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Subject: Re: N. B. & Tillie Evans Cole biography
Date: 2 Jan 2005 19:00:15 -0700

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What a wonderful story. I was searching for some history
of our "old house" in Amanda, Ohio. We lived not far from
the Cedar Hill Evangelical United Brethern Church. As kids
we use to get rides to church with neighbors. This was in the
1950's until 1961 or so. A Mr. Winters was our close neighbor, and he grew lots of corn around our rent house. I am not sure who owns the farm now, but last year my sister
and brother went over there and got permission to walk around
the site of our old home. The home is no longer standing, the one-room school house was blown down by a tornado in the
50's, but the cemetary is still there, as my siblings found it.
The new owner of the land had planted corn over it, and the
stones were covered with brush and weeds, and partially in the dirt. My sister had looked at two of the stones and
found the name of "Cole". We as children never thought of
remembering names, and now we know who were buried there. There was a murder in the house at one time, because
there was a gunshot in the parlor door that was very much
splintered, and never was fixed even when we lived there.
I don't believe it was a myth, by any means at all. There was
too much 'bizarre" happenings in that place the ten years we
lived there. I was a "happy camper", when we finally moved.
I remember there were 7 or 8 stones in that cemetery, because, we had to walk past it to get to the "backhouse". If
there was 2 Coles buried there, there could be more. I agreed with my sister that the "Historical Society" in Lancaster should be able to get this cemetery sealed off. I
believe you have to take County Road 22 Southwest of Lancaster, Ohio to get to Amanda. Also going west on the
Winters road you run into the old Crumley Place and near
the old Russell place. I am just wondering what "Cole" family
might have lived there before we did? Also if the family buried
here was one of early 1800's. You never know unless you ask.
Thanks. J. Clark

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