THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Stephen Hudson Cole
           Born: 17 JUL 1838 in Hamilton County, Ohio (1)
        Married: 16 OCT 1856 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: Mary Margaret Warfield; Maggie J. Griffin
           Wife: Clarissa Hageman
           Born: 12 JAN 1832 in Indiana (2)
           Died: 15 JAN 1863 in Switzerland County, Indiana (3)
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Clovis Marshall Cole
           Born: 01 JAN 1858 in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana (4)
           Died: 1939 in Fresno County, California
        Spouses: Elizabeth L. Reynolds
02          (F): Carrie A. Cole
           Born: 02 APR 1859 in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana (5)
           Died: in California
        Spouses: Charles A. Owen
03          (F): Luella E. Cole
           Born: 20 FEB 1861 in Switzerland County, Indiana
           Died: 19 APR 1863 in Switzerland County, Indiana (6)
         Buried: 1863 in Switzerland County Cemetery, Jefferson Twonship, Switserland County,  Indiana
        Spouses: 
04          (M): Adrian S. Cole
           Born: JAN 1862 in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana
           Died: in California (7)
        Spouses: Phoebe E.

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. Norman J. Cole, Adam Cole.ged.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Ibid.

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