California Biographies Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Source: History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time. Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M. The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905 Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176 CHARLES P. COLE. A native-born citizen of California, and a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family of Stanislaus county, Charles P. Cole has been actively identified with the development and advancement of the agricultural resources of this part of the state, and now holds a position of prominence among the younger generation of practical and progressive farmers. Skillful, systematic and thorough in his methods, he is meeting with well merited success in his undertakings, and is held in high estimation throughout the community in which he resides. He was born December 16, 1876, in that part of Stanislaus county that is now in- cluded within the limits of the town of Clans. Lum Cole, Mr. Cole's father, was born in Ohio, reared and educated in Missouri, and in 1849 crossed the plains to California, coming with ox-teams, which, as a boy, he assisted in driving. He was first employed in teaming in the mountains, and in the '50s visited his old home. Re- turning again to this state, he purchased land in Stanislaus county, becoming owner of ranches near Claus, and was there profitably engaged in farming for a number of years. Disposing of his land in that vicinity, he carried on farming in different places, being first located in Tulare county, then in Kings county, and being now a resident of Fresno county. He is highly re- spected as a man and a citizen, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His second wife, whose maiden name was Hattie Islip, was born in the east, and came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Islip, to Stanislaus county when four years old. Mr. Islip, now a venerable man of four score years, resides with his aged wife in Modesto. By his first marriage, Lum Cole had seven children, and of his union with Miss Islip three children were born, Charles P. being the second child. Brought up on a farm, Charles P. Cole attended school in different districts, living first in Stanislaus county, then in Tulare county, completing his education in Kings county. Obtain- ing a thorough knowledge of the science of agriculture while working with his father, he began farming for himself in 1901, on the old Joseph Trollinger ranch, where he still resides, operating a farm of ten hundred and forty acres, and raising gain and hay principally. He pays some at- tention to raising stock, making a specialty of breeding mules, for which he finds a ready market. September 23, 1902, in Stockton. Cal., Mr. Cole married Marion Dolan, who was born in Stanislaus county, a daughter of Joseph Dolan. A native of Boston, Mass., Joseph Dolan grew to manhood in that city. Migrating to the Pacific coast in the '60s, he improved a farm at Montpellier, Stanislaus county, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until his retirement from the activities of life, being a very successful farmer and stock-raiser. He was a noted breeder of thoroughbred horses, and raised some of the greatest winners and most famous racehorses in the county. After his retirement he lived in Modesto. His death occurred in Hollister October 8, 1893. He married Lucinda Jones, who was born in San Joaquin county, where her father, John Jones, was a pioneer settler, coming here from South Carolina and becoming one of the largest land owners of this part of California. She survived him, dying in 1896, in Oakland, Cal., leaving four children, namely: Marion, wife of Mr. Cole ; Wilbur, living on the old Dolan ranch, in Montpellier ; Alvar, of Oakland ; and Basil, living with Mr. and Mrs. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Cole have one child, a daughter whom they have named Dorothy. Politically Mr. Cole is a true-blue Republican, and fraternally he is a member of Escalon Lodge, M. W. A.