COLE Sons of William George COLE Sr.1815-1890 and Sarah Larnder 1813-1884

from L to R:  Walter Charles COLE Sr.1848-1900, George COLE 1846-1919, William George COLE Jr.1842-1899, Erastus Moroni COLE 1852-1918.

Other children:

Elizabeth Sarah COLE ALLEN 1838-1906

Eliza COLE CRESSALL HAWKES 1840-1905

Sarah Ann COLE 1844-1847

Lorenzo COLE 1850-1851

Symaria COLE

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 Sarah LARNDER COLE

 William George COLE

Taken from the "Life History of Charles Clinton Allen.

[Son of Frederick Charles Allen.  Frederick was the son of John Allen and Elizabeth Cole. Elizabeth Cole Allen was the oldest daughter of William George Cole and Sarah Larnder.] 

My paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Cole Allen—born April 19, 1938—in Poplar Parrish, Middlesex, England. Her father and mother—George William Cole and Sarah Lander Cole, joined the Latter-day Saint Church and decided to come to Salt Lake City and so booked passage for the family in 1863, on the Amazon. When they boarded the ship, they found that not all of them could go aboard as there wasn’t room. So, Elizabeth and her sister Eliza were forced to take passage on another ship. It sailed, as did the Amazon, but the Amazon sprang a seam and had to return to port. It was a year before it was mended and they could sail. Charles Dickens had written some unsatisfactory comments about the Mormons and so he decided to visit the Amazon and have a look for himself at the Mormons. He changed his mind and wrote some very flattering things about the members on the ship. He recorded it and published it in “Mr. Uncommercial.” Eliza had married a Mr. Cressoll and had a four or five-month old baby. Her husband would have nothing to do with the church and so she left him and came with my grandmother. They arrived in New Orleans and found the Amazon had been delayed so they went up the Mississippi and came to Utah. They had to walk almost 800 miles and carry the baby with them. John Allen had been assigned to make trips and help the trains to Utah. He met Elizabeth Cole and they were married and settled in Goshen, Utah. Eliza succeeded in finding work in Salt Lake to support her and her child. A little later, she met a widower—a Mr. Hawkes—from Logan and married him. They settled in Logan. The rest of the family came the next year and also settled in Logan.

Thanks to family members sharing at familysearch.org we now have photos and history which had been unknown.

ELIZA COLE Excerpts from A Sketch of the Life of Sarah Lardner Cole By Glanda C. Landon Submitted by Mary Dennis Poulter

These excerpts are taken from the time the Cole Family was preparing to leave England to follow the Saints to Utah. . . . Beautiful young Eliza had fallen in love with a handsome young man named Paul Cressall. Like many young Englishmen, he was a sailor for the Royal Navy . . . (sentence missing) was “queen of the Seas.” Their first child Ellenor was born December 13 1858 but had died early in 1859. This was a sorrow also for Sarah (Eliza’s mother) and her husband to lose their first little grandchild. Having lost three of their own little ones in infancy, they grieved for and with Eliza in her loss. Two years later Eliza’s second child, little Clarence Cressall, arrived on December 13, 1861, and no doubt he was a great joy to all the family. Unfortunately, Eliza’s husband Paul was never interested in Mormonism, the religion that meant so much to her and her family. As the Coles prepared to leave England, they faced the prospect of never seeing Eliza and her baby again. The Cole Family booked passage on the Amazon, expecting to sail for America early in 1862. As the sailing date drew near, the other members begged Eliza to come with them. Sarah’s heart must have ached with her daughter’s over this decision, for it would be difficult for Eliza whichever choice she made. At the last moment Eliza was persuaded to go too. (Many years later Eliza told her daughter-in-law that she “. . .left her love in England to join the Saints in Zion and to be with her parents and brothers and sister.” (Mitton, Jessie Cressal, Life of Clarance C. C. Cressal, unpub. Manuscript and letters to Glenda Landon dated Dec. 2, 1977 and Aug. 20, 1979.) At that late date the Amazon was booked full and could take no more passengers, so Elizabeth offered to go on another ship with Eliza and her baby. The two girls, Elizabeth, then 24; Eliza, 22;and baby Clarence, just 4 months old, embarked from London on the John J. Boyd sailing vessel on April 23, 1862, expecting the remainder of their family to leave about the same time and meet them in New York. However, the Amazon was delayed for repairs, and it was actually more than a year before it set sail for America. The girls’ journey took more than five months of travel; they had to walk the last 1000 miles and carry the baby. By the time they arrived in Utah, Sept. 24, 1862, baby Clarence was nine months old. . . . . . As the young women crossed the plains in the previous summer Elizabeth had become acquainted with one of the teamsters, John Allen, a young Englishman who was helping that company of converts make the trip to Utah. A romance developed between them during the journey, and a few days after the wagon train reached Utah, John and Elizabeth were married in Goshen, September 28, 1862. They settled in a log home there in Goshen, a small colony about 60 miles south and west of Salt Lake City. Eliza had remained in Salt Lake City for about 2 months and found some work in homes to provide for herself and baby. While there she met a young Englishman, Francis Hawkes, who was also born in London and who had come to Utah nine years earlier. He had married and settled in Logan, Cache Valley, about 90 miles north of Salt Lake. His wife and baby had both died at childbirth, so he was lonely, too. He and Eliza were married November 23, 1862. They then went to live in the new settlement of Logan where he had a small home. He was a good, kind man and a loving father to her son, little Clarence who was nicknamed Cal.

Francis HAWKES

Ancestry Chain: Utah Pioneer Mary Ann MILES b.1798, Utah Pioneer Francis HAWKES b.1830, Herbert Henry HAWKES b.1869, Amy Ella HAWKES b.1897, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, CR.

The History of Francis HAWKES

Who Came to Utah in 1865
Written By His Daughter Nellie HAWKES CURTIS
For the Henry Ballard Camp, Cache Valley Chapter,
[of The Daughter of The Utah Pioneers]

[Francis HAWKES married 23 Nov 1862 Eliza COLE daughter of William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER.]

Click on each page 2-11 to enlarge and read, follow the labels for photos and other history.

The History of William George COLE [1814-1890]

William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER

The History of William George COLE [1814-1890]
A Brief History Written by Nellie HAWKES CURTIS His Granddaughter
[Nellie is the daughter of Eliza COLE HAWKES 1840-1905]

From Facts Gathered With the Help of her sisters,
Martha [HAWKES BROUGH 1874-1942] and Beth [Elizabeth HAWKES GIBBS 1881-1958]and also from Louisa COLE ATHAY [1872-1950][Louisa is the daughter of Walter Charles COLE 1848-1900]

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William George COLE was born the 4th of September, 1814 at Poplar, Middlesex, England. His father [William COLE 1782-1843] was a cobbler and moved as a young man from Corton, Suffolk, England. At Poplar, he met and married Elizabeth MAY HATCH [1781-1858], a widow [of John HATCH]. To them were born two sons, William George [COLE 1814-1890] and Charles James COLE [1816-].

Their parents gave the boys a good education and William George became a bookkeeper. He was also apprenticed to a tinsmith and glassier and when necessity demanded, used this skill to earn a living. However, being a fine penman and accurate at figures, he was usually employed at bookkeeping.

When Grandpa (William George) was about 22 years old, he met Sarah LARNDER [1813-1884], a very refined young woman, to whom he was later married. During their courtship, he wrote her a letter asking for her hand and pledging his devotion. So tender and beautiful was this missive that she treasured it thought life, and it is still in the possession of the family.

To this happy couple were born nine children, five boys and four girls, three of whom died in infancy.

One day while going home from work, Grandfather found a paper announcing a meeting to be held in the vicinity by some Mormon elders who were going to discuss religion. It seemed to hold an attraction for him, so he attended. That meeting opened to him new ideas that seemed all so plain and true. He continued to attend these meetings until he was converted to the Mormon faith and was baptized on the 12th of February, 1846. Right away he wanted to carry this wonderful message to his mother and brother, Charles James. The tracts and testimony that he brought mad no appeal to them. He tried to interest his two half-brothers, George Waterman HATCH [1809] and John May HATCH [1811-], but like his mother and brother, they would have none of it.
Eliza COLE

Grandfather now took comfort in his growing family and the elders of the Church. In the spring, his wife was converted and baptized 10 April, 1848. Later his two daughters were baptized, [1-] Elizabeth Sarah [COLE 1838-1906] on August 28, 1848 and [2-] Eliza [COLE 1840-1905] on November 20, 1848, at the age of eight years. Up to this time, they had had their share of joy and sorrow. To them had been born six children, one of whom, a little girl, had died at three years of age. [3-William Geroge COLE Jr. 1842-1899, 4-Sarah Ann COLE 1844- 1847, 5-George COLE 1846-1919, 6-Walter Charles COLE 1848-1900.]

After it was known to his employers that he had joined the Mormon faith, he lost his job. For a while he found

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other Secretarial work, but later, since no work of that kind could be found, he set up a tinshop in the front room of his little brick house at 6 Cross Street, Poplar, and hung out the sign, “Tinsmith and Glassier.” He did fairly well, but his business fluctuated with the times. All England was in a depression in the 40’s and 50’s and he suffered with the rest.

However, he managed to send his children to school. Schooling had to be paid for in that day. Elizabeth, the older daughter, received a fair education, but Eliza was such a helpful little girl that she was kept at home to care for the smaller children, besides the twin babies who were sick all the time. They died when less than [two] months old and later a new baby came. [7-Lorenzo COLE (twin) 29 Dec 1850-10 Feb 1851, 8-Symaria Ann COLE (twin) 29 Dec 1850-21 Jan 1851, 9-Erastus Moroni COLE 1852-1918.]

Trying times and added sorrows and expense did not sadden Grandfather. He had received a higher light in the truths of the blessed Gospel. He became more interested in its teachings and his faith grew day by day until it was only a short time before he was called to be the Presiding Elder of the Branch where he lived.

Now his hopes were to gather with the Saints in Zion. His father had died before the Gospel came to them; but he knew that one day his work could be done for him in the temple and then he could receive it.

His children were baptized as they became old enough and they all were attending school. Now was the time to bring his family to Zion. In 1862, his two daughters [and Eliza‘s 3 month old son Clarence Christopher CRESSALL 1861-1949], being the oldest in the family, left England, 23 March on the John J. Boyd sailing vessel and arrived in Salt Lake City 2 October, 1862. Elizabeth, the elder, went on to Goshen with her husband, John ALLEN [1836-1915], to whom she had been married on the journey across the plains. Eliza remained for awhile in Salt Lake where she met [widower] Francis HAWKES [1830-1899], to whom she was married 23 November, 1862, and with whom she wnet to Logan where he had a home.

The next spring Grandfather had prepared to follow his two daughters, so on Thursday, 4 June, 1863, he and his wife and four sons set sail as part of a company of 883 Saints on the packet ship “Amazon” with Elder William Brimhall as Presiding Elder. At this time, while the Saints were embarking, Charles Dickens became interested in the undertaking. He made the statement that only pigs could make the voyage from England to America as steerage passengers. He visited the ship on day, visiting especially among the Latter Day Saint immigrants. He later stated that he had never seen more cleanliness, neatness, order and happiness than he found

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among these Mormons, leaving their home country for their new-found religion and to make new homes in a strange land.

The voyage was made in variable weather conditions. The first part in an unusually heavy storm which caused a great deal of sea sickness among the passengers. [6-]Walter COLE, then a lad of fourteen and not a very robust boy, was very ill. One of the regulations fo the ship was that all light6s must be out by nine o’clock in the steerage section. His mother would place her hand on his face several times during the night to satisfy herself that he was still alive.

After the storm, they had fair weather sailing for some time and the Saints, with a strong faith and grateful hearts, were thankful for each day which passed and brought them nearer their journey’s end.

Then they had another experience. This was not a storm, but almost a perfect calm in which the ship, a sailing vessel unlike the ships of today, made little if any headway, for days. Many of the People began to worry over the condition and feared that the good and water might not last to complete the voyage. Brother Brimhall called a meeting in which a prayer was offered, asking for the blessings of the Lord and that they would reach their destination safely and would not suffer the discomforts of hunger and that the health of the children would improve. The illness was called “ship fever” and likely was caused by the type of diet they lived on so long and from the confinements that were necessary on the ship.

With thanksgiving and gratitude in their hearts, after 44 days they arrived in New York Harbor 18 July, 1863. As soon as possible, they proceeded to Florence, Nebraska by railway. This was rather a perilous journey across country as it was during the Civil War period. Many of the Saints had all their belongings destroyed by fire when rebels burned a train on which they ere traveling. From Florence to salt Lake City the trip was made by ox team.

Their experiences were like many of the other pioneers who were willing to sacrifice all friends, lived ones and comfortable homes for the gospel of Jesus Christ which bore testimony to them of its truthfulness and righteous principles.

Grandfather COLE was now 46 years old [Sarah LARNDER COLE 1813-1884 was 50 years old]. His eldest son, William, was 21, George was 17, Walter 14 and Erastus 11 years of age. Upon reaching Salt Lake, the two oldest boys went south to stay with their sister, Elizabeth COLE ALLEN. William and George, however, did not stay long with her, but came on to Logan where they found work for the winter with farmers.

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Grandfather and Grandmother and the two younger boys, Walter and Erastus, were taken to Logan by my father, Francis HAWKES, who had come to Salt Lake City to meet them. How happy mother [Eliza COLE HAWKES] was to see her parents and brothers again.

They were made as comfortable as possible, although they had but one log room. A large cellar beside the log house was fixed into a nice warm room. Willows were cut and pushed into the dirt close together a small space from the wall. Then clean straw was packed tightly between the willow and the dirt wall, making the room dry and warm. Grandfather made a fireplace which was used to heat the room. Here they lived for two winters.

[Son] William had completed a course in mining engineering and [Son] George, one as a machinist, but no opportunities were found for the use of such sills. They worked at whatever jobs could be found.

In the spring, William was called on a mission to take an outfit of ox team and wagon east to Florence, Nebraska to bring immigrants to Salt Lake City. It was on this trip that he met his future wife, Annie HODSON [1846-1928].

George, not being able to practice as a machinist, studied the square and carpentry. In about 1884, he and his brothers and father built a log house in the east part of town for their parents. Logs were cut and hauled from green Canyon and a large log room was built on what is now known as 5th North between 3rd and 4th East.

In the winter of 1865-1866, a log school house was built by the people of what was called the 5th district which was near where Grandpa lived, and he was hired as the first chool teacher. This building was a log house 16x20 ft. and was used as a community center. School and church and community affairs were held there. Bishop Maughn presided over all four districts and later the 5th district was added. After teaching school during the winter, Grandfather would help the farmers gather their grain and garner it safely.

To commemorate this very first enterprise, some years ago a marker was placed on Fourth East Between 4th and 5th north, just south of the Adams School and field in Logan, Utah which reads.

• “Thirty feet east of this spot was built in the winter of 1865 and 1866, under the leadership of Benjamin F. Woolfenstien, the first community center of Logan fifth Ward, consisting of but one room 16x20 ft. It served, nevertheless, as a church building amusement hall and school house. William George Cole being the first School Teacher.

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• At that early date, eager for religious, social and educational growth, the Ward united upon the project. Men and boys of school age helped other men with teams to get the logs from Green Canyon. Others laid them into building a building that rose a bumble symbol of the cooperative spirit of the Mormon Pioneers.
• To commemorate that enterprise, this marker was erected by the Scout Explorers Troop 105 of the Logan 5th Ward, John I. Adams and Dan A. Swenson, Ward Committee, Henry K. Aebischer, troop leader. The original key affixed to a stone from the foundation of that old building has been made a part of this marker.”

Utah Pioneer’s Trails and Landmarkers Association

The Marker -- a large base of stone taken from the foundation of the old log house put together with concrete and one large stone in the front center stone. The base is four or five feet square, the bronze plate affixed in the center top portion of the marker with the inscription in raised letters on the bronze plate. A buffalo head is stamped forming the top of the plate. The key is about seven or eight inches long and most likely was made by one of the blacksmiths in the city.

Grandfather Cole was called to be the first Block Teacher in that district. He and john Jacobs labored as block teachers for a number of years. He was often called to deliver a sermon to the people in church in the old center. John I Adams said the people liked William George Cole. He was always of a happy, jovial disposition. He had a pleasant countenance and in his old age he had white curly hair which he kept well groomed. He could always meet you with a smile, but was very firm in his convictions to the principles of the Gospel.

About the year 1868-69, Uncle John Allen, Aunt Elizabeth and family came from Goshen to see her parents and brothers and sisters, some of whom she had not seen since leaving England in 1862. So they had a real family get together. It was Christmas time and Grandmother, Aunt Elizabeth and mother [Eliza COLE HAWKES] made special preparation from the things they had stored, dried corn, pies and pudding with dried fruit added. A fat little porker was roasted on twin spits in the large fireplace and there was roast potatoes and gravy. Father [Francis HAWKES], who was a baker, made delicious hot cross buns.

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While dinner was being arranged, a shot was heard and Johnnie Allen [John 1865-] came screaming in. He had been shot in the hand with buckshot from a gun by a neighbor boy, Niely Bell, who had been shooting birds. The wound was not serious and he was soon made comfortable. The dinner was then served and all enjoyed the feast prepared. How happy they all were to be tighter and in the land of Zion and in their own homes though they were small and very humble.

About 1878, Grandpa was called by the Church Authorities to set up a tinshop in Brigham City, Utah. This he did and he made every sort of tinware from little tin plates, cups, funnels, buckets, to stoves made of sheet iron. Transportation at this time was one of the problems of the Saints. Tin sheets and sheet iron were shipped in bales of tin or iron sheeting and from these, numerous articles were made. Each sheet was about five ft. wide and fifteen ft. long. A tinsmith was kept busy furnishing the people with many needed articles.

Later, he returned to Logan and set up a shop on first North, a little west of Main Street. His son, Walter, and family had moved from Logan to Paris, Idaho. Uncle Walter had run a butcher shop in Logan, but he was not successful, so he sold the shop and moved to Paris, Idaho. There Walter and a Mr. Hodges set up a sawmill in the canyon near Paris. No doubt he had spoken about his father being a tinsmith.

Other tinners were set up in Logan and when the Presiding Officers of Bear Lake Stake invited Grandpa to go to Paris, he went as there was a great need for a tinsmith there. He opened up his shop in connection with the Zion’s Co-operative Institution of Paris, which was the main source of supply of nearly all the commodities that the people used. Here he had plenty of work. The pay was usually in food supplies or firewood. He took meat, potatoes, flour, logs. After shop hours, he would saw wood for his home and shop. This he always set in stacked piles for the long winter months of that cold country where the snows were deep. He was neat and systematic in his work and everything had a place and things were found in their places, even to small things. When he later had matches, he wanted the heads in one direction so he would have no need to fumble about in the dark. He loved to have his shop and home and all his belongings in perfect order, where he could lay his hand on any tool in the dark if need be. He made his own stoves and all their household utensils, even the candle molds.

Grandmother [Sarah LARNDER COLE 1813-1884], molded the candles and made all her own clothes, quilts, and knit the stockings for the family, made rugs and all other necessities. She made her husband’s shirts, gloves, etc.

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Winter snows in Bear Lake County were deep. Winds were strong and fierce and great drifts would pile around the house, making it necessary for the men to shovel paths. This was somewhat difficult for an older man. As the snow was usually very heavy. His sons were now all married and he and Grandmother were alone.

As always, he still took an active part in church affairs and filled every call made upon him cheerfully. His wife [Sarah LARNDER COLE 1813-1884], however, was in failing health and he devoted a great deal of his time to her.

Whenever an opportunity came, they visited their family in Logan, where three of his sons and one daughter were located. The trips were usually made through Logan Canyon, and , as a rule, took most of two days with team and wagon. One trip was made rather late in the season and a storm made the canyon impossible to travel through. Their return trip had to be made by way of McCammon, Idaho. They went by train to McCammon and stayed over night at the Harkness Hotel where Mr. Harkness treated them kindly. Next morning the journey was continued with a driver who made the trip once a week with mail and passengers. The snow fell all that day, and they were compelled to camp short of their destination. They found an empty cabin and enough wood to keep a fire in a crude fireplace. The horses were fed hay, which was carried in the sleigh box for just such emergencies. Next morning they resumed the journey, reaching Montpelier in due time, where they stayed at a friend’s home after their strenuous journey. Next day they completed their journey, arriving safely in Paris after four days of travel. The trip was hard on Grandmother, and she continued to fail in health. However, her husband’s kindness and devotion continued to increase.

About this time, Bear Lake had a severe earthquake which caused plaster and pictures to fall from the walls, dishes to clatter down from the cupboards and milkpans and contents to be thrown from the shelves. Dogs barked, chickens cackled and cattle bellowed. For a time, a great fear took possession of the people. At that time, Grandfather was living in an upstairs apartment in the Duffin Home on Main Street where (or near) the Jensen Garage is now. They were awakened by the sounds from a sound sleep and they found the house swaying back and forth. They were startled when their prize clock came tumbling to the floor from the shelf. Grandpa wrapped a blanket around his wife and carried her downstairs, where he found the people there as badly excited as they sere. However, after several minor shakes, all was normal again and peach and faith were restored.

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The clock, “Ol Toby” they called it, was a real prized possession which they had brought from England and carefully carried it across the plains and with them in all their moves.
Sarah and William George COLE marker Logan Cemetery

Grandmother’s health continued to fail, so Grandfather sent for mother, Eliza, who came from Logan to wait on her. Long months passed and on 25 March, 1884, she passed away. She was brought to Logan where she was tenderly laid away in the Logan Cemetery. The lot had an iron railing put around it by her son, George, to protect it from wandering animals. A marble monument was erected to maker the resting place.

After his life’s companion was gone, Grandpa moved to Logan to be among his children. Still, he liked his own home and lived alone where he kept things neat and in good order always. His thoughts now turned to temple work and, as the Logan Temple was dedicated that May, 1884, he and his daughters, Elizabeth Allen and Eliza Hawkes, did work for his parents and such of his relatives as he had records of.

Grandfather’s life was not quite the same, but he preferred living alone, rather than with any of his children. He sold his business in Paris and from that time on, he was employed as bookkeeper for the U. O. Lumber Co. of which his sons held a controlling share. He remained in this position until his death.
Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES COLE marker Logan Cemetery

After living alone for some time, he met and married Hannah Squires [Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES COLE 1823-1885]. She was a very gentle and refined English lady, much like his former wife. She and Grandfather spent many happy hours reading together and working in the Temple. Life took on a new look and he was cheerful and happy as usual. She made a pleasant home and was cheerful and a good companion for Grandpa. However, this peaceful union did not last long. She was taken by death after they had been married about two years. She was laid away in the family plot beside the mother of his children.

Alone again, his time was mostly taken up as bookkeeper by his son, George, at the U. O. Lumber Yard and with visiting his daughter, Eliza, and the other children. How I remember as a child running up the street to meet Grandpa. How Beth and I loved to get hold of his hand and walk home with him while he talked to us. Although the things he talked about I have forgotten; yet, I remember how pleasant and cheerful he was and how we loved to have him come. He was such a jolly and good person. If he did not come down Sunday to dinner, we thought something was wrong. Christmas or New year’s Day we watched for his coming, unless he had told mother that he was going to one of the sons.

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Grandfather loved to be independent and strove not to impose on anyone, but to meet cheerfully whatever came his way. He met all trials as they came and was willing to suffer what hardships that came to him for the Gospel’s sake. He tried to live its principles and to teach them to his children and others whenever he could.

He continued to work for the Lumber Company until he took sick in March, 1890. He had pneumonia and was not sick long. Grandfather passed away 1 April, 1890 at his little home at 86 West Center with part of his children at his bedside. The day he died, Beth was there with mother and he called her name and held her hand for a few minutes. Soon after he passed away. Mother and his tow sons, George and Erastus, were there. This was at his little house where he had spent the last few years of his life.

The night of his death, his daughter, Elizabeth, saw him come and stand by her bedside in a dream, but he did not speak. She awoke and told her husband she knew that her father had passed away.

He was 76 years of age when he died and was buried beside his two wives in the family plot in the Logan Cemetery. He left behind a large posterity to do him honor.

Ancestral Chain: CR, Lark, Camilla SMITH, Amy Ella HAWKES, Herbert Henry HAWKES, Eliza COLE, William George COLE and wife Sarah LARNDER.

1836 Love Letter:

To Sarah LARNDER (1813-1884)
from William George COLE (1814-1890).
They married 12 Feb 1837 in London England.

Parents of nine.

Ancestory chain: 3-Camilla SMITH, 4-Amy Ella HAWKES, 5-Herbert Henry HAWKES, 5-Eliza COLE, to 7-William George COLE and 7-Sarah LARNDER.

Sept. 7th 1836

My Dear Sarah

It is with every feeling of love and regard to you that I now take up my p0en to address you I received your kind Letter and was glad to hear that you was quite well I have been waiting with the greatest anxiety to hear from you and Have lost no time in answering you you may judge from your own feelings that I shall be glad to see you although you are absent in person yet you are well aware you are present in mind. The time is fast hastening when I hope to

be blest with the greatest gift that earth can bestow or that man can receive which is the only sincere desire of my heart to spend the remainder of my days with one who I love as my life my Rather & Mother desire their kind love to you give my kind love to all inquiring friends and accept the same for yourself

From Your ever true
& Sincere Lover
Wm Geo. Cole

P.S. I shall do my
self the pleasure of
coming on Sunday
according to your appointment
excuse all imperfections

William mentions his parents, they are William COLE (1782-1843) and Elizabeth MAY (1781-1858) married 1813.

See other histories on
William George COLE and Sarah LARDER
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Thank you Sonnett (great great grandchild of Herbert Henry HAWKES) for sharing this precious family history.

Logan City Cemetery - HAWKES - COLE

Mary Ann MILES HAWKES ARMSTRONG born in England (1878-1879) married first 1822 Shoreditch England to widower with two children William HAWKES born and died in England (1790-1838). Mary Ann and William were the parents of seven children.

Thomas Columbus ARMSTONG Sr. married Mary Ann Salt Lake City, UT 1857, she was soon abandoned by Thomas.
Mary Ann was the daughter of Bernard MILES and Mary Ann LUCKIN.


William George COLE born in England (1814-1890) married 1837 in London, England Sarah LARNDER born in England (1813-1884) they were the parents of nine children.
note: Sarah's maiden (Larnder) name is miss spelled the grave marker.
Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES became the second wife of William George COLE abt 1884 Logan, UT.
William was the son of William COLE and Elizabeth MAY.
Sarah was the daughter of George LARNDER and Elizabeth FOSSEY.


Francis HAWKES born in England (1830-1899) married first 1860 Salt Lake City, UT Georgina Maria MADDSEN they had one child. As a widower with no living children Francis married second 1862 Salt Lake City, UT Eliza COLE born in England (1840-1905). Eliza was a mother, one of her two children was living at the time of the marriage. Francis and Eliza were the parents of nine children.
Francis is the son of William HAWKES and Mary Ann MILES.
Eliza is the daughter of William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER.


Born in Logan, UT.
Herbert Henry HAWKES (1869-1948) married 1896 in Logan, UT Sarah Amy JONES (1875-1952) they were the parents of nine children.
Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON, Kate HAWKES OBRAY, Herbert Jones HAWKES, Frank Jones HAWKES, Joseph Jones HAWKES, Ethel HAWKES POULTER, Lorin Jones HAWKES, Blayne Jones HAWKES.

Herbert was the son of Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE.
Sarah was the daughter of Cyrus Joseph JONES and Sarah WORLEY.

These are the parents, and paternal grand and great grand parents of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON (1897-1971).

Monuments and Markers - Logan School

First Community Center (UPTLA #63)
Sponsors: Explorer Scouts of the Logan Fifth Ward and Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, 1935
Location: 480 North 400 East, Logan, Utah

The first community center of the Logan Fifth Ward was built thirty feet east of this spot during the winter of 1865-66, under the leadership of Bengt P. Woolfenstein. Consisting of but one room 16 by 20 feet, it served nevertheless as Church building, amusement hall and school house, William G. Cole being the first teacher. At that early date, eager for religious, social and educational growth, the Ward united upon the project -- a humble symbol of the cooperative spirit of the Mormon Pioneer. Even boys of school age helped men with teams get the logs from Green Canyon. The original key has been made a part of this marker, affixed to a stone from the foundation of the old house.

Monument with Original Key to School

7 COLE / Larnder

Mormon Trail - English Saints - William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER

Mormon Pioneer ancestor of Camilla SMITH WOOD CR - Seventh Generation William George COLE (1814-1890) and Sarah LARNDER (1813-1884) m. 1837. William George COLE

English Saints Seventh Generation William George Cole and Sarah Larnder Cole, England / Logan UT / Brigham City, UT / ID William George Cole age 49/ b. 1814 ENG - m. 1837 - ENG. - d. 1890 Logan, UT. Sarah Larnder Cole age 50/ b. 1813 ENG - m. 1837 - ENG. - d. 18 Parris, ID. 9 children. Other Spouse: George m. after 1884 Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES. BAPTIZED: William and Sarah England 1848 BY SEA: 4 June 1863 Steamship 'Amazon' 1863 ‘Amazon’ Information: Sailing vessel with atleast three masts Master: H. Hovey Departed Liverpool: June 4, 1863 Arrived New York: July 18, 1862 44 days of passage 895 LDS passengers Company Leader: William Bramall In 1863 Charles Dickens, famous English writer, visited the Latter-day Saint emigrants on board the Amazon before it sailed from London. In his book, "Uncommercial Traveler," he presents an account of this interesting experience. Following are a few excerpts: Charles Dickens and the Mormons (Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 7, p.12-14) …I go aboard my Emigrant Ship. I go first to the great cabin, and find it in the usual condition of a cabin at that pass. Perspiring lands-men, with loose papers, and with pens and inkstands, pervade it; and the general appearance of things is as if the late Mr. Amazon's funeral had just come home from the cemetery, and the disconsolate Mrs. Amazon's trustees found the affairs in great disorder, and were looking [p.13] high and low for the will. I go out on the poop-deck for air, and surveying the emigrants on the deck below (indeed they are crowded all about me, up there too), find more pens and inkstands in action, and more papers, and interminable complication respecting accounts with individuals for tin cans and what not. But nobody is in ill temper, nobody is the worse for drink, nobody swears an oath, curses a coarse word, nobody appears depressed, nobody is weeping; and down upon the deck, in every corner where it is possible to find a few square feet to kneel, crouch, or lie in, people in every unsuitable attitude for writing are writing letters. Now, I have seen emigrant ships before this day in June. And these people are so strikingly different from all other people in like circumstances whom I have ever seen, that I wonder aloud, "What would a stranger suppose these emigrants to be!" The vigilant bright face of the weather-browned captain of the Amazon is at my shoulder and he says; "What, indeed! The most of these came aboard yesterday evening. They came from various parts of England in small parties that had never seen one another before. Yet they had not been a couple of hours on board when they established their own police, made their own regulations, and set their own watches at all the hatchways. Before nine o'clock the ship was as orderly and as quiet as a man-of-war…" …The Mormon agent who had been active in getting them together, and in making the contract with my friends, the owners of the ship, to take them as far as New York on their way to the Great Salt Lake, was pointed out to me. A compactly made, handsome man in black, rather short, with rich brown hair and beard and clear bright eyes. From his speech I should set him down as American. Probably a man who had "knocked about the world" pretty much. A man with a frank open manner, and unshrinking look; withal a man of great quickness. I believe he was wholly ignorant of my Uncommercial individuality, and consequently of my immense Uncommercial importance... BY LAND: 1863 railway to Florence NE, Unknown wagon train Departure: 1863 Arrived Salt Lake City: 4 Oct 1863 William George Cole (48) husband Sarah Larnder Cole (50) wife William George Cole Jr. (20) George Cole (17) Walter Charles Cole (14) Erastus Moroni Cole (11) Pioneer Information: William George COLE was a Mormon Pioneer with his wife Sarah and 4 sons. William G. and Sarah Cole and William G. Jr. are listed as passengers on the 1863 ship of Amazon. Also on the Perpetual Emigration Fund list of 1863. The Amazon traveled 44 days from London to NY with "895" Mormons on board. On Thursday 4 June 1863 George and his wife Sarah and four sons set sail as part of a company of "883" Saints on the packet ship "Amazon" with Elder william Brimhall as Presiding Elder. Charles Dickens visited the Mormons an the ship. New York 18 July 1863 to Florence, Nebraska by railroad. This was during the Civil war and Rebels burned a train and my Saints lost all their belongings. Then from Florence to Salt lake City by Ox team. (Family History) “They left England, June 4, 1863, and arrived in New York after a six week voyage. They took a train to Florence, Nebraska. It was during the Civil War and rebels set fire to the train and they were left stranded on the Plains until help arrived.” “Their journey westward, by ox-team and wagon train began in July. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, October 4, 1863, four months after leaving England.” (Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude Vol. I, A to E, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 636 - Sarah Larnder Cole.) Daughters Elizabeth who married John Allen on the plains, and Eliza COLE with Eliza’s son Clarence had emigrated in 1862. Company Information: Began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). Cole, William G, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, William Geo, 1863, NA, NA, Perpetual Emigration Fund (Book)-Microfilm 25686 Cole, Sarah, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, Erastus, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, George, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, Walter, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, William G. Jr., 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Camilla SMITH - Amy Ella HAWKES pedigree

HAWKES - COLE Scrapbook

Aunt Sarah Ann Hawkes Worley wife of Harry Worley. She is pictured in the (lower left corner) Sarah made this scrapbook page. Sarah Ann Hawkes was an older sister of Herbert Henry Hawkes she married the brother of Sarah Worley Jones. Sarah Worley Jones was the mother in-law of Herbert Henry Hawkes.

Pictured are our grandparents - (top left) Francis HAWKES and (top right) Eliza COLE HAWKES parents of Herbert Henry Hawkes. (center left) Mary Ann MILES HAWKES mother of Francis HAWKES. (center right) William George COLE and (lower left) Sarah LARNDER COLE parents of Eliza COLE HAWKES.

Sarah Ann Hawkes Worley is pictured with Martha Maria Hawkes Brough in the lower center photo, they are both sisters of Herbert Henry Hawkes.

Sarah LARNDER COLE - Pioneer Women of Faith

I find many of my grandmothers in:

Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude

Volume I
A to E
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
page 635-636

I will scan the articles of my grandmothers found in these volumes and add more as time permits. If you click on the image it will be enlarged so you can read the copy.

I have learned much from the histories of Grandmother and Aunts found in these volumes. You should always read what you can find by the siblings of your ancestors and their spouses. They talk about their parents and siblings who are your grandparents.



George LARNDER was the father of - Mormon Pioneer
Sarah LARNDER COLE wife of William George COLE - parents of Eliza COLE HAWKES - who was the mother of Herbert Henry HAWKES - the father of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH - mother of Camilla SMITH WOOD who was my mother. see page 635 - 636.

William and Sarah's daughters Elizabeth and Eliza with Eliza's toddler son Clarence pioneers from England to Utah a year before their parents and younger siblings.

When the Coles arrived in Logan they lived with their daughter Eliza and her new husband Francis Hawkes. Eliza.