| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Eighth Generation250. Daniel , Cole J was born on 5 May 1824.41 He died WFT Est. 1874-1916.41 His Father gave him 125 acres of land when he married at the age of 25. This was good land in the valley. He immediatly began farming, adding to his land, until at the death of his father he owned 1500 acres of the richest land in the State. His father died when Dan was 45. Was an acknowledged leader in the social and religious society in which he and his wife moved. He had a very limited formal education as was basically a self taught man. He collected a substantual library. He was first a Whig then a Republican. He was in the foremost ranks in the early formation of the Republican party, and took the stump for John C. Fremont. An attempt to assassinate him was made by the K.G.C. because of his strong uncompromising support of the Union. Daniel , Cole J and Mary SMITH were married on 21 March 1849.41 Mary SMITH died on 19 August 1862 in Buried in the Family Cemetary at home..41 She was born WFT Est. 1809-1833.41 Parents were the first settlers in Richland, Illinois. Of Mary it is said that "Her life was an uniform example of piety, not of that kind which affects only to be seen that it may be admired of men, but that which manifests itself in the domestic, social, and religious duties of everyday life." Daniel , Cole J and Mary SMITH had the following children:
Daniel , Cole J and Hanna E. MONROE were married on 22 October 1865.41 Hanna E. MONROE was born WFT Est. 1824-1851.41 She died WFT Est. 1876-1939.41 Daniel , Cole J and Hanna E. MONROE had the following children:
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