George H. and Jane A. (Kerby) Cole, Sterling
In 1870 Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada, George Cole is 36, born in the U.S., Jane Cole
30 in Ontario,
John Cole 6 Ontario,
Mary Cole 3 Ontario, and
Cranley Kirby
28
Ontario.
In 1880 Union County, South Dakota,
George H. Cole is 45,
Jane A. Cole
40 Wife,
Mary Cole
11 Daughter,
Grace Cole
7 Daughter, and
Vernice Cole (Georgia, who also lived in Logan County)
4/12 Daughter.
October 1907 Sterling "Geo. H. Cole of Crook is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jas. Jay, this week."
January 1909 " William Houren is now an agriculturist, at home under his “own vine and fig tree."
Formerly he was a shoemaker, and at his little shop on Second street next door to the Republican-Advocate
office he kept busy ten hours a day making and repairing shoes - mostly repairing,
since the boots and shoes worn by the present generation are mainly the product of vast manufactories
that make shoes by the thousands and sell them by the case - but that’s another story.
Last year Mr. Houren's farm of 160 acres, only a few months converted from raw prairie,
produced him 722 bushels of winter wheat, on 30 acres, 10 acres of corn made more than 25 bushels
per acre; oats yielded 50 bushels per acre and speltz better than 40 bushels.
From 1 1/2 acres of potatoes he put away enough sufficient for the family use and sold a surplus of
$75 worth and he had an excellent garden. That was his first crop. This year he expects to do even
better, because the land will be in better tilth and he will not divide his time between the farm
and the shoe shop, having turned the latter over to George Cole, who knows all about shoes and
would rather do that work than anything else - unless it would be to occasionally change off for
a day’s shooting over the trap or decoys."
December 1909 "Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Cole went down to Julesburg Thursday morning to
spend the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Gene Tiberghien and family, who are now located in Julesburg,
Mr. Tiberghien being in business there."
George H. Cole
BIRTH
10 Jul 1834
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey,
DEATH
25 Jan 1913
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado,
BURIAL
Riverside Cemetery
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID
55689397.
Jane Ann Kirby Cole
BIRTH
1839
DEATH
1915
BURIAL
Riverside Cemetery
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID
55689409.
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