Vernon Cole, the fifth son of Daniel Mansfield and Polly (Bigelow) Cole, was born in Brookline, Windham county, Vermont, April 11, 1824. While he was an infant the family moved to Cattaraugus County, New York. As a young man he learned the carpenter's trade. He married at Springville, New York, June 15, 1851, Sarah Kellogg, a native of Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, and on the 17th of the same month started for Wisconsin via the Great Lakes. At Oshkosh, Wisconsin, they took conveyance and went to Marion Township, Waushara County, where they had a claim of 143 acres of land. They built a house and began farming, and here their first child was born. In October, 1856, they sold the farm and moved to Berlin, Green Lake County, where Mr. Cole worked at his trade. In 1860 they moved to Dell Prairie, Adams County, and in 1862 to Portage City. In 1866 they went onto a farm in Warren, Waushara County, where they remained fourteen years. In 1880 they moved to Oconto County, and after living at several places in that county settled, in December, 1885, on a farm of 160 acres in Maple Valley.
Vernon Cole, the fifth son of Daniel Mansfield and Polly (Bigelow) Cole, was born in Brookline, Windham county, Vermont, April 11, 1824. While he was an infant the family moved to Cattaraugus County, New York. As a young man he learned the carpenter's trade. He married at Springville, New York, June 15, 1851, Sarah Kellogg, a native of Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, and on the 17th of the same month started for Wisconsin via the Great Lakes. At Oshkosh, Wisconsin, they took conveyance and went to Marion Township, Waushara County, where they had a claim of 143 acres of land. They built a house and began farming, and here their first child was born. In October, 1856, they sold the farm and moved to Berlin, Green Lake County, where Mr. Cole worked at his trade. In 1860 they moved to Dell Prairie, Adams County, and in 1862 to Portage City. In 1866 they went onto a farm in Warren, Waushara County, where they remained fourteen years. In 1880 they moved to Oconto County, and after living at several places in that county settled, in December, 1885, on a farm of 160 acres in Maple Valley.
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