest
son, was born in 1838, and remained at home on the farm until he was
twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in teaching school.  In November,
1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 68th O. V. Infantry, in which he served until
1863, when he was transferred to the U. S. Signal Service at Vicksburg,
Miss., and remained in that service until he was discharged in 1865.  He
was married in 1866 to Julia A. Parker, of Attica, Ind.  He has a family
of three sons: Claude Bertrand, Allen Eugene and Guy Otis.  He has been
justice of the peace, and also held several other minor offices.  He moved
to the village of Holgate in 1876, and became engaged in the hardware
business, in which he has remained ever since with a reasonable amount of
success.

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