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Portee-Birds Cemetery, Lawrence County IL

Elihu Cole

  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.

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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