Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-01
OBITUARY.

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Wyoming county, New York, June 23rd,
1886. He enlisted July 10th, 1851, in
the town of Racine, Wis, as Quartermas-
ter Sergeant in Co. F, 4th Wisconsin Cav
airy, and served three years. He came
to the Black Hills of South Dakota in
the year 1876 and was an honored mem.
Der of the association of Black Hills
Pioneers.
He died at the age of rs, in the Sol
dier's Home at Hot Springs on the 25th
Of June, and at his own request his re-
mains were brought to Custer and were
buried in the Custer cemetery June 9th,
1911.
The funeral ceremony took place at
the Congregational church, where Rev.
Katherine w. Powell officiated and gave
a very feeling and eloquent address in
honor of the departed. Mr.. Cole leaves
to mourn his loss three brothers and
two sisters still living. The eldest
Frank, resides at Sharon, Wisconsin.
The second brother, Mr.. Abner L. Cole
is living on his ranch near Bakerville
and the third Mr.. Edward Cole, whose
present address is unknown. The old
est sister Mrs. Phoebe Moling dwells in
Chicago, and Mrs. Mary Plucker in Wy
oming county, New York.
For many years Mr.. Coles occupation
was freighting with OK teams, and our
early residents all remember the long
"bull train" that pulled into Custer load
ed with merchandise, mostly for Mr.. S.
NJ. Booth who was the principal mer.
chant in Custer in the early days. 1t
can be said of Mr.. Cole, and it is all the
praise to which he ever aspired, and
ever need to claim, that he was a good
man. Not in point of piety or holiness,
but he was honest and kind to all and
was with all the prince Of good fellows.
A man of whom it might be said he had
no enemies, and if all his friends in the
Black Hills could have been present at
the funeral and each had placed floral
tribute upon his grave, Jim Cole "would
sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of
flowers"
Col. Orr, the commandant at the
Home, whom all the old soldiers hold
in the highest regard, was his friend,
and his wife whom they almost vener-
ate for her thoughtful kindness and at
tention in their behalf, furnished the
flowers for the occasion.
Mr.. Cole was an American, patriotic
to the core. He loved his country and
fought to maintain the Union in its in
tegrity, but ''he sleeps his last sleep, he
has fought his last battle, no sound can
awake him to glory again." Slow moves
the long procession, dust to dust the
words are spoken, we have laid him in
the distant hill where the birds will sing
and the wild winds will chant his re-
QUEEN. But these he will not heed for
his ears are greeted with sweeter music,
and his eyes are open to the gaze Of
birds Of brighter plumage, in a world
that is fairer than this.
e. w. ROBBINS.
| Mr.. Abner J.. Cole, brother of the de-
parted, who took charge of the remains
and the preparation for the funeral, de-
sires to thank the good people of Custer
for their kindly aid and their respect for
an honored citizen as evinced by so
large and generous turnout at the fun
eral and who followed the remains to
their last resting place.
The following are the names of the
old soldiers Inmates of the Home and
members of the 6. A. r., who accom-.
panied the remains to Custer and bade
their comrade long farewell at the
grave.
D. B. Murray. Co. E, Sd Mo. Cav.
n l.. Strenburg, Co. +, sth Ill. Cav.
L. N. Keryn, Henshaw's Bat.y 9Th Ill. 1t. Art.
Orlando Wilsey, Co. H, 7th Wis. Inft.
John Rhiley, Co. H, 92d Ill.
H. C. Allen, Co. NJ, sth Ill. Cav.
Duane Marsh, Co. Z, 54th N. Y. Inft.
NJ. L. d. Furlong, Co. +, 18th Mich. Inft
John Farquhar, Co. A, 1st Minn. Inft.
John Fields, Co. G, 7th Maryland Cav.
James Morehouse, Co. M, I'd MINI. Cav.
w. H. Cross, Co. 1, 6lst N. Y. Inft.
John Randolph, Co. G. 26th Mo- INIT.
James Ward, Co. I, I'd Colo. Inft.
A. p. Cavit, Co. d, 18th Iowa Inft.
John w. Hurry, Co. A, 18th Ohio Inft.
Capt. Preston Sharp, Co. II. 18th Mo. Cav.
W. II. Allen, Co. G, 18th Ill. 1t. Art'y.
James ID. Randall, Co. d, 18th Ill. Inft.
Benz. Fowler, Co. A, ed Ind. Inft.
R. D. Coonen, Go. E, 9Th Wis. Inft.
John Savage. Co. A, 5th Ind. Inft.
Michael Dwyer, Co. I, 57th Mass Inft.
d. c. Shirley, Co. A, 35th Mo. Inft.