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Mark fought with the 49th Tennessee Infantry, Company C,
CSA. He enlisted 7 Nov 1861 in Benton County, Tennessee. He
was captured at Fort Donelson and sent to Camp Douglas
Illinois. Mark surrendered May 19, 1865 and sign his oath
of allegiance May 20, 1865 at Johnsonville Tennessee.
Mark and his son married sisters. It was Mark's second
marriage and William's first. Mark married Mary E. Mitchell
and William married Delinda L. Mitchell. Mark and the
sister's father were in the same unit during the Civil War.
The Camden Chronicle Camden, Tennessee 21 Jun 1895, Fri
Page 1:
Uncle Mark Cole, who resides about seven miles south of
town, relates an experience he had one day last week that
he is very likely to remember for years to come. While in
town he went down to the county jail to see Sheriff Lashlee
on business. He found his way in, but no one was at home.
Unfortunately for him the door, which had no bolt on the
inside, closed and when he tried it he found that he was
held a prisoner behind a spring lock. He vigorously hailed
all the passers-by, but no attention was paid to it, as our
people are accustomed to being hailed by the prisoners
confined in the jail. The upshot ot it was Uncle Mark was
compelled to remain in jail nearly all afternoon before he
was liberated by Mr. P. Melton, who resides near by the
jail.
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It is reported that Uncle Mark Cole is very ill, and it is
thought he can hardly survive the attack of pneumonia.3 4 5 6
Sources:
- Benton County Marriage record, pg 26 Mark Cole-Pheraby Cox
- Benton County Tennessee Marriage License, #80, Mark Cole & Mary E. Mitchell
- Civil War Service Record for Mark Cole, Fold3.com
- The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service
- The Camden Chronicle, June 21, 1895, Page 1
- The Camden Chronicle, February 18, 1898, Page 1
