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Asa Cole

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Asa Cole

Birth
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
6 Dec 1816 (aged 48)
Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
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Asa Cole was the son of Abijah Cole and Sarah Kent. He was born seven months after his father's death, and from his 7th to 14th year lived with his aunt, Mrs. Chamberlain, in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. He then went to live with his step-father, Samuel Garfield, in Harvard, MA and learned his trade as a millwright. He worked with Mr. Garfield in Massachusetts and Maine until about 1794 when they went to Rindge, NH. There they owned and operated a grist mill for about six years, but Asa was back in Westmoreland in 1800 when he appears on the census there with wife, daughter, and three sons. Asa then went to Coventry, VT, then Putney, VT, then in about 1810 was back in Westmoreland, NH, where he built the Pierce Mills in the southern part of town. In 1814, the mills were sold, and he went to Boston to work for the summer. In March 1815, he was planning to join a party under Ephraim Brown of Westmoreland, and emigrate to Ohio, but serious illness forced him to scrap this plan. Instead, he went to Gouldsboro, Maine, where his brother Abijah was, but in Nov 1816 returned to Westmoreland, where he died two weeks later. His widow raised the large family of eleven children. She died in Montpelier, VT while visiting her youngest daughter, Susan.
Asa Cole was the son of Abijah Cole and Sarah Kent. He was born seven months after his father's death, and from his 7th to 14th year lived with his aunt, Mrs. Chamberlain, in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. He then went to live with his step-father, Samuel Garfield, in Harvard, MA and learned his trade as a millwright. He worked with Mr. Garfield in Massachusetts and Maine until about 1794 when they went to Rindge, NH. There they owned and operated a grist mill for about six years, but Asa was back in Westmoreland in 1800 when he appears on the census there with wife, daughter, and three sons. Asa then went to Coventry, VT, then Putney, VT, then in about 1810 was back in Westmoreland, NH, where he built the Pierce Mills in the southern part of town. In 1814, the mills were sold, and he went to Boston to work for the summer. In March 1815, he was planning to join a party under Ephraim Brown of Westmoreland, and emigrate to Ohio, but serious illness forced him to scrap this plan. Instead, he went to Gouldsboro, Maine, where his brother Abijah was, but in Nov 1816 returned to Westmoreland, where he died two weeks later. His widow raised the large family of eleven children. She died in Montpelier, VT while visiting her youngest daughter, Susan.

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  • Created by: Stan Arnold
  • Added: May 12, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110418293/asa-cole: accessed ), memorial page for Asa Cole (5 Dec 1768–6 Dec 1816), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110418293, citing North Cemetery, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400).