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Conrad Cole Sr.

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Conrad Cole Sr. Veteran

Birth
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Sep 1854 (aged 78)
Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.6887283, Longitude: -80.1904068
Plot
Section A Lot 25
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Married Mary Magdalena Deeter on 17 Oct 1797, Northampton Co., Lehigh Twp., Pennsylvania.

From Crawford County, Pennsylvania Vital & Court Records:
"Conrad Cole, white, male, born Lehi, County of Northumberland PA, died Hayfield Twp., 26 Sept. 1854, aged 79y, from bleeding of the lungs, husband of Mary Cole. Returned by H. C. Terrill, of Hayfield Twp., certified 23 Oct. 1854, registered same."

From 'Biographical & Genealogical History of Appanoose & Monroe Counties, Iowa', New York, Lewis Publishing Co. 1903
pg 105:
"... Conrad Cole, who was also born in Pennsylvania and represented an old Pennsylvania Dutch (Prussia) family. Conrad Cole served as a soldier in the war of 1812 and was present when Commodore Perry achieved his famous victory on the lakes. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Magdalena Deeter..."

From 'History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania', by Francis Newton Thorpe
pg 27:
"... Conrad Cole, settled in Hayfield Township, this county, in 1802, where he cleared up a farm and lived and died."

And pg. 889:
"... Conrad Cole, who was said to be the first man to come over the Alleghenies with a team and wagon, and who settled in Hayfield Township in 1802. He was a native of Lehigh County, Penn., a son of George Cole, whose parents came from Prussia."

From 'History of Crawford Co., PA', Author: Samuel P. Bates
Publication: Warner and Beers and Co., Chicago, 1885 (also located almost verbatim in 'Gazateer and Buisnees Directory of Crawford County, Pa for 1874':
"LITTLES CORNERS, (p.o.) situated one mile west of Coons Corners, contains one church, two stores, three steam and one water power saw mills, a shingle mill, turning establishment, grist mill, tannery, shoe shop, and about twenty dwellings. We are not advised of the date of the first settlement, nor by whom it was made. Coonrad (sic) Cole, who settled here 1802, is said to be the first man who crossed the Alleghanies (sic) with a wagon. He cut his own road. After few years residence in this township he removed to the east bank of French Creek, where he raised four sons and four daughters. He was one of the earliest members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Black's Corners (Hayfield Twp.)."

8 Children by Conrad and Mary
1. George Preston Cole b: 3 Jan 1798 in North Hampton County, Leigh Twp., Pa
2. Magdalena E. Cole b: 23 Oct 1799 in Westmorland Co., Pa
3. Henry Cole b: 21 Nov 1801, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
4. Susan D. Cole b: 23 Jul 1802, in Pa
5. John Cole b: 22 May 1806, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
6. Catherine Cole b: 15 Apr 1810, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
7. Caroline Cole b: 1 Feb 1812 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa
8. Conrad Cole b: 8 Apr 1816, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
Married Mary Magdalena Deeter on 17 Oct 1797, Northampton Co., Lehigh Twp., Pennsylvania.

From Crawford County, Pennsylvania Vital & Court Records:
"Conrad Cole, white, male, born Lehi, County of Northumberland PA, died Hayfield Twp., 26 Sept. 1854, aged 79y, from bleeding of the lungs, husband of Mary Cole. Returned by H. C. Terrill, of Hayfield Twp., certified 23 Oct. 1854, registered same."

From 'Biographical & Genealogical History of Appanoose & Monroe Counties, Iowa', New York, Lewis Publishing Co. 1903
pg 105:
"... Conrad Cole, who was also born in Pennsylvania and represented an old Pennsylvania Dutch (Prussia) family. Conrad Cole served as a soldier in the war of 1812 and was present when Commodore Perry achieved his famous victory on the lakes. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Magdalena Deeter..."

From 'History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania', by Francis Newton Thorpe
pg 27:
"... Conrad Cole, settled in Hayfield Township, this county, in 1802, where he cleared up a farm and lived and died."

And pg. 889:
"... Conrad Cole, who was said to be the first man to come over the Alleghenies with a team and wagon, and who settled in Hayfield Township in 1802. He was a native of Lehigh County, Penn., a son of George Cole, whose parents came from Prussia."

From 'History of Crawford Co., PA', Author: Samuel P. Bates
Publication: Warner and Beers and Co., Chicago, 1885 (also located almost verbatim in 'Gazateer and Buisnees Directory of Crawford County, Pa for 1874':
"LITTLES CORNERS, (p.o.) situated one mile west of Coons Corners, contains one church, two stores, three steam and one water power saw mills, a shingle mill, turning establishment, grist mill, tannery, shoe shop, and about twenty dwellings. We are not advised of the date of the first settlement, nor by whom it was made. Coonrad (sic) Cole, who settled here 1802, is said to be the first man who crossed the Alleghanies (sic) with a wagon. He cut his own road. After few years residence in this township he removed to the east bank of French Creek, where he raised four sons and four daughters. He was one of the earliest members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Black's Corners (Hayfield Twp.)."

8 Children by Conrad and Mary
1. George Preston Cole b: 3 Jan 1798 in North Hampton County, Leigh Twp., Pa
2. Magdalena E. Cole b: 23 Oct 1799 in Westmorland Co., Pa
3. Henry Cole b: 21 Nov 1801, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
4. Susan D. Cole b: 23 Jul 1802, in Pa
5. John Cole b: 22 May 1806, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
6. Catherine Cole b: 15 Apr 1810, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa
7. Caroline Cole b: 1 Feb 1812 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa
8. Conrad Cole b: 8 Apr 1816, in Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa


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