Cole, Jacob J.

"JACOB J. COLE, a resident of Buchanan Valley, Franklin Township, P.O. Trust, was born in Buchanan Valley, this county, March 2, 1845, and is a son of George and Nancy (Strasbaugh) Cole. He attended school during the winter season up to the age of twenty-two, and at fourteen he commenced to learn the business of a lumberman and sawyer, which he still follows. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Josephine Rider, a daughter of John Rider, of Taneytown. They have eight children: Edward J., Frances I., Mary J., Ellen C., Fleming C., Joseph K., Thomas J., Sara M. (Pearl). Mr. Cole is a Democrat. He takes a prominent part and interest in the public enterprises and affairs of his vicinity, and kindly furnished many articles for the history of Buchanan Valley, in the volume, and also of the Church of St. Ignatius. "