THE COLE FAMILY
Compiled by Aubrey Cole

The Cole family of British origin, migrated from North Carolina into Middle Tennessee. Thomas Cole was among the early settlers of Versailles. He and his brother, Gideon, acquired land in the Bylar Bottoms around 1830. Thomas was born 25 March 1809, and married Nancy White. Their children were James Henry, Nancy Emeline, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha. Thomas was active in the Versailles community and was buried at the Mt Pleasant Church Cemetery 23 Sept 1847.

James Henry, son of Thomas and Nancy Cole, born 11 Sept 1834, married Mary F Taylor, the daughter of Vincent and Mary R Puckett Taylor and granddaughter of Charles P and Elizabeth Puckett. Their children were: William Glenn, Alice, Talitha, Nancy, Thomas, Walter and Lillie. During the Battle of Stones River, James Henry was conscripted by the Union to care for their wounded soldiers in a hospital on the Carnation Milk Co. Site in Murfreesboro. Both James Henry and his wife died in 1890 and are buried in the Mt Pleasant Church Cemetery.

William Glenn, son of James Henry and Mary F Cole, was born 3 March 1857, and lived most of his life in Versailles. He married Mary Tennessee Manier, daughter of David Crockett and Martha M Read Manier, and granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth Gentry Read and David L and Susan Jackson Manier. The children of William and Mary Cole were: Minnie, May, Adalaide, Mattie, Ellis, Eris, Clarence, Ruth, and Robert. Robert married Mary I Hill and they were the parents of Robert, Aubrey Glenn, Leopol, John Henry and Thomas Cole. William Glenn Cole drove a school wagon in the Versailles and Eagleville area as well as farming and operating a grocery store. William's off- spring had more than twenty children. Several of them continue to live in the Versailles area for all or most of their lives.