Captain James Franklin COLE ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Cause of his death was Spinocerebral Meningitis.

   Another name for James was Captain.

   General Notes:

Captain, Boatman.

NAME
James L <James F Cole.

EDUCATION
Graduated from Marietta College 1871.

CENSUS
1880 Ohio Census
Washington County, Marietta, Roll 1076 Vol 66 ED 230 Sheet 22 Line 28:
Levi BARBER 65 WM married farmer Born OH Father CT Mother MA, Abbie M 62 WF wife keeping house OH...James L Cole 30 WM son-in-law boatman VA, Lucy Cole 25 WF dau OH, Seldon Cole 1 WM grandson OH...

NEWSPAPER
Marietta "Weekly Leader" 11 May 1881
"The sad announcement of the sudden and unexpected death of James F Cole in St Louis on Wednesday evening was received here on Thursday morning, and cast a deep gloom over the entire community with whom he was a great favorite. In response to a telegram his wife left for St Louis, early in the week and reached that city before his death. He was engaged, at the time the fatal disease cerebrospinal meningitis overtook him, in forwarding the Government Work, which his father Commodore Cole has been prosecuting for the past year.
Soon after his sickness began, he was taken to St Louis by his brothers, where everything that loving hearts, and medical skill could suggest was done for him, but Providence had decreed that he must die, and Wednesday evening he passed away. His remains reached here on Friday evening, and were conveyed to the residence of his father-in-law, Capt Levi Barber, from which place the funeral services were held on Saturday morning, the attendance being the largest known in Harmar, for several years. Dr Hawks of whose church he was a member preached the funeral discourse. The pall bearers eight in number were members of the class in college to which he formerly belonged. His remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery, amid the tears and sobs of those who had known and loved him so well in life. He was a kind loving husband and father, a dutiful and affectionate son, and a constant and faithful friend, whose genial smile and pleasant greeting will be remembered in the days and years to come. His sorrowing widow, and his father, brothers and sister, have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement.

Harmar
-Captain Levi and Henry Barber, of Carthage IL, were called home by the death of James Cole...

NOTES
Genealogy of Our Barber Family 1614-1965 by Lucy James COLE Flemming
"SEVENTH GENERATION
"Capt Levi Barber -7 born 1 Nov 1814 in Harmar. Married on 31 Oct 1837 to Abigail M Kelly...
"Their children were as follows...
Lucy Mayberry born 13 Oct 1854 mar James F Cole...
"Lucy Mayberry Barber (daughter of Capt Levi -7, Col Levi -6, David -5, Dr Samuel -4, Samuel -3, Thomas -2, Thomas -1)
"Lucy was born 13 Oct 1854, died 14 Jul 1936, mar 1878 to James F Cole (son of Capt Caius Martius Col) he was born 14 Jun 1849 died 4 May 1881.
"Children:
Seldon Barber Cole born 11 May 1879- unmarried
Lucy James Cole born 3 Sep 1881, mar 27 Dec 1900 Edwin A Flemming (he was born 12 Nov 1864, died 28 Aug 1946)

LETTERS
Florence Louise Flemming Engle 24 May 2001:
"Born 16 Jun 1849, Died 4 May 1881."

John J Sinzich 16 May 1881
"Ship Chandler and Dealer in Boat Stores &c
Corner Sycamore and Water Streets, Evansville IN
To C M Cole Esq, Marietta
Dear Sir:
I never was more shocked in my life than I was last night on my return home, when my wife told me of the death of your son James.
Words cannot describe my sympathy for you, and the family.
I will only say that tears never came to my eyes before as quickly as at the news of poor James death.
Yours
John J Sinzich"

BOOKS
FAMILY RECORDS of the Descendants of GERSHOM FLAGG [Born 1730] of Lancaster Massahusettes (sic) with Other Genealogical Records of THE FLAGG FAMILY Descended from THOMAS FLEGG OF WATERTOWN MASS and Including THE FLEGG LINEAGE IN ENGLAND Compiled and Published by Norman Gershom Flagg and Lucius C S Flagg 1907
pg 120 [987] Lucy Mayberry Barber, dau of Abigail [973] b 13 Oct 1854 in Marietta OH, was m 17 Oct 1878 to Capt James F Cole of Marietta OH, b 1849 at Briscoe WV. He was a contractor of US Govt work on rivers and d 4 May 1881 at St Lukes Hosp St Louis MO after an illness of five days. Mrs Cole and her son and dau were all born at 407 Fort St Marietta OH where she still resides (1907). Issue:
[991] 1 Seldon Barber b 11 May 1879. Unm, is a Postal Clerk.
[992] 2 Lucy James b 3 Sep 1881. Family No 992 Flemming.

The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor Connecticut, Donald S Barber, McDowell Publications, Utica NY, 1992, p261:"335. Capt. Levi7 Barber, b 1 Nov 1814; m 31 Oct 1837 Abigail M Kelly, b Marietta OH 18 May 1814, d 9 Feb 1886, daughter of Joseph and Cynthia (Flaff) Kelly; resided at Harmar (now Marietta) OH.
"Levi was a merchant. During the Civil War he became Provost Marshall at Harmar. [Ref: Barber Gen; CSL:Flagg Gen; Buell Gen#2]
"Children of Levi and Abigail, born at Marietta:
"...Lucy Mayberry8, b 13 Oct 1854; m 1878 Capt James F Cole of Marietta, b Briscoe WV 1849, d 4 May 1881.
"James was a contractor of U.S. Government river work. They lived in Harmar (now Marietta) OH, in the house built in 1833 by her grandfather Col Levi Barber.
"Children of Lucy and James:
"Seldon Barber Cole, b 11 May 1879.
"Lucy James Cole, b Sep 1881; m Edwin Allen Flemming; resided at Ludlow KY."

Barber Genealogy, Sect I Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor Connecticut 1614-1909, Sect II Descendants of John Barber of Worcester Massachusetts 1714-1909, Publ John Barber White, Ed Lillian May Wilson, Haverhill Mass, Press of the Nichols Print, 1909, clxiv 659p 24cm, 10-11369, CS71.B24 1909, Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor Connecticut 1614-1909.
p298: "2275. Lucy Mayberry Barber8, (Levi7, Levi6, David5, Dr Samuel4,
Samuel13, Thomas2, Thomas1) b. Oct 13, 1854; m. 1878, James F. Cole, son of Capt Caius Cole. He d. May 3, 1881.
Children:
3131. I. Seldon B. Cole, b. May 11, 1879; resides in Marietta OH.
+3132. II. Lucy J. Cole, b. Sep 3, 1881.
"Mrs. Cole lives in the house which was erected in 1833 by her grandfather, Col. Levi Barber, and which has sheltered four generations of his descendants. It stands on the north side of the old market square, which is the site of old Ft. Harmar,and directly opposite the point where the Muskingum River empties into the Ohio."

Washington County Ohio to 1980 (A Collection of Topical & Family Sketches), 1980, p83:
"...Lucy Mayberry Barber married James Franklin Cole in 1878. He was the son of Caius Martius and Nancy Scott Cole and was born at Briscoe Run WV in 1849. He graduated from Marietta College in 1871. He worked with his father, who took contracts with the Gov on repair work on river, building dams etc. He died in St Louis MO in 1881 while working on a river project. Two children were born to James and Lucy: Seldon Barber Cole (1879-1966), unmarried, and Lucy James Cole (1881-1973). Lucy Mayberry and family spent her entire life in and died in the Barber homestead..."

   Marriage Information:

James married Lucy Mayberry BARBER, daughter of Captain Levi BARBER, Jr and Abigail Morris KELLY, on 17 Oct 1878 in Harmar, Washington, Ohio, USA. (Lucy Mayberry BARBER was born on 13 Oct 1854 in Harmar, Washington, Ohio, USA and died on 14 Jul 1936 in 407 Fort St, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, USA.)