George C. Cole, who has been in the grocery business in Dallas since 1889,was born in this county, August 8, 1857, the eldest of eight children born to John H. and Elizabeth (Preston) Cole, natives of Tennessee. They came to Dallas in an early day, where they both still reside. George C. was reared to farm life, and educated at Add Ran College, Thorp's Spring, Hood county, Texas, graduating in the literary department in 1881.He then read law under the tutelage of Hunt, Lathrop & Hays, and in 1882 was admitted to the bar of Dallas County, and since that time has followed the practice of law. In addition to this he is engaged in real estate, and also in the manufacture of sewer pipes and fire brick at Athens, Texas, being a member of the Fire Brick and Tile Company, and President of the Association.
Mr. Cole was married in Dallas county, October 30, 1883, to Sue E. Bennett, a native of Jackson County, Arkansas, and daughter of Dr. J. A. and Henrietta (Crump)Bennett, the former a native of Madison County, Missouri, and the latter of Henrico County, Virginia. The father settled in Jacksonport. Arkansas, in 1844, and engaged in the practice of medicine, and in 1862 removed to Texas, where he engaged in general merchandising at Kaufman, Kaufman County, for twenty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole have four children: George C., Kate, Annie and Joseph.
Mr. Cole is a Democrat, politically, and has held the office of Chairman of the Democratic Committee and Alderman of the Eighth Ward. Socially he affiliates with the K. of P., No. 70, at Dallas, and also with the Knights of Honor, and religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Cole are members of the Christian Church at Dallas.
Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,
Texas, pages 1001-1002, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892
transcribed by Robert Bennett