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Richard Cole

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Richard Cole

Birth
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Death
11 Feb 1897 (aged 67)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Allegedly the son of Phineas & Mary Cole, he married Elizabeth Powell and fathered the first three children you see linked below. He emigrated with his family in 1855, arriving at the port of Philadelphia. Elizabeth died in 1861, and he married Sarah Ann Jones in 1862, fathering the subsequent children you see linked below. In 1860, he was a coal miner living in Branch Township, Schuylkill County.

A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 22, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, July 1, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Reading, Berks County, July 3 as a private with Co. C, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.
Allegedly the son of Phineas & Mary Cole, he married Elizabeth Powell and fathered the first three children you see linked below. He emigrated with his family in 1855, arriving at the port of Philadelphia. Elizabeth died in 1861, and he married Sarah Ann Jones in 1862, fathering the subsequent children you see linked below. In 1860, he was a coal miner living in Branch Township, Schuylkill County.

A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 22, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, July 1, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Reading, Berks County, July 3 as a private with Co. C, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.

Gravesite Details

Pvt. Co, G, 6th Reg. Pa. Vol.



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