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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1804 - 1827 (22 years)
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| Name |
James COLE |
| Born |
8 Sep 1804 |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
G94N-4P1 |
| _UID |
37D2385C5CF441E6BA4AFC56C09776003703 |
| Buried |
1827 |
Cole Family Cemetery, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky  [1] |
| Died |
27 Feb 1827 |
| Person ID |
I30840 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2021 |
| Father |
Lt. Richard James COLE, b. 23 Apr 1763, Pennsylvania , d. 9 Jul 1839, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Sally YATES, b. 1 Oct 1765, Pennsylvania , d. 8 Nov 1836, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
1787 |
Of Midway, Woodford, Kentucky [2] |
| Family ID |
F536727730 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah "Sallie" LINDSAY, b. 15 Apr 1803, d. 12 Oct 1851, Clay, Missouri (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
1824 |
Woodford, Kentucky [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Zerelda Elizabeth COLE, b. 29 Jan 1825, Black Horse Tavern, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky , d. 10 Feb 1911, on train to Calif, near Oklahoma City, OK. (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Jesse Richard COLE, b. 29 Nov 1826, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky , d. 16 Nov 1895, Kearney, Clay, Missouri (Age 68 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2021 |
| Family ID |
F14367 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- James Cole (2-8-1804 to 9-27-1833) was married to his first cousin Sally Lindsay. She had only two children before his death. It is said he died after being thrown from a horse. Zerelda was then only two years old, she continued to live at the Black Horse Inn with her grandfather as guardian. After James death her mother married again to Robert Thomason whom Zerelda did not favor. According to members of the family Zerelda "hated" Robert Thomason and became a favorite to her Grandfather, Richard Cole Jr. who gave her the proper education and training to become a lady of prominence. When Sally and Robert moved to Clay County Mo. Zerelda did not accompany them, instead she went to live with her Uncle James M. Lindsay, at Stamping Ground, Scott Co. Ky
By the time school ended in the spring of 1841 Robert James and Zerelda were not speaking. Most young men in those days had strong beliefs that a woman should be silent and not express their political thoughts. Zerelda was of the Cole and Lindsay Families, who had been famous for their courageous deeds during the Revolutionary War. She inherited these same traits, and with her education it made her unwilling to comply with his wishes. But three days later before fall 1841, the desire and love for Zerelda was too strong, Robert proposed to her and they were married December 28, 1841 at the home of Uncle Judge James Madison Lindsay, in Stamping Ground, Kentucky. He was 23 and she was 17 years old. The house is still standing and presently owned by Marguerite Sprague on Locust Fork Pike, Scott County.
The following August they left for Clay County, Missouri, to visit her mother Sarah, and her step-dad Robert Thomason. He returned to Georgetown leaving alone his pregnant wife with her mother. His desire was to finish his final year of theological training and return home by next Christmas, but the Missouri River was frozen the poor roads were treacherous, so it was spring after he had graduated before he arrived at Kearney, to reunite with his wife and a new son born January 10, 1843, Alexander Franklin James. He later returned to Georgetown College in 1848 where he received his Masters Degree. He then decided to settle in Clay County where he purchased a farm from Asa W. Thomason, near Centerville, a town which later changed it's name to Kearney. The farm had no house and they built a cabin during the next spring. Robert bought two slaves. He combined farming and preaching to make a living. He founded the Baptist churches at New Hope and Providence.
In 1851, he went to California. Jesse was only 4 years old at this time. He went in order to get money to educate his children. The trip lasted from April 21 to August 1, 3 months. Robert died 18 days after arriving in California. and is buried there. He died August 18, 1850 near Placerville El Dorado California.
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| Sources |
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Dec 2021), entry for James COLE, person ID G94N-4P1. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Dec 2021), entry for Richard James Cole, person ID L7XR-WB2. (Reliability: 3).
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