She died circa 1940.
∼Mary John "Johnnie" Cole attended Farmville Female College (Longwood College) and taught at schools in western Hanover Co., Virginia (school house just n.e. of Bowles store on Tower Road, Oliver school house on Ridge Road, and Glencairn). "Johnnie" was an avid gardener and played the organ at Mount Olivet Baptist Church "for her own glorification". She was known for wit and "sharp tongue". Her sons were William Hugh, John M., Carol Venable, Kenneth Holcombe, and Leslie Dunlop Campbell. Her only daughter was Mary Wyllie Campbell, who never married. Mary "Johnnie" Cole Campbell was the daughter of Mary Ann Allen, born 1839 (daughter of James Allen and Mary Holcombe Wyllie, b. 1807), and John M. Cole, b. 1837, d. July 31, 1861. The sister of John M. Cole was Mary Maria Ellen Jane Cole Wills, b.1839, d. 1928, Arnett, WV. John M. Cole died from typhoid fever contracted at camp at Berkeley Springs, Virginia and died at his home near Clover, VA. He was the son of James Edward Cole, b. 1812, d. 1864, MS, and Rebecca Frances Vaughan, b. 1812. John M. Cole was the grandson of William Isham Vaughan and Rebecca Sheffield, and Thomas Cole, b. 1770, Lunenburg Co., VA , d. +1840, Nottoway Co., VA, and Anna "Annie" J. ?Johnson. Thomas Cole was the posthumous son of Dr. George Wills, b. 1745, d. Oct. 1769, and Mary August Whitlock, b. 1747, d. 1815/1818, daughter of Josiah Whitlock, b. cir. 1714 King George Co., VA (he bought 1,000 acres in Prince Edward Co., VA in 1750). The stepfather of Thomas was John Cole, b. 1719, d. 1808, Lunenburg Co., VA. John Cole married Mary Whitlock Wills on Aug. 18, 1772, Charlotte Co., VA. Thomas Cole was a neglected step-son during the Revolution with no education and was listed as illiterate in 1840 census, Nottoway Co., VA. The sister of Thomas was Mary Wills, b.1765, she married Jacob Womack and moved to Tennessee.