William Cole (1854 - 1949)

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William's Family

Cole Jacob Cole

Sarah Willcocks Cole

William Cole

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Cole Jacob Cole

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Sarah Willcocks Cole

Unknown - Unknown

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C.J. Cole

Maj. Edward Ball Cole

Maxine (Cole) and Fredrick Everett Amelang

Clinton William Cole

Clinton Carol Cole - Obituary

Devere William Cole

Delila Cole

Jack Cole & Marilyn Monroe

Vivian Cole

Cole Family 1982

Kindergarden Picture About 1895

Kindergarden Picture, 1895, Back

Children of Erastus & Jeanette (Caswell) Cole

Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole

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In 1854, in the year that William Cole was born, on January 6th, Sherlock Holmes was born. Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character who has endured in popularity for over 160 years. The first Holmes book was published in 1887.

In 1862, at the age of only 8 years old, William was alive when on July 1st, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was created. Established to raise funds for the Civil War, income tax was supposed to be temporary and was allowed to expire 10 years later. The Internal Revenue Service was created in the early 20th century.

In 1872, by the time he was 18 years old, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.

In 1930, at the age of 76 years old, William was alive when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

In 1949, in the year of William Cole's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.