Monroe Cole
1864 - 1926 (62 years)-
Name Monroe Cole Birth 15 Jul 1864 Macon, MS 
Gender Male Residence 1 Jun 1870 1870 Census Death 15 Jul 1926 Notes - Monroe Cole (b. 1856) is the oldest Cole we know much about. We know that his mothers' name was Anne. Information on the early generation Coles (as recollected by Willie Moore) is located in William Carter Coles's Scrapbook.
01jan2009 John Moore
Person ID I45 edwards_moore Last Modified 23 Dec 2021
Mother Ann Cole (Lyles), b. Abt 1851, Alabama d. 3 Jul 1928, Kenton, TN (Age 77 years) Family ID F463 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Laura Lousie Williams (Lett), b. 07 Aug 1864, Kenton, Tennessee d. 30 Jan 1939 (Age 74 years) Children + 1. William Carter Cole, b. 21 Oct 1879, Kenton, Tennessee d. 28 Dec 1975, St. Louis, , Missouri (Age 96 years)2. Josie Lee Cole, b. March 10 1910, kenton, tennessee d. 15 Jul 1974 (Age 63 years)+ 3. Charlie Cole, b. 17 Sep 1891, Tenneessee d. 4 Mar 1922, Dyer County, TN (Age 30 years)Family ID F18 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Liza Jackson Children + 1. Charlie Cole, b. 17 Sep 1891, Tenneessee d. 4 Mar 1922, Dyer County, TN (Age 30 years)Family ID F394 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2016
Family 3 Family ID F395 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jul 2016
Family 4 Eliza Augustus Marriage 16 Oct 1889 Obion, TN Children + 1. Monroe Cole, Jr., b. Oct 6 1892, Jackson, Tennessee d. Bef 1948 (Age 55 years)+ 2. Charlie Cole, b. 17 Sep 1891, Tenneessee d. 4 Mar 1922, Dyer County, TN (Age 30 years)Family ID F464 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Jan 2021
- Monroe Cole (b. 1856) is the oldest Cole we know much about. We know that his mothers' name was Anne. Information on the early generation Coles (as recollected by Willie Moore) is located in William Carter Coles's Scrapbook.
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Documents 
The Forty Third Annual Cole Day Program (May 24, 2009) Held at St Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Kenton, Tennessee
Rev. Willie l. Pounds, St. Paul Mass Choir, Sis. Tenthy Pounds, Deacon Lenny Banks, Sis. Sarah Skinner, Rev. Michelle Skinner, Sis. Stella Johnson, Soul Surviors, Bro. Rodney Alford, Sis. Vivan Moore, Sis Nannie Taylor, St. Paul Male Chorus, Deacon Ronald Banks, and Minister Timothy White.
Kenton Tennessee History: As I remember and heard By Mrs. Willie J. Cole Moore
Years ago, prior to 1905 several black families? lives in what was the Long House located on the street where First Baptist Church was formerly located. Families living in the Long House as I remember hearing my parents say were Bob and Ida Hunt parents of the late Manor Hunt and Mrs. Nora Scates of St. Louis, Mo. William and Sophia Col, Laura Williams, Robert and Henrietta Williams grandparents of James Williams, Louise and Ellaulse Cole were born on what is now 105 Cole St. also are the rest of the Cole children, other families lived at Long House until they could build or buy a house.
Headstones 
Extract of CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENN, MINORITIES Compiled by Leonard A Moore, Jr.
Cemetery information for this document was obtained from actually recording names from each gravestone. Some information
was gleamed from Leonard's mother, Mozelle Kindle Moore's records and some of the older generation's memories and will be
usually stated as 'oral information.'Click the Link to see the entire report.
http://www.mcnairytnhistory.com/images/African_American_Cemeteries.pdf
Histories 
Kenton Tennessee History: As I remember and heard By Mrs. Willie J. Cole Moore
Years ago, prior to 1905 several black families? lives in what was the Long House located on the street where First Baptist Church was formerly located. Families living in the Long House as I remember hearing my parents say were Bob and Ida Hunt parents of the late Manor Hunt and Mrs. Nora Scates of St. Louis, Mo. William and Sophia Col, Laura Williams, Robert and Henrietta Williams grandparents of James Williams, Louise and Ellaulse Cole were born on what is now 105 Cole St. also are the rest of the Cole children, other families lived at Long House until they could build or buy a house.
In January 2021 queries were made to several counties regarding the Gordon, Cole, and Williams surnames 
Individual Summary for Monroe Cole provided by McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives
He has never been found in any other census after 1870. It is thought he died sometimes after 1910. In 1900 and 1910 census women told how many children that had born and how many were living at that time. Both years Ann always said one child born and one child alive.Origin of the Cole surname based on 1860 and 1870 documents and the death certificate of Winnie Cole.
Rich Cole in Noxubee, MS was most likely the last enslaver of our Cole ancestors.
Recordings 
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Census Images 
Cole Family living in Macon, MS in 1870
Marriage 
Marriage of Monroe Cole in 1889 to Eliza Augustus, the mother of
The mother of Charles S Cole (Sep 17 1891 - Mar 4 1922)
Monroe Jr Cole (Oct 6 1892 - unk). Monroe was not married to the mother of William C. Cole, Laura Jackson (Williams)
