My grandfather, William Barrett COLE graduated from high school at age 17, the same year his stepfather, Rev. Luther JAYNE bought the nursery. From then on, he was immersed in the nursery business. He married my grandmother, Mrs. Mary (STOWE) SHEPARD, the daughter of Joseph STOWE and Eliza BIXLEY. Mary was a young widow with a seven year old son, Clarence Joseph SHEPARD who William raised as his own son.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Clarence Joseph Shepard born June 16, 1888 in Conneaut, OH, died in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital Nov 11, 1956 at age 69 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH.
* Gilbert Stowe COLE died unexpectedly at age 33 on January 4, 1929 in Painesville, Ohio leaving four children ages 11 to 1. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville.
* William Alfred COLE died Dec 14, 1952 in Chandler, Arizona at age 53 after a long illness
* David Barrett COLE died June 9, 1968 in Painesville, Ohio at age 69 after suffering six months with heart ailment
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE died August 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76 of cancer
* Victor Arthur COLE a florist, died September 22, 1971 in Miami, Florida at age 60 following open heart surgery.
WILLIAM B. COLE'S SISTER: Mrs Edith Corintha (COLE) NYE died July 28, 1945 in Perry, Ohio at age 83 and was buried there. Her daughter, Mrs Nelson D. (Addie Electa NYE) NORTON born 1883, died 1969 of Perry, Ohio.
***[Written by Mary Kathleen (COLE) Ward, daughter of Victor Arthur COLE, Sr.]
HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925; Vol.IV, pp 266, 267: "WILLIAM BARRETT COLE: The Cole Nursery Company, Incorporated, of Painesville, Ohio, is a family corporation, the founder and active head of which is William Barrett Cole. This is one of the largest industries of its kind under individual ownership and control in the country, and the nurseries have supplied stock for the foundation of hundred of orchards, vineyards and landscape gardens all over the East and Middle West.
William Barrett Cole, head of the business, was born in the village of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 23, 1864. His grandfather, Gilbert Cole, a native of New York State, was a pioneer at Colebrook, owning and operating a large farm there, and spent his last days in Illinois. He married Sallie Owen, also a native of New York State, who died at Colebrook. Their son, William Franklin Cole, was born at Colebrook, in 1840 and during his brief lifetime was engaged in farming there. He died in July, 1865, at the age of twenty-five. He was reared a whig and voted as a republican, and was an active supporter of the Baptist Church. William Franklin Cole married Addie Eliza Barrett, who was born at Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, in 1842. By their marriage were two children, Edith C., of Perry, Ohio and William Barrett. The mother of these children subsequently married Luther R. Jayne, a nurseryman at Painesville. Both of them died in August, 1920. To their marriage were born the following children: Ethel Jayne, wife of Lewis T. Curtis, a grocery and meat market owner at Painesville; Alfred Jayne, engineer of the municipal waterworks at Painesville; and Forrest M., engineer in an ice plant at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Barrett Cole was an infant when his father died, and his education was acquired in the grade schools and high school at Geneva in Ashtabula County, and the high school at Corry, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1881. Soon afterward he became interested in the nursery business at Painesville, and in time became an independent operator and has kept the business growing through all subsequent years. He was the individual owner and head of the business until January, 1923, when he took his three oldest sons into the business as partners, giving his two other sons an interest, and since then the industry has been the Cole Nursery Company, Inc. The company has about 500 acres of land in use for nursery purposes, these farms being in the three townships of Painesville, Perry and Concord. The offices are on Mentor Avenue in Painesville. Mr. Cole owns a fine brick residence, remodeled in 1923, on Mentor Avenue, and has three other dwelling houses in the city. He is an independent in politics, and is a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. In August 1894, in Ashtabula County, he married Mrs. Mary (Stowe) Shepard. She was born in Ashtabula county, October 15, 1867, and died at Painesville November 10, 1917. To this marriage were born five sons, the three oldest active partners in the nursery business, and the two others still in school. They are: Gilbert Stowe, who took the engineering course in the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh; William Alfred, a graduate of the Austinburg High School in Ohio; David Barrett, who finished his education in Denison University at Granville, Ohio; Kenneth Roosevelt, a graduate in 1924 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and Victor Arthur, a student in the public schools of Painesville. On February 21, 1921, at Painesville, Mr. Cole married Miss Frances Dann, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Dann, residents of Painesville. Her father is a minister of the Baptist Church."
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Clarence Joseph Shepard born June 16, 1888 in Conneaut, OH, died in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital Nov 11, 1956 at age 69 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH.
* Gilbert Stowe COLE died unexpectedly at age 33 on January 4, 1929 in Painesville, Ohio leaving four children ages 11 to 1. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville.
* William Alfred COLE died Dec 14, 1952 in Chandler, Arizona at age 53 after a long illness
* David Barrett COLE died June 9, 1968 in Painesville, Ohio at age 69 after suffering six months with heart ailment
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE died August 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76 of cancer
* Victor Arthur COLE a florist, died September 22, 1971 in Miami, Florida at age 60 following open heart surgery.
WILLIAM B. COLE'S SISTER: Mrs Edith Corintha (COLE) NYE died July 28, 1945 in Perry, Ohio at age 83 and was buried there. Her daughter, Mrs Nelson D. (Addie Electa NYE) NORTON born 1883, died 1969 of Perry, Ohio.
***[Written by Mary Kathleen (COLE) Ward, daughter of Victor Arthur COLE, Sr.]
HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925; Vol.IV, pp 266, 267: "WILLIAM BARRETT COLE: The Cole Nursery Company, Incorporated, of Painesville, Ohio, is a family corporation, the founder and active head of which is William Barrett Cole. This is one of the largest industries of its kind under individual ownership and control in the country, and the nurseries have supplied stock for the foundation of hundred of orchards, vineyards and landscape gardens all over the East and Middle West.
William Barrett Cole, head of the business, was born in the village of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 23, 1864. His grandfather, Gilbert Cole, a native of New York State, was a pioneer at Colebrook, owning and operating a large farm there, and spent his last days in Illinois. He married Sallie Owen, also a native of New York State, who died at Colebrook. Their son, William Franklin Cole, was born at Colebrook, in 1840 and during his brief lifetime was engaged in farming there. He died in July, 1865, at the age of twenty-five. He was reared a whig and voted as a republican, and was an active supporter of the Baptist Church. William Franklin Cole married Addie Eliza Barrett, who was born at Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, in 1842. By their marriage were two children, Edith C., of Perry, Ohio and William Barrett. The mother of these children subsequently married Luther R. Jayne, a nurseryman at Painesville. Both of them died in August, 1920. To their marriage were born the following children: Ethel Jayne, wife of Lewis T. Curtis, a grocery and meat market owner at Painesville; Alfred Jayne, engineer of the municipal waterworks at Painesville; and Forrest M., engineer in an ice plant at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Barrett Cole was an infant when his father died, and his education was acquired in the grade schools and high school at Geneva in Ashtabula County, and the high school at Corry, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1881. Soon afterward he became interested in the nursery business at Painesville, and in time became an independent operator and has kept the business growing through all subsequent years. He was the individual owner and head of the business until January, 1923, when he took his three oldest sons into the business as partners, giving his two other sons an interest, and since then the industry has been the Cole Nursery Company, Inc. The company has about 500 acres of land in use for nursery purposes, these farms being in the three townships of Painesville, Perry and Concord. The offices are on Mentor Avenue in Painesville. Mr. Cole owns a fine brick residence, remodeled in 1923, on Mentor Avenue, and has three other dwelling houses in the city. He is an independent in politics, and is a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. In August 1894, in Ashtabula County, he married Mrs. Mary (Stowe) Shepard. She was born in Ashtabula county, October 15, 1867, and died at Painesville November 10, 1917. To this marriage were born five sons, the three oldest active partners in the nursery business, and the two others still in school. They are: Gilbert Stowe, who took the engineering course in the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh; William Alfred, a graduate of the Austinburg High School in Ohio; David Barrett, who finished his education in Denison University at Granville, Ohio; Kenneth Roosevelt, a graduate in 1924 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and Victor Arthur, a student in the public schools of Painesville. On February 21, 1921, at Painesville, Mr. Cole married Miss Frances Dann, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Dann, residents of Painesville. Her father is a minister of the Baptist Church."
My grandfather, William Barrett COLE graduated from high school at age 17, the same year his stepfather, Rev. Luther JAYNE bought the nursery. From then on, he was immersed in the nursery business. He married my grandmother, Mrs. Mary (STOWE) SHEPARD, the daughter of Joseph STOWE and Eliza BIXLEY. Mary was a young widow with a seven year old son, Clarence Joseph SHEPARD who William raised as his own son.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Clarence Joseph Shepard born June 16, 1888 in Conneaut, OH, died in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital Nov 11, 1956 at age 69 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH.
* Gilbert Stowe COLE died unexpectedly at age 33 on January 4, 1929 in Painesville, Ohio leaving four children ages 11 to 1. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville.
* William Alfred COLE died Dec 14, 1952 in Chandler, Arizona at age 53 after a long illness
* David Barrett COLE died June 9, 1968 in Painesville, Ohio at age 69 after suffering six months with heart ailment
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE died August 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76 of cancer
* Victor Arthur COLE a florist, died September 22, 1971 in Miami, Florida at age 60 following open heart surgery.
WILLIAM B. COLE'S SISTER: Mrs Edith Corintha (COLE) NYE died July 28, 1945 in Perry, Ohio at age 83 and was buried there. Her daughter, Mrs Nelson D. (Addie Electa NYE) NORTON born 1883, died 1969 of Perry, Ohio.
***[Written by Mary Kathleen (COLE) Ward, daughter of Victor Arthur COLE, Sr.]
HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925; Vol.IV, pp 266, 267: "WILLIAM BARRETT COLE: The Cole Nursery Company, Incorporated, of Painesville, Ohio, is a family corporation, the founder and active head of which is William Barrett Cole. This is one of the largest industries of its kind under individual ownership and control in the country, and the nurseries have supplied stock for the foundation of hundred of orchards, vineyards and landscape gardens all over the East and Middle West.
William Barrett Cole, head of the business, was born in the village of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 23, 1864. His grandfather, Gilbert Cole, a native of New York State, was a pioneer at Colebrook, owning and operating a large farm there, and spent his last days in Illinois. He married Sallie Owen, also a native of New York State, who died at Colebrook. Their son, William Franklin Cole, was born at Colebrook, in 1840 and during his brief lifetime was engaged in farming there. He died in July, 1865, at the age of twenty-five. He was reared a whig and voted as a republican, and was an active supporter of the Baptist Church. William Franklin Cole married Addie Eliza Barrett, who was born at Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, in 1842. By their marriage were two children, Edith C., of Perry, Ohio and William Barrett. The mother of these children subsequently married Luther R. Jayne, a nurseryman at Painesville. Both of them died in August, 1920. To their marriage were born the following children: Ethel Jayne, wife of Lewis T. Curtis, a grocery and meat market owner at Painesville; Alfred Jayne, engineer of the municipal waterworks at Painesville; and Forrest M., engineer in an ice plant at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Barrett Cole was an infant when his father died, and his education was acquired in the grade schools and high school at Geneva in Ashtabula County, and the high school at Corry, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1881. Soon afterward he became interested in the nursery business at Painesville, and in time became an independent operator and has kept the business growing through all subsequent years. He was the individual owner and head of the business until January, 1923, when he took his three oldest sons into the business as partners, giving his two other sons an interest, and since then the industry has been the Cole Nursery Company, Inc. The company has about 500 acres of land in use for nursery purposes, these farms being in the three townships of Painesville, Perry and Concord. The offices are on Mentor Avenue in Painesville. Mr. Cole owns a fine brick residence, remodeled in 1923, on Mentor Avenue, and has three other dwelling houses in the city. He is an independent in politics, and is a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. In August 1894, in Ashtabula County, he married Mrs. Mary (Stowe) Shepard. She was born in Ashtabula county, October 15, 1867, and died at Painesville November 10, 1917. To this marriage were born five sons, the three oldest active partners in the nursery business, and the two others still in school. They are: Gilbert Stowe, who took the engineering course in the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh; William Alfred, a graduate of the Austinburg High School in Ohio; David Barrett, who finished his education in Denison University at Granville, Ohio; Kenneth Roosevelt, a graduate in 1924 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and Victor Arthur, a student in the public schools of Painesville. On February 21, 1921, at Painesville, Mr. Cole married Miss Frances Dann, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Dann, residents of Painesville. Her father is a minister of the Baptist Church."
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Clarence Joseph Shepard born June 16, 1888 in Conneaut, OH, died in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital Nov 11, 1956 at age 69 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH.
* Gilbert Stowe COLE died unexpectedly at age 33 on January 4, 1929 in Painesville, Ohio leaving four children ages 11 to 1. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville.
* William Alfred COLE died Dec 14, 1952 in Chandler, Arizona at age 53 after a long illness
* David Barrett COLE died June 9, 1968 in Painesville, Ohio at age 69 after suffering six months with heart ailment
* Kenneth Roosevelt COLE died August 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California at age 76 of cancer
* Victor Arthur COLE a florist, died September 22, 1971 in Miami, Florida at age 60 following open heart surgery.
WILLIAM B. COLE'S SISTER: Mrs Edith Corintha (COLE) NYE died July 28, 1945 in Perry, Ohio at age 83 and was buried there. Her daughter, Mrs Nelson D. (Addie Electa NYE) NORTON born 1883, died 1969 of Perry, Ohio.
***[Written by Mary Kathleen (COLE) Ward, daughter of Victor Arthur COLE, Sr.]
HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925; Vol.IV, pp 266, 267: "WILLIAM BARRETT COLE: The Cole Nursery Company, Incorporated, of Painesville, Ohio, is a family corporation, the founder and active head of which is William Barrett Cole. This is one of the largest industries of its kind under individual ownership and control in the country, and the nurseries have supplied stock for the foundation of hundred of orchards, vineyards and landscape gardens all over the East and Middle West.
William Barrett Cole, head of the business, was born in the village of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 23, 1864. His grandfather, Gilbert Cole, a native of New York State, was a pioneer at Colebrook, owning and operating a large farm there, and spent his last days in Illinois. He married Sallie Owen, also a native of New York State, who died at Colebrook. Their son, William Franklin Cole, was born at Colebrook, in 1840 and during his brief lifetime was engaged in farming there. He died in July, 1865, at the age of twenty-five. He was reared a whig and voted as a republican, and was an active supporter of the Baptist Church. William Franklin Cole married Addie Eliza Barrett, who was born at Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, in 1842. By their marriage were two children, Edith C., of Perry, Ohio and William Barrett. The mother of these children subsequently married Luther R. Jayne, a nurseryman at Painesville. Both of them died in August, 1920. To their marriage were born the following children: Ethel Jayne, wife of Lewis T. Curtis, a grocery and meat market owner at Painesville; Alfred Jayne, engineer of the municipal waterworks at Painesville; and Forrest M., engineer in an ice plant at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Barrett Cole was an infant when his father died, and his education was acquired in the grade schools and high school at Geneva in Ashtabula County, and the high school at Corry, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1881. Soon afterward he became interested in the nursery business at Painesville, and in time became an independent operator and has kept the business growing through all subsequent years. He was the individual owner and head of the business until January, 1923, when he took his three oldest sons into the business as partners, giving his two other sons an interest, and since then the industry has been the Cole Nursery Company, Inc. The company has about 500 acres of land in use for nursery purposes, these farms being in the three townships of Painesville, Perry and Concord. The offices are on Mentor Avenue in Painesville. Mr. Cole owns a fine brick residence, remodeled in 1923, on Mentor Avenue, and has three other dwelling houses in the city. He is an independent in politics, and is a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. In August 1894, in Ashtabula County, he married Mrs. Mary (Stowe) Shepard. She was born in Ashtabula county, October 15, 1867, and died at Painesville November 10, 1917. To this marriage were born five sons, the three oldest active partners in the nursery business, and the two others still in school. They are: Gilbert Stowe, who took the engineering course in the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh; William Alfred, a graduate of the Austinburg High School in Ohio; David Barrett, who finished his education in Denison University at Granville, Ohio; Kenneth Roosevelt, a graduate in 1924 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and Victor Arthur, a student in the public schools of Painesville. On February 21, 1921, at Painesville, Mr. Cole married Miss Frances Dann, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Dann, residents of Painesville. Her father is a minister of the Baptist Church."
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