Interim Content
Cole, Abner
Biography
Aug. 1783–13 July 1835. Bar iron and castings manufacturer, judge, newspaper editor and publisher. Likely born in Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Southworth Cole and Ruxby Bryant. Moved to Geneva, Ontario and Seneca counties, New York, by Aug. 1810. Married Fanny B. Wickham Lawrence, 14 Oct. 1810. Moved to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, by 1814. Served as justice of the peace, 1814–1815, in Palmyra. Served as constable, 1818, in Palmyra. Began work as newspaper publisher and editor, under pseudonym Obadiah Dogberry, 1829, in Palmyra. Moved to Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, 1832, and continued work as newspaper publisher. Died in Rochester.
Links
papers
- Agreement with Martin Harris, 16 January 1830
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- Introduction to New York and Pennsylvania Financial Records
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 December 1829
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- Revelation, circa Summer 1829 [D&C 19]
- Gender
- Male