Elihu Cole Born: Jan 1, 1800 Died: Dec 5, 1873 Plot:
Age 73 Where born: SC Where died: Russell twp - Lawrence Co IL Son of: George Cole (ca 1780 SC-1835 Lawrence Co IL) & Edith [Edy]* Married: 1823 Aletta [Letey] Morris* Married 2nd: 1859 Lucinda Anderson (1807 IL-1874 buried Portee-Pinkstaff Cem; m1: James Portee) Lived at: 1940-50 Lawrence Co IL 1860 Bond twp - Lawrence Co IL 1870 Russell twp - Lawrence Co IL Children: - Emanuel (1824- m: Sarah Anderson*) -
Rebecca (ca 1830 m: 29 Apr 1855 Lawrence Co IL Calvin Anderson) -
Cynthia (1836 m: 29 Apr 1855 Lawrence Co IL Benjamin Anderson*) -
Julia Ann* (1836 m: 1 Oct 1857 Lawrence Co IL Lewis Goins*) -
Francis Marion* (1837) -
Jemima (1840 m1: 2 Oct 1856 Lawrence Co IL Isaac Anderson; m2: Henry Morris) -
Willis* (1841) -
Samuel (1841-1864 Civil War) -
Eda (1846 IL)
* indicates buried with Elihu Cole in Portee-Birds Cemetery.
About Portee-Birds Cemetery:
Portte-Birds Cemetery is the smaller of two African-American cemeteries named "Portee Cemetery". The original name appears to be Cole Cemetery. Burials: 52 Location: Birds, Lawrence County, Illinois