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Household of Lemuel Viers Cole

He is married to Rachel L. Woodring.

They got married in the year 1879 at fortasse, Fulton Co., OH, he was 19 years old.

Lemuel Viers Cole oo Rachel L. 'Ray' Woodring

Marriage source: Berkey, Bruce, 'SMITH, RACHEL L. WOODRING COLE F427' History of the Delta OH Area, (Dallas TX, Curtis Media Corp, MCMXC), pg 388, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'1879 - Lemuel Viers Cole (18), an apprentice surveyor and farmer, son of David Price Cole, married the 16 year old Rachel. They started housekeeping east of Wauseon, O. at a place named Harrison's Crossing.' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Addie B. Cole  1882-1954 
  2. Donna Delilah Cole  1884-1940


Notes about Lemuel Viers Cole

Lemuel Viers Cole

Source: Berkey, Bruce, 'SMITH, RACHEL L. WOODRING COLE F427' (Dallas TX, Curtis Media Corp, MCMXC), pg 389, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'1879-Lemuel Viers Cole (18), an apprentice surveyor and farmer, son of David Price Cole, married the 16 year old Rachel. They started housekeeping east of Wauseon, O. at a place named Harrisons' Crossing. 1882-Addie, her first child was born. 1884-Donna, her second child was bron. 1885-Lem went to Kansas to homestead near Fargo Springs, (now vanished) on the Cimmeron River, where he staked three 'tree' claims (480 A.) and waited for his wife to join him. ... 1886-December 24, Lem was killed when he went hunting. Ray buried her husband on the 'lone' prairie near Fargo Springs.' 1887-After proving her tree claim Rachel and her two daughters returned to Fulton County. ...'

Tombstone Inscriptions Fulton Co OH vol II, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMLXXXIV), pg 34, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Lemuel Viers Cole is listed on a tombstone with other family members

'Dutch Ridge Cemetery - Fulton Township - Row 5B Cole, David Price (f)
...
Lemuel Viers 12 Oct 1861 - 24 Dec 1886'

Were Lemuel's remains returned to OH from KS? Is this a memorial only with the remains left in KS? Is Bruce Berkey mistaken?

25 July 1870 Fulton Twp Fulton Co OH census, sheet 23-105, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'40 [Cole], Lemuel __, 8, male, white, attending sch, b. OH, attending sch'

Beal, Judy A., Descendants of Thomas Cole, (Grand Rapids OH, JAB, x Jun MMVI), pg. 13

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"Children of DAVID COLE and MARY LARAVEA are: ... 12. ii. LEMUEL VIERS COLE, b. October 12, 1861; d. December 24, 1886, Fargo Springs, Kansas, hunting accident. ...

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12. LEMUEL VIERS3 COLE (DAVID PRICE2, THOMAS1) was born October 12, 1861, and died December 24, 1886 in Fargo Springs, Kansas, hunting accident. He married RACHEL L. WOODRING 1879, daughter of REUBEN WOODRING and CATYANN WATKINS. Shewas born May 22, 1863, and died May 24, 1959 in Fulton Co. OH.

Notes for LEMUEL VIERS COLE: From Fulton County Jan. 1, 1887, p1: On Dec. 24, 1886; Lemuel V. Cole age about 25, son of Price Cole of Ai, was killed in a hunting accident in Fargo Springs, Kansas. He is survived by his wife (former Rachael Woodring) and 2

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small children.

Birthdate could be 1860.

The following information and story are from: "History of Delta, Ohio Area," Mabel Hudson, project coordinator. ISBN: 0-88107-169-2; Curtis Media Corp.; 1990:

In 1879, Lemuel Viers Cole, age 18, married Rachel Woodring, age 16. Their first home was at Wauseon, OH at a place called Harrison's Crossing.

"In 1885, Lemuel went to homestead at Fargo Springs, Kansas, (a place now gone) on the Cimmeron River where he staked 3 "tree" claims (480 A.) and waited for his wife to join him. Rachel and her 2 children, with brothe-in-law GrantCole, went by railroad to the end of the line at the cow town of Abilene, Kansas. From there, they traveled by covered wagon, 200 miles, over unmarked open range with the "movings," was a challenge for survival. Several days afterstarting the journey they were caught at night in a roaring Kansas blizzard. The thoughtful act by a settler placing a lamp in his window saved them; four days later they continued onward. Rachel was frightened by the vastness of theland and the new experiences it presented..at night, howling wolves, barking coyotes, and in the daytime the absence of humans and nothing between where the "sky met the earth". She said the loneliness was most depressing and scary. Sherecalled trying to urge the horses to move faster, a broken single tree stopped them after dark. Grant went for help; failed by losing his way. She could hear him in the distance shouting, "Ray, Ray, Ray" and she not being sure did notanswer. ONly when his voice started fading in the distance did she respond. Mother Ray recalled one of the happiest days of her life as the day she joined Lem.
Some of her Kansas memories: Moving from the clapboard house in Fargo Springs to the sod house on the prairie. Planting maple seeds to "prove" the tree claim. Bringing the horses inside the house during a blizzard. Going 10 mileswith the team for a barrel of drinking water. Gathering buffalochips for fuel. Dusty cattle drives passing over their land. Lots of rattlesnakes. Accidently starting a prarie fire. Rumors of Indian uprisings. Most everyone wearing guns.Lems' plans to go on to Oklahoma to homestead. and: On Dec. 24, 1886 Lem was killed when he went hunting. Ray buried her husband on the "lone" prairie near Fargo Springs. In 1887, after proving her tree claim Rachel and her 2 daughters returned to Fulton Co., OH. She worked to supportthem.
In 1891 she married Edwin Smith and moved to his farm 3 miles west of Lyons, OH."

More About LEMUEL VIERS COLE: Burial: on prairie, Fargo Springs, KS

Notes for RACHEL L. WOODRING: Died at age 96.

She was born in a log cabin near Rd. 4 and N in Fulton Twp., Fulton Co. Ohio. About 1864, Abraham Lincoln stopped in Ai, Ohio and kissed Rachel who was an infant at the time. In 1869 Rachel and two sisters were lost in the woods for awhile. She was

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indentured to a neighbor in 1873 for 4 years to earn her keep after her mother died when she was 9.

Children of LEMUEL COLE and RACHEL WOODRING are: 33. i. ADDIE B.4 COLE, b. January 14, 1882; d. March 11, 1954.
ii. DONNA D. COLE, b. May 24, 1884; d. October 22, 1940; m. UNK COLE ..." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lemuel Viers Cole

Thomas J. Cole
1808-1871
Sarah M. Salsberry
1820-1847

Lemuel Viers Cole
1859-1886

1879

Rachel L. Woodring
1863-1959

Addie B. Cole
1882-1954
Donna Delilah Cole
1884-1940

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    Birthday October 12, 1859

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    Day of death December 24, 1886

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