William Riley COLE
Birth:
22 May 1817
Middlesex, Yates, New York
Death:
Roy, Weber, Utah
Burial:
Ogden City Cem, Weber, Utah
Marriage:
19 Mar 1840
Quincy, Adams, Illinois
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Pioneers and Patriots "Over the Blue Mountain"
B-GSF #026,452 Riverdale W. Rec/Life History of Wm. R. Cole 22 May 1817
M-GSF #1263280 Tib Civ Marr/Md.Cert. Quincy, Adams, Illinois 19 Mar 1840
D-GSF #026454 Roy W Rec (Deaths 1910) Ogden City Cem. Rec. Photo copy
Bapt.-GSF #026452 Riverdale, Weber, Utah W. rec/Life His.of Wm. R. Cole
End.-NV Temple End Reg.
Slg.-GSF #183,396 p.127 EH Sld to Spouse 9 Apr 1868 also sealed again-
31 Jan 1934 in the S L Temple
I, William R. Cole, son of Owen Cole and Sally Turnbaugh, was born in Middlesex, Yates County, New York on May 22, 1817. I, with my parents, moved from New York to Ohio on October 25, 1832. I heard the first sermon preached in Copley, Ohio in 1833 by Sidney Rigdon. In 1833 I received the gospel and was baptized in the Vermillion River on December 27, 1834 by Elder Elmer Harris and confirmed the same. I started for Missouri in 1837 on foot, walking 450 miles in fifteen days carrying 45 pounds on my back. I stopped and worked four months for my uncle, Mose Daley. I reached Far West, Missouri on September 15, 1837.
In July 1838 I prepared a house, hay and grain for my father's family which came to Far West from New York in October 1838. I had joined the Church before my father's family did and they did not want me to come West and offered me great inducements to stay there, but I told them that I must come After I came away, they joined the Church and came to Far West in 1838.
(From his point, the history is written from memory
by William F. Robinson as told him by William R. Cole.)
William R. Cole got acquainted with Prophet Joseph Smith and he often said of him, "I love him. I worked for him and farmed for him, worked at ship carpentry and millwright work. . ." He sold dry goods and trinkets, carrying them on his back from place to place. Brother Cole told about making coffins of hardwood for $1.00 a foot. They were dressed down and protected with beeswax. They were pressed with a hot iron and rubber with a silk handkerchief until they could have been used as mirrors. At one time the Prophet's family ground the wheat they used for bread in Brother Cole's coffee grinder.
Sometime later Brother Cole met and married Nancy Sarepta Parish.
He went through all the mobbings at Far West and the persecutions. He and Uncle Daley were going to the Breast Works at Far West when Brother Daley said, "Here, Will, you take my gun and I will take a hoop pole. You can shoot better than I can." He was there when our brethren surrendered and saw Bogard (or Bogart) (The wife of Charles C. Rich called him Beauregard) shoot at Charles C. Rich, but missed him. Brother Cole said, "Charles why didn't you return that fire?" Brother Rich answered, "Inasmuch as the poor devil missed me, I thought it best not to do it." Just at that time Brother Cole got word that his father was shpt and he got permission to go to him. He found that a mobber had shot his father through the hip, a flesh wound. Brother Cole went and took care of him, helped him to recover. This same Bogard or Bogart was the leader of the mob at Crooked River after Apostle Patten was killed. Brother Charles C. Rich took command of our men and shot the mobbers as they swam the river.
At times, Brother Cole was a bodyguard to the Prophet Joseph Smith, earlier in his life. Brother Cole had heard it prophesied by the Prophet Joseph Smith that if the mob continued to persecute the Saints they would be killed and the crows would eat their flesh. Brother Cole was a witness to that When Bogard or Bogart was killed, his body was washed down the river onto a sand bar and the crows ate the flesh off his bones. Brother Cole and his family went to meet the Prophet's body and that of his brother Hyrum when they were brought from the Carthage Jail. Brother Cole told of how the people wept at the death of their beloved Prophet when it seemed that even the flowers wilted as if they too, wept They held the funeral and the body was secretly buried because the mob had threatened to behead the bodies. Brother Cole said when they buried the Prophet there were no clouds in the sky to be seen, but immediately upon finishing their task, the rain poured down and covered all traces of the burial place.
Brother Cole was a wheelwright (wagon maker) and he helped to make the wagons that carried the Church records on their journey westward.
Brother Cole's wife, Nancy Sarepta Parish Cole was ill when the time came for their journey west, having a six week old baby. She had not been able to walk or sit up one day, so Brother Cole bored holes in the wagon box and laced rope across it to make a bed where she laid until she recovered. He hitched cows with the oxen and they helped to pull the wagon. They could then milk the cows both at night and morning placing the milk in a churn and as they journeyed along, the motion of the wagon churned the butter. Brother Cole was told by many that the cows would not be able to stand to travel with the oxen, but they stood the trip even better.
Their first home was in Riverdale and was built without nails, using wooden pegs. He became very successful, owning around 300 acres of land and other property. After fifteen years he married a second wife and there were three sons and two daughters by this union.
He loved temple work and did a lot of work for the dead. He was a faithful Church worker and always remembered his association with the Prophet Joseph Smith. When he was about 79 years of age, he came to live with his granddaughter, Diana Baker Robinson. He died at the age of 94 and for two years before his death he was bedfast and for nine months, Sister robinson and her children fed and cared for him as they would a baby. His last wish was to see his children once more and to bear his testimony to them.
The Robinson family has a cane that was brought from the Hill Cumorah and given to Brother Cole.
William Riley Cole was buried in the Ogden City Cemetery (Utah.)
Nancy Sarepta PARISH (PARRISH)
Birth:
18 Dec 1820
Brownville, Jefferson, New York
Death:
27 Oct 1855
Riverdale, Weber, Utah
Burial:
Ogden City Cem, Weber, Utah
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Sources:Records of G. W. Parrish. Recd. Bk. by Wm. Riley Cole
LDS Index Bureau. Host. of Jeff. Co. N.Y. p. 471
Wash Co. Will Bk. C p 255. (John Sr.) Jeff. Co. Will Bk. A p 193
Jeff. Co. Deed Bk F p 422 Bk B3 p 209, Bk 114 p 8
Census N. Y. Fed. 1830-1870. State 1825-1875.
Early Gen spelled name PARISH
Children also sealed 27 Oct 1955 AZ Reconf. dates 1 & 11 Dec. 1964 SLAKE
B-NV Tem End Reg/ GSF #183,396 p127 Liv Slg/Gen rec. kept by Wm. R. Cole
D-GSF #1263280 TIB
Bapt-Stamped Archive Rec. SL Tem Re-bapt 1 Dec 1964
End- GSF #1263280 TIB IGI NV Tem 3 Feb 1846
Name:Parish or Parrish
Weber County, Utah Ward F #6484, pt. 2
Children
Marriage
1
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
B-GSF#184,690 SL Tem Sld Chld to par p644 #21558/GSF #184590 SL Slg
M-GSF #184,590 p160 Sld after death SL Tem 23 Nov 1898
D-GSF #184,690 SL Tem Sld Chld to par/GSF #184,590 p160 SL Sld for Death
Bapt.-Jun 1849; IGI SL Tem Re-Bapt. 19 Mar 1972
End.-TIB IGI Slg Chld to par GSF #184,690 #21558 p644 11 Nov 1898
Slg-GSF#184,690 #21558 SL Tem Slg Chld to par for dead 21 Nov 1934
5th Ward Nauvoo Recd # 2358, p. 162
Nathan blessed by Father John Smith May 1842
2
Hyrum Smith COLE
Birth:
8 Oct 1842
Nashville, Lee, Iowa
Death:
8 Oct 1842
Marr:
Notes:
B-GSF #184,690 p644 #21669 SL Tem Slg Chld to par
M-Child-Twin
D-GSF #184,690 p644 #21559 SL Tem Slg Chld to par/Gen rec by Wm.R.Cole
bapt-Child
End-Child
Slg-GSF #184,690 p644 #21559 SL Tem Slg Chld to par for dead
3
Henry Strong COLE
Birth:
8 Oct 1842
Nashville, Lee, Iowa
Death:
8 Oct 1842
Marr:
Notes:
B-GSF #184,690 p644 #21560
M-Child - Twin
D-GSF #184,690 p644 #21560 SL Tem Slg Child to par/Gen rec.by Wm.R.Cole
bapt-Child
End-Child
Slg-GSF #184,690 p644 #21560 Sl Tem Slg Chld to par for dead
4
Birth:
1 Apr 1844
Nashville, Lee, Iowa
Death:
31 Jul 1924
Notes:
B-GSF#1262804 TIB.GSF#184,690 SL Slg Child to par,EHliv End & Slg Rec
M-GSF #1262804 #3635 TIB
D-GSF #1262804 #3635 TIB GSF#184,690 SL Tem Slg Child to par
Bapt-GSF #1262804 #3635 TIB. NV, IGI
End-GSF #1262804 #3635 TIB. EH, IGI
Slg-GSF#184,690 p644 #21561 SL Tem Slg Child to par for dead
Sarah blessed by Father Asahel Smith 1844
5
Birth:
Iowaville, VanBuren, Iowa
Death:
10 Sep 1882
Riverdale, Weber, Utah
Notes:
B-GSF#1262804 p243 #4941 TIB, GSF #184,690 SL Slg Child to Par
M-IGI Batch #183,395 Serial 7814 EH/ (Explain Civ. Mar) 10 Oct 1863
D-GSF #1262804 Bk D p243 #4941 Ogden City Cem
Bapt-GSF #1262808 p644 #21562 SL Tem Slg Child to par
End-GSF #1262804 Bk D p243 #4941 EH liv End
Slg-GSF #184,690 p644 #21562 SL Tem Slg Child to par for dead
Riverdale, Weber County, Utah Ward Film #6484, pt. 2
6
Birth:
28 Jun 1849
Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa
Death:
8 Mar 1915
Ogden, Weber, Utah
Notes:
B-Hooper Ward Rec GSF#026,033 p142 Date & Place Fam Rec Bk Olive Baker Beus
D- Rec of D, Weber Co 1915 GSF #026453 Obit Rec Card Cat GSF#321139
Des News #026996
Bapt-1860 Re-bap Hooper Ward Rec GSF#026,033 p142 5 AUG 1880
by T.S. Johnson
End-EH GSF #183,406 p211 #21 EH Liv End IGI
Slg-GSF#184,690 p644 #21563 SL Tem Slg Child to par for dead
Notes: Wapello Co. Was Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Bk Olive Baker Beus
Weber County, Utah Ward F #6484, pt. 2
ESTHER CELESTIA COLE BAKER
A PATRIATCHAL BLESSING
June 9, 1886
Pronounce on Esther C. Baker daughter of Wm. R. Cole and Sarepta Parrish born in Pottawatanie County, Iowa, June 28, 1849, by Joseph L. Robinson.
"Esther C. Baker in the name of Jesus Christ of of Nazareth I lay my hands upon your head and impart unto you a Patriarchal and a father's blessing. Thou art a daughter of Abraham also of the house of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim. Thou hast a right to the Holy Priesthood in connection with thy husband according to thy sex. Thou art a daughter of Zion. Thou hast received the Gospel in the love of it and the Lord thy God loveth thee for thine integrity of heart and for thy love of truth. The Lord thy God hath blessed thee and hath delivered thee from the power of the destroyer and He shall continue to bless thee and make thy way prosperous, shall enable thee to be an helpmate indeed to thy husband and shall give unto thee to become the mother of a great people and thou shalt have great joy in doing the commandments of God and shall be greatly blessed in thy house, they shall be many and in after days shall rise up and call thee blessed. Thou shalt become a counselor unto thy sex and shall take great pleasure and delight in counseling and blessing the daughters of the Lamanites as they shall be converted unto God and shall greatly appreciate thy teachings. Thou shalt continue thy labors in love and the Lord thy God shall greatly bless thee. Thou shalt be prepared to meet Him as He shall stand upon Mount Zion and His surroundings shall be very glorious. I seal you up unto eternal life to come forth in the resurrection of the just and shall inherit Celestial Glory with your companion and shall have eternal joy and rejoicing. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen."
My Ancestors Assisted in Pioneering Utah, by Mary Ella Baker Bybee
(Written on application for membership in the Society of Daughters of the
Utah Pioneers)
My grandmother's father, William Baker came with Captain Horne company across the plains - walking all the way. They were compelled to ford each stream on their way; William carried his mother and two sisters across all of them. When they were part way across the plains he was detained at Rocky Ridge Station to take care of the flour, and protect it from the Indians. He stayed six weeks; coming to Utah later.
He settled in Riverdale, and it was there that he met Esther Cole (who came across the plains when 3 years old) whom he married. when they had been married one year they moved to Hooper, Utah. At this time Hooper was unsettled and they built a one room house, one of the first to be built there. At this time he had a horse, and an oxen for a team.
Esther Cole Bake went through many hardships in helping settle Hooper. She would go, and gather salatrus, and haul it to Salt Lake in exchange for flour, and a few other provisions. The grasshoppers were very bad, and one year they ate everything, and she had to go help fight them. Later she moved to Roy, Utah where she lived until her death. In later years she did a great amount of Temple work. She was the mother of thirteen children and remained a faithful Latter-Day Saint to the end.
7
William Riley COLE
Birth:
15 May 1852
Kanesville, pottawattamie, Iowa
Death:
Riverdale, Weber, Utah
Marr:
Notes:
B-GSF #026,452 Riverdale W Rec. Weber, Utah,GSF #184,690 SL Slg to par
M-Did not marry- Inf. given by Laura Baker Hunt
D-GSF #184,690 SL Slg to par
Bapt-GSF #026,452 Riverdale W Rec. Weber, Utah by Wm. Stimpson
End-GSF #184,690 SL Slg to par
Slg-GSF #184,690 p644 #21564 SL Slg Child to par for dead
Pottawattamie County became Wapello Co.
Weber County, Utah Ward F #6484, pt. 2
William drowned in the Weber River. He was buried in the Ogden City Cemetery (Utah.)
8
Birth:
Riverdale, Weber, Utah
Death:
22 Oct 1948
Santa Monica, California
Notes:
B-GSF #026,452 Riverdale W Rec Weber, Utah TIB 1262804
M-Marr. 1st time at age 16. 1871 or 1872 Family records
(1)David Mark COLE, (2)Mr. Galbraith, (3)William Gardner
D-Calif. Death Cert. #48075,268 Died in Los Angeles 22 Oct 1948
Bapt-Stamped Archive Rec TIB GSF#1262804 (026452 July 4,1869 Riverdale W Rec)
13 Jan 1961
End-Stamped Archive Rec TIB GSF#1262804 25 Jan 1961
Slg-Stamped Archive Rec LA Temple Slg for dead Child to par 18 Apr 1961
1880 Census, San Bernadino, California Vol 8, Ed 64 - Sheet 8, Line 25
Temple Record Book of William Riley Cole
T.I.B. Index Records
Death Certificate of Emeline Cole Gardner
Weber County, Utah Ward F #6484, pt. 2
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William Riley Cole - Nancy Sarepta Parish (Parrish)
William Riley Cole
was born at Middlesex, Yates, New York 22 May 1817.
His parents were Owen Cole and Sarah Dornbach (Turnbaugh).
He married Nancy Sarepta Parish (Parrish) 19 Mar 1840 at Quincy, Adams, Illinois . Nancy Sarepta Parish (Parrish) was born at Brownville, Jefferson, New York 18 Dec 1820 daughter of Nathan Parish (Parrish) and Rebecca Rhodes .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Blocked
Hyrum Smith Cole
born 8 Oct 1842.
Henry Strong Cole
born 8 Oct 1842.
Sarah Rebecca Cole
born 1 Apr 1844.
Sarepta Jane Cole
Esther Celestia Cole
born 28 Jun 1849.
William Riley Cole
born 15 May 1852.
Emeline Diana Cole
William Riley Cole died at Roy, Weber, Utah .
Nancy Sarepta Parish (Parrish) died 27 Oct 1855 at Riverdale, Weber, Utah .