THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Jacob Anthon "Jake" Cole
           Born: 30 MAR 1842 in Switzerland County, Indiana
        Married: 01 OCT 1861 in Carroll County, Kentucky (1)
           Died: 19 JUL 1909 in Fresno, Fresno County, California
         Buried: 1909 in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno CO, California
         Father: Adam Cole
         Mother: Ann Elizabeth Shull
        Spouses: Lenore Darnold; Sara Russell
     Occupation: Farmer and Real Estate Salesman
           Wife: Lucinda A. Darnold
           Born: 10 AUG 1843 in Carroll County, Kentucky
           Died: 15 APR 1869 in Carroll County, Kentucky
         Buried: 1869 in Darnold Cemetery on Darnold Farm, Carroll County, Kentucky
         Father: Clement Darnold
         Mother: Druzilla Henry
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Alvin Rice Cole
           Born: 16 AUG 1862 in Kentucky
           Died: 16 NOV 1932 in Clovis, Fresno County, California
        Spouses: Mary Olive Clifford; Nora

Additional Information

Jacob Anthon "Jake" Cole:

Notes:
In 1860, Jacob left his boyhood home in Indiana for Kentucky.

Jacob and Lenora were listed on page 544 of the Milford Township, Riley County, Kansas 1870 Federal Census. Jacob, 28, was a farmer with real estate valued at $600.00. His personal proerty was valued at $30.00. Alvin was 7 at the time of the census.

Jacob moved to Fresno in 1873 where he began wheat farming. He was a progressive farmer, who along with his nephew Clovis N. Cole, were the first persons in Fresno to purchase and successfully operate a combined harvester.

In 1876?, Jacob sold his farm to his son, Alvin, and moved into Fresno. He entered into the Real Estate business with his brother H.S. Cole and F.M. Chittenden. They formed a firm called Cole, Chittenden and Cole. Upon retirement, Jacob moved back to the farm.

Jacob had a severe case of grippe about a month before he died. The grippe resulted in an abscess just behind his left ear. An Operation was performed, and the abscess was removed. However, Jacob's advanced age made him unable to stand up to the rigors of an operation, and he grew weaker until his death.

Marriage Notes
Jacob and Lucinda were married in her father's, Clement Darnold's, home by E.B. Stratton, M.G. of the Baptist Church. The witnesses were George Campbell and J. W. East.

Footnotes

  1. Samland, Peggy, Carroll County, Kentucky Marriage Index ([database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000).

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