THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Stephen Hudson Cole
           Born: 17 JUL 1838 in Hamilton County, Ohio (1)
        Married: 14 AUG 1866 in Switzerland County, Indiana
           Died: 27 MAY 1909 in Fresno, Fresno County, California
         Buried: in Mt View Cemetery, Fresno, California
         Father: Adam Cole
         Mother: Ann Elizabeth Shull
        Spouses: Clarissa Hageman; Mary Margaret Warfield
           Wife: Maggie J. Griffin
           Born: about 1852 in Union County, Indiana (2 3)
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Children
01          (M): Orville A. Cole (4)
           Born: about 1868 in Switzerland County, Indiana (5)
           Died:
        Spouses: Luttie Darnold
02          (M): Robert W. Cole
           Born: 1869 in Switzerland County, Indiana (6)
           Died:
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03          (F): Eva B. Cole
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04          (F): Alice L. Cole
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05          (M): Charles Chester Cole
           Born: 18 SEP 1881 in California
           Died: 24 MAY 1940 in Fresno County, California (7)
        Spouses: 
06          (F): Mary Augusta Cole
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Additional Information

Stephen Hudson Cole:

Notes:
Census for Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana. Taken 14 July 1860:
Stephen H. Cole 31 Farmer 4,000 266 Ohio
Clarrissa 27 Indiana
Clovis M. 2 Indiana
Carrie A. 1 Indiana

Stephen was known as the first mayor of Fresno because he was chairman of the first city council. There was no office of mayor at that time.

Footnotes

  1. A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California (1892, Lewis Publishing, Chicago, Illinois), 345.
  2. Ibid., 345.
  3. 1880 Federal Census, 38, #436, 724.
    E.D. #3, 3rd District, Fresno County, California. Taken June 26th.
  4. Norman J. Cole, Adam Cole.ged.
    Date of Import: 9 Aug 2000.
  5. 1880 Federal Census, 38, #436, 724.
    E.D. #3, 3rd District, Fresno County, California. Taken June 26th.
  6. Norman J. Cole, Adam Cole.ged.
  7. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, RootsWeb.com (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi).
    Cole, Charles C.

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