David Smith Cole

Photographer
Cole
Washington Iowa

David Smith Cole
(1843 - 1916)

Timeline
1843 Nov 22
Franklin, OH, David Smith Cole is born
1860
Marion, IA, US census, D S Cole at age 17
1861
D S Cole Enlisted for the Union in the Civil War
1864 Jul 22 - 1865 Apr 28
Civil War Prisoner in Andersonville
1865
Washington, Iowa, D S Cole establishes the first Photograph Studio in Washington. IA
1867 Nov 02
D S Cole marries Mary C. Auld (1848-1882)
1870
Cedar, IA, US Census, D S Cole as blacksmith with father

1880
Brighton, IA, US census D S Cole moves as gunsmith
1903
D S Cole spends 18 months in the Phillipines
1915
Washington, IA, Iowa state census D S Cole as photographer
1916 Oct 31
Brighton, IA, Find-a-grave, D S Cole dies at age 72

The book “History of Washington County, Iowa” has an interesting account of D. S. Cole’s life. It is added just below.

Greene Recorder (Iowa)
25 Dec 1912

photographer: D S Cole
Brighton, IA
example from Pinterest, no source known

photographer: Cole's Studio
Washington, IA
example from auction site

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