Uriah Cole (1910), Jackson Co., AR

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Newport Independent, Newport, AR, November 12, 1910

URIAH COLE
Oldest Settler in Jackson County Arkansas Answers the final Summons

  "Uncle" Uriah Cole, as he was known all over Jackson County, our 
oldest pioneer settler, died Friday evening about dusk at his home near
Elgin where he located 63 years ago, having passed his 85th birthday
last March 28th. 
  The aged man had been very feeble for several years and while out one
morning recently, contracted a severe cold that brought on his death.
  The deceased leaves but one son, William Jason Cole, a highly
respected farmer in that area, who has the sympathy of friends in his 
(?). Burial Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the family graveyard near
Elgin. 
  The deceased was a native of Tennessee coming to Arkansas in 1847 and
locating on his present farm. He was a great bear hunter in the early
days and his delight in old age was to narrate the experiences of
vigorous young manhood on the frontier.
  While not a member of any church, the deceased was generous and
big-hearted and made a good citizen.
  All that knew him was his friends and the news of his death will be
heard with regret over the entire county.
  

[The above obit is as it appeared in the NEWPORT paper on 11-12-1910.
For genealogy research purposes the following is information I have
recovered in my research of my great-grandfather, Uriah Cole:

Uriah Cole was the son of James and Martha (York) Cole. His siblings
included: Jason, William,  Felix G., Mary Jane, Parthenia, Matilda and
Andrew Jackson.

His wife was Martha Wann and these are their children:
Amanda J., William Jason, Mary Elizabeth, Uriah A. Robinson, Harriet
and Henry (twins).

Amanda J. was married to James F. Gibson and my father Tilliman C.
Gibson was one of two of their children who lived to become an adult.
The other one was Edna Gibson Duncan. If anyone wants any further
information email me at lmorris@centurytel.net.]