Edward Cole

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Edward Cole

One of Boonton’s prominent citizens who was born and has spent his life there, making the most of the many advantages he found at hand instead of seeking further afield, is Edward COLE, who has for some time past been closely identified with the industrial and business activities of his community.

Mr. COLE was born in Boonton, New Jersey, February 26, 1876, the second of the family of six children of George and Ellen (ROMINE) COLE, both natives of New Jersey. The names of their children were as follows:

Alma, wife of Gilber FAULKNER;
Edward, our subject;
George Jr.;
Sarah Margaret, wife of James Garfield ESTLER, the business partner of our subject;
Bertha, deceased;
Robert.

The elder Mr. COLE is now in business as a carpenter and builder at Parsippany, New Jersey.

Edward COLE attended the common schools of Hanover township up to the sixteenth year of his age, when he left to learn the trade of carpenter with his father, continuing in this occupation until 1910. In this year, with James Garfield ESTLER, his brother-in-law, he started upon his present business enterprise and founded the large hardware and farm implement house, which is now in successful operation under the firm name of ESTLER, COLE Hardware Company, and which employs three men and has its home in the spacious Boonton store. Mr. COLE is an Independent in politics, casting his vote free from partisan bias for whoever is, in his opinion, the best man. He is a Methodist in religion and a member of the I. O. O. F. of Boonton.

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).