Died at St. Cloud, Florida, January 19, 1918. A. S. Cole a friend and comrade who was loved and respected by all who knew him, was born February 20, 1844, in Brown County, Ohio, and when 18 years of age enlisted in Company K, 70th Ohio Volunteers, was at the battle of Shiloh after which he was discharged for disability. He recovered shortly and re-enlisted in Company B, 34th Ohio. He served in that regiment until the end of the war. He was in most of the great battles of the Civil war. He was still in the Shenandoah Valley when Lincoln was assassinated, being mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July, 1865. In February, 1875, he was married to Mary A. Ferris, and to this union were born four children, one boy and three girls. The mother and the four children survive to mourn the loss of a good father and husband. Mr. Cole was postmaster for nearly thirty years in Ferris and was Notary Public for twenty-six years. He was mustered in the Grand Army Post at Russellville, Ohio, in 1865, and served in all the important offices of that order. He was correspondent for a number of the leading newspapers of the North, but his health failed and he sold his home in the North and moved with his wife to St. Cloud, Florida,
Died at St. Cloud, Florida, January 19, 1918. A. S. Cole a friend and comrade who was loved and respected by all who knew him, was born February 20, 1844, in Brown County, Ohio, and when 18 years of age enlisted in Company K, 70th Ohio Volunteers, was at the battle of Shiloh after which he was discharged for disability. He recovered shortly and re-enlisted in Company B, 34th Ohio. He served in that regiment until the end of the war. He was in most of the great battles of the Civil war. He was still in the Shenandoah Valley when Lincoln was assassinated, being mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July, 1865. In February, 1875, he was married to Mary A. Ferris, and to this union were born four children, one boy and three girls. The mother and the four children survive to mourn the loss of a good father and husband. Mr. Cole was postmaster for nearly thirty years in Ferris and was Notary Public for twenty-six years. He was mustered in the Grand Army Post at Russellville, Ohio, in 1865, and served in all the important offices of that order. He was correspondent for a number of the leading newspapers of the North, but his health failed and he sold his home in the North and moved with his wife to St. Cloud, Florida,
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