Cole Family

Contributed by Diane Payne
© 2006

Rasy W.Cole (son of John Tilford Cole and Martha H. Donelson) was born February 1, 1843 in Tennessee. Died July 8, 1883. Buried at Sulphura Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee. Married Nancy C. McMurtry on January 8, 1868 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Nancy C. McMurtry (daughter of Thomas W McMurtry and Elizabeth Blackard) was born in 1840 in Tn. Died 1925. Buried Old Beech Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee

Know children of Rasy Cole and Nancy C. McMurtry are:

  1. Martha E. "Mattie" Cole born about 1869
  2. Millie N. Cole born about 1873
  3. Hiram Cole born March 1875, died 1961. Buried at Gallatin Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee. Married Bettie.
  4. Stephen Cole born about 1880.
  5. John Luther Cole born June 3, 1881 in TN. Died December 23, 195. Buried at Old Fountainhead Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee. Married Sarah Ellis Payne on November 12, 1902 in Sumner County, Tennessee. For more information on John Luther Cole see below.

John Luther Cole (son of Rasy Cole and Nancy C. McMurtry) was born June 3, 1881 in TN. Died December 23, 195. Buried at Old Fountainhead Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee. Married Sarah Ellis Payne on November 12, 1902 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Sarah Ellis Payne (daughter of George Wesley Payne and Sallie A. Martin) was born November 19, 1884 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Death date and place unknown. She has a headstone at Old Fountainhead Cemetery with only the birth date on it.

Children of John Luther Cole and Sarah Ellis Payne are:

  1. Cleminie Estella Cole born about 1904. No further information.
  2. Edna B. Cole born about 1905. Married James C. Ruder.
  3. Harry Jarvis Cole born February 7, 1907 in TN. Died April 6, 1925. Buried at Old Fountainhead Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  4. Ova Catherine Cole born March 17, 1909. Died July 12, 1909 in Robertson County, Tennessee. Buried at Old Fountainhead Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  5. Leonard Lawrence Cole born July 14, 1910. Died August 12, 1910 in Robertson County, Tennessee. Buried at Old Fountainhead Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee.



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