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Fuller Name
- Ashley William
Variants
- Cole, Ashley William, 1841-1920
- Cole, Colonel, 1841-1920
- Colonel Cole, 1841-1920
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Birth Date
- 1841
Death Date
- 1920-12-24
Birth Place
- Hampshire (England)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Commissioners, Railroad
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Sources
- found: Autograph letter signed from Ashley W. Cole to Augustin Daly, 1872
- found: New York times, Dec. 25, 1920 [via Proquest, Jan. 26, 2009](Colonel Ashley W. Cole, former city editor of The herald; was on the staff of the New York times; secretary to Governor Morton; later appointed Railroad commissioner; d. in West Pittston, PA on Dec. 24, 1920)
- found: Ashely W. Cole Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University [via www, Jan. 26, 2009](Ashley W. Cole (1841-1920); b. in Hampshire, England; work as a journalist; became private executive secretary to New York State Governor Levi P. Morton in 1895; in Dec. 1896 Morton appointed him State Railroad Commissioner, a position he held until 1920; known as "Colonel Cole" for much of his life)
- notfound: American national biog.;Oxford DNB
- found: Ashley W. and Ashley T. Cole Collection, finding aid from Center for Brooklyn History via NYU Libraires WWW site, viewed June 10, 2020(Ashley W. Cole; Ashley William Cole; born England, 1841; died 1920, West Pittstown, Pa.; father of Ashley Trimble Cole (1876-1964))
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Change Notes
- 2009-04-03: new
- 2021-07-20: revised
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