Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17
FiFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cole of Thompson
willie, Conn.,, Formerly Of Brattleboro,
Received Congratulations.

No special recognition was made FRI
day of the 5Oth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cole Of Thompson
vile, Conn, owing to the fact that Mrs.
Cole had been called to Springfield to
care for her sister, Mrs. Julia A. Stew
art, who is critically i'll, and the elabo-
rate preparations for observing the
event, planned by their daughter, Miss
Isabel Cole, were abandoned. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cole, however, were the recipients
Of many postcards, and several friends
called at their home.
Mr.. Cole was born in Marlboro July
20, 1889, son of Hollis Cole and Eunice
CWilcox) Cole When he was four years
old his parents moved to Brattleboro.
Mr.. Cole attended the district schools
and when he was nine years old went
to live with his grandfather on a farm
in the southwestern part of the town.
In his youth Mr.. Cole worked as
| painter in Bennington, in restaurant In
| Troy, on a steamboat plying between
| Troy and New York, in a hotel in Sara
| toga, and as travelling agent throughout
| New England for H. P. Ross, the Yam
| kee soap man. He returned to Brattle-
boro and was employed in various occu-
pations until May Is. 1861, when he en-
| listed in Company C, Second Vermont
Volunteers.
He took part in many battles from
| the first Bull Run to Petersburg and
was mustered out June 29, 1864, on the
| expiration of his three-years' service. In
the winters of 1861 and 1862 he was con-
| fined for several weeks at a time in the
field hospital suffering with typhoid fe-
| yer and when the army moved in
| March, 1862, he was transferred to the
seminary hospital in Georgetown. On
| April ! of that year he was granted a
furlough and returned to his home In
| Atfr nj n m a
that he was married to Abbie A. Stock
well of West Brattleboro the ceremony
taking place on May 10. 1862, in Jack
sonville, VT.
Mrs. Cole was a daughter of Harris
A. and Susan (Hooker) Stockwell. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Cole are descended from
the early settlers in the southern part OF
Vermont, her great-grandfather, Purtz
Stockwell, having been the first man
that was married in Marlboro in the
section known as Ames hill. Her
grandmother, Sally Harris Stockwell,
died at the age of 105 years in West
Brattleboro and her mother died at the
age OF SO years in the same town. At
ter Mr.. Coles return from the war he
worked as a mason and was very sue
cessful He worked on buildings in sew
eral of the large New England cities
He went to Thompsonville In 1871 anc
was employed on the residence OF the
|
road He later built house for him.
self on the west side Of the river, wher.
he has lived since. In 1884 he secured
a position with the old Hartford earpe'
company and had charge OF all the ma
son work until the time of the consoli
dation of the carpet company with TIT
Higgins corporation. He retireo IRON
his trade about eight years ago on ac
count Of rheumatism which had anecte'
him for many years and which he con
tracted in 1868 on Burnside's campaign
Since the tolls were abolished on IN
suffield and Thompsonvile bridge, Mr.
Cole has been caretaker OF the bridg'
and in connection with that position h
has been cook on the houseooat OF TN
state shad hatchery. During the past =
years Mr. Cole has catered for NOR
ciambakes and fish fries than probabl
and other man in that section. Mrs
Cole was born In 1871 In Newiahe' an
although afflicted with the same malad
as her husband manages to attend to
great part of the household duties.