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Hannah <I>Allison</I> Cole

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Hannah Allison Cole

Birth
Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Death
1843 (aged 80–81)
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Cooper County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8024783, Longitude: -92.8540806
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Parents were Halbert McClure Allison 1736-1813 REV WAR & Nancy Agness 1736-1816
Grandparents Robert Allison 1710-1769 immigrant from Ireland & Hannah McClure 1719-1736, also immigrated from Ireland.

Believed to be the first white woman to venture south of the Missouri River within the state of Missouri. Many historians have portrayed Hannah Cole and her family as courageous leaders in the pioneer days of Cooper
County, Missouri.

ANCESTORS

1-Halbert McClure Allison 1736-14 September 1813
Fought in the Rev War, Contential Army-Virtginia
m. Nancy Agness 1763-2 April 1816 (12 children)

2-Robert Allison 1810 Ireland-1769 Virginia
m. Hannah McClure 1719 Ireland-abt. 1760 Virginia

3-Thomas Allison 1690 Ireland

Hannah Allison and William Temple Cole were married in the late 18th century in Virginia. In 1805, the couple, along with Stephen Cole, who was William’s brother, and his wife, Phoebe, who was Hannah’s sister, emigrated to Wayne County, Kentucky.

The two Cole families were among those who established a settlement on Loutre Island in the Missouri River in 1807. This island was situated at the mouth of Loutre Creek, nearly opposite the mouth of the Gasconade River and not far from the site of Hermann, Missouri.

In 1810, a band of 10 Sac and Potawatomie Indians stole seven horses from the Loutre Island settlers. The Cole brothers were among those who volunteered to pursue the Indians. Two nights later, the volunteers stopped to camp for the night and were ambushed by Indians as they slept. William Cole and others were killed. Stephen Cole is said to have killed four Indians and wounded a fifth and sustained 26 wounds before he escaped and found his way back to Loutre Island.

A month later, Hannah Cole, widowed and nearly 50, and her nine children, Jennie, Mattie, Dykie, Nellie, James, Holbert, Stephen, William and Samuel, and Stephen Cole, his wife and five children, accompanied a group of men led by Benjamin Cooper on an overland journey into the wilderness.

When the group arrived at a point opposite Boonville on the north side of the Missouri River, it was decided to establish a settlement there. For some reason, however, the two Cole families ventured further and crossed the Missouri River to the south side.

Hannah built a fort on the bluffs of the Missouri River near present-day Boonville and established the first ferry service crossing the Missouri River to Howard County.

Hannah's father left a will and the majoriety of everything went to the sons. Hannah and her sisters only got
$ 3 apiece

THERE IS A DAR CHAPTER IN MISSOURI NAMED FOR HANNAH COLE. SHE IS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS TAUGHT IN THE MISSOURI SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Parents were Halbert McClure Allison 1736-1813 REV WAR & Nancy Agness 1736-1816
Grandparents Robert Allison 1710-1769 immigrant from Ireland & Hannah McClure 1719-1736, also immigrated from Ireland.

Believed to be the first white woman to venture south of the Missouri River within the state of Missouri. Many historians have portrayed Hannah Cole and her family as courageous leaders in the pioneer days of Cooper
County, Missouri.

ANCESTORS

1-Halbert McClure Allison 1736-14 September 1813
Fought in the Rev War, Contential Army-Virtginia
m. Nancy Agness 1763-2 April 1816 (12 children)

2-Robert Allison 1810 Ireland-1769 Virginia
m. Hannah McClure 1719 Ireland-abt. 1760 Virginia

3-Thomas Allison 1690 Ireland

Hannah Allison and William Temple Cole were married in the late 18th century in Virginia. In 1805, the couple, along with Stephen Cole, who was William’s brother, and his wife, Phoebe, who was Hannah’s sister, emigrated to Wayne County, Kentucky.

The two Cole families were among those who established a settlement on Loutre Island in the Missouri River in 1807. This island was situated at the mouth of Loutre Creek, nearly opposite the mouth of the Gasconade River and not far from the site of Hermann, Missouri.

In 1810, a band of 10 Sac and Potawatomie Indians stole seven horses from the Loutre Island settlers. The Cole brothers were among those who volunteered to pursue the Indians. Two nights later, the volunteers stopped to camp for the night and were ambushed by Indians as they slept. William Cole and others were killed. Stephen Cole is said to have killed four Indians and wounded a fifth and sustained 26 wounds before he escaped and found his way back to Loutre Island.

A month later, Hannah Cole, widowed and nearly 50, and her nine children, Jennie, Mattie, Dykie, Nellie, James, Holbert, Stephen, William and Samuel, and Stephen Cole, his wife and five children, accompanied a group of men led by Benjamin Cooper on an overland journey into the wilderness.

When the group arrived at a point opposite Boonville on the north side of the Missouri River, it was decided to establish a settlement there. For some reason, however, the two Cole families ventured further and crossed the Missouri River to the south side.

Hannah built a fort on the bluffs of the Missouri River near present-day Boonville and established the first ferry service crossing the Missouri River to Howard County.

Hannah's father left a will and the majoriety of everything went to the sons. Hannah and her sisters only got
$ 3 apiece

THERE IS A DAR CHAPTER IN MISSOURI NAMED FOR HANNAH COLE. SHE IS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS TAUGHT IN THE MISSOURI SCHOOL SYSTEM.


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