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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