Benjamin Lippincott COLES Sr. / Sophia GERGENSEN


Husband: Benjamin Lippincott COLES Sr.

Born:	2 Aug 1801[719] [720]	at:	Burlington Co., NJ
Married:	19 Feb 1852[4478]	at:	St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:	25 Feb 1883[721]	at:	LA
Father:	Kendall COLES
Mother:	Kesiah (Keziah) LIPPINCOTT
Spouses:	Elizabeth O. PARKER , Sophia GERGENSEN
Notes:
Sources:	[718]

Wife: Sophia GERGENSEN

Born:	25 Dec 1835[732]	at:	Hamburg, Germany
Died:	9 Aug 1898[733]	at:	LA
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:	Benjamin Lippincott COLES Sr.

CHILDREN

Name:	Benjamin Lippincott COLES Jr.
Born:	7 Nov 1852[734] [735]	at:	St. Martin Ph., LA
Married:	23 Feb 1881[4494]	at:	Lafayette, St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:	14 Sep 1931[737]	at:
Spouses:	Mary Lizzie (Mae?) MILLS

Name:	Walter Walker COLES
Born:	20 Feb 1854[738]	at:	St. Martin Ph., LA
Married:	29 Dec 1874[4496]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Died:	12 Nov 1876[739]	at:
Spouses:	Marie Simeonie CHAUTIN

Name:	Joseph Berot COLES
Born:	24 Oct 1855[741]	at:	St. Landry Ph., LA
Married:	1881[4515]	at:
Died:	5 Nov 1930[742]	at:	Lafayette, LA
Spouses:	Ella PIKE

Name:	Kindle Alexander COLES [743]
Born:	8 May 1857[744] [745]	at:	St. Landry Ph., LA
Died:	11 Mar 1883[746]	at:
Spouses:

Name:	Lucius Guilbeau COLES [747]
Born:	22 Jun 1860[748]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Married:	[4533]	at:
Died:	Aug 1907[750] [751]	at:
Spouses:	Marie Aline BROUSSARD

Name:	John Smith COLES
Born:	21 Oct 1861[752] [753]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Married:	12 Mar 1888[4538] [4539]	at:	St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:		at:
Spouses:	Clara K. MILLS

Name:	Albert Winter COLES [754]
Born:	20 Jun 1864[755] [756]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Died:	2 Mar 1886[757]	at:
Spouses:

Name:	Mary Kiziah COLES [758]
Born:	11 Oct 1867[759]	at:	LA
Married:	12 Mar 1890[4479] [4480]	at:	Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:	8 Mar 1891[760]	at:
Spouses:	William Wallace QUEEN Sr.

Name:	Edmond Dejean COLES [761]
Born:	18 Jul 1869[762] [763]	at:	Breaux Bridge, LA
Married:	31 Dec 1898[4485] [4486]	at:	St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:	28 Jul 1944[765]	at:	Covington, St. Tammany Ph., LA
Spouses:	Ione Drusilla HOLDEN

Name:	Leonard Robin COLES
Born:	15 Dec 1871[768] [769]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Married:	3 Sep 1889[4517] [4518] [4519]	at:	Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Ph., LA (?)
Died:	1951[770]	at:	Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Ph., LA
Spouses:	Laurance BEGNAUD

Name:	Adelia Robin COLES [771] [772]
Born:	11 Aug 1877[773]	at:	Arnaudville, St. Landry Ph., LA
Married:	13 Apr 1892[4482] [4483]	at:	Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Ph., LA
Died:	8 May 1939[774]	at:
Spouses:	Lewis Preston BURCHAM

Pedigree Chart for: Benjamin Lippincott COLES Sr.

      /---Thomas  COLES 
   /---Thomas  COLES  Jr.
   |  \---Hannah  STOKES 
/---Kendall  COLES 
|  |  /---
|  \---Alice (Alize)  COLLINS 
|     \---
|---Benjamin Lippincott  COLES  Sr.
|     /---Daniel  LIPPINCOTT 
|  /---John  LIPPINCOTT 
|  |  \---Elizabeth  PIMM 
\---Kesiah (Keziah)  LIPPINCOTT 
   |  /---Daniel  LIPPINCOTT 
   \---Abigail  COLLINS 
      \---Rosanna  STOKES

[4478] [SOURCE] Original Marriage License #83, book 1, St. Martinville Cthse.

[718] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. vol. 7 p.485; mentions parents Kinglo and Kinzaire Rimpinkott.

[719] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. gives date.

[720] [SOURCE] Lippincott: 6th Generation of Desc of Richard/Abigail, by Judith M. Olsen; Gloucester Co. Historical Soc., Woodbury, NJ, c.1999. p.227; gives place.

[721] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[732] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[733] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[734] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[735] [SOURCE] 1900 U.S. Census St.Martin Ph., LA, V.40,E.D.76, Sht.2,L.59. born Nov 1853.

[736] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Vol. 7 (1861-1865), p.95; Arn.Ch.: v.2, p.49.

[737] [SOURCE] Provided electronically via e-mail by Shelley Cameron (e-mail address no longer valid).

[738] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[739] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[740] [SOURCE] from copy of death notice.

[741] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. Death notice gives age as 75 at death.

[742] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. Death notice; died 3am at res. of daughter Bessie.

[743] [SOURCE] Name Kindle Coles in family bible; Kindeer Alexander Coles in Hebert.

[744] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[745] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. vol. VI (1855-1860); Arn. Ch.: v.2, p.28.

[746] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. died either 1883 or 1886, single.

[747] [SOURCE] Name also given as Jean-Jacques Lucius Cole.

[748] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[749] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. vol.39 (1907), p.183-184; BB Ch: v.2, p.255; age 48.

[750] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[751] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. vol.39 (1907), p.183-184; Opel.Cthse Succ. 29-Aug-1907.

[752] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[753] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Vol. 7 (1861-1865), p.95; Arn.Ch.: v.2, p.45.

[754] [SOURCE] Also spelled Coal.

[755] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[756] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Vol. 7 (1861-1865), p.95; Arn.Ch.: v.2, p.63.

[757] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. died single.

[758] [SOURCE] Name shown as Esia in 1880 census.

[759] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[760] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[761] [SOURCE] Baptismal record 12-Jan-1877 gives name Edmond Eugene Coles.

[762] [SOURCE] Edmond Coles Family Bible. gives 4-Jul-1869.

[763] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. has 18-Jul-1869.

[764] [SOURCE] S.W. Louisiana Records, by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. vol.13 (1877-1878), p.112; PB Ch: v.1, p.41; Leon.Ch: v.1 p.24.

[765] [SOURCE] Notebook with notes about the Coles/Holden families, compiled by Myrtle Adelia Coles Rivette. death year confirmed on tombstone. Also on obituary.

[766] [SOURCE] Obituary in N.O. Times-Picayune, 30-Jul-1944, p.8 col.4.

[768] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. gives date.

[769] [SOURCE] St. Martin Parish History, by Betty Pourciau; published Baton Rouge, LA c.1985 (LA976.3). pg. 111-112; gives year and location.

[770] [SOURCE] St. Martin Parish History, by Betty Pourciau; published Baton Rouge, LA c.1985 (LA976.3). pg. 111-112; gives year and location.

[771] [SOURCE] Name is given as Delia Coles in every legal document except

[772] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible.

[773] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. name shown as Adelia.

[774] [SOURCE] Coles/Holden Family Bible. died at 10:00 p.m.

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