Biography of Egar Elijah Cole    Source:  Biographical Record & Portrait Album of Webster 
and Hamilton Counties, Iowa  1888    Page 374


Edgar E. Cole, section 12, Rose Grove Township was born at Cherry Valley in the state of 
New York, September 22, 1846, a son of Henry and Nancy Cole. When he was four years old 
his parents moved to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated, 
remaining at home until after the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion. In March 1865, 
he enlisted and was assigned to and for a short time stationed at St. Louis, and from 
there was sent to guard the Union Pacific Railroad, remaining in the West about six 
months, when he was discharged he then returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he came to Iowa 
and lived in Hardin County three years, and in 1869 moved to Hamilton County and bought 
eighty acres of land in Rose Grove Township, where he has lived since. He has added to 
his farm until it now contains 159 acres, and in addition to this owns  141 acres in 
Hardin County. He has a good residence and other farm buildings, and his improvements.


Henry Cole 
 
Picture dated 1882    Taken In Columbia County , Wisconsin
Henry Cole was a son of Harmon Cole and Catherine Minkler. 


Cole Boys 
This picture is of Dewitt C. Cole and Edgar E. Cole and their wives.   The picture was 
taken in Columbia County , Wisconsin likely 1900+.   Both Dewitt and Edgar were sons of 
Henry and Nancy Cole , both born in Cherry Valley.