Henry Perry Cole was born on 24. Jan. 1843 at Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was baptized on 2. Apr. 1843 at Dumont Church, New Jersey. He married
Mary Ann Riker on 23. Mar. 1861 at Middletown (now Pearl River), Rockland County, New York. Henry Perry Cole died on 22. Jul. 1921 at Tenafly, Bergen County, New Jersey, at age 78. He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey. Living 1860: With parents on farm in Closter, Bergen, NJ
Living 1900: 64 Engle Street, Tenafly, Bergen, NJ
Also present: Mother-in-law, Maria Mabie
Profession: Brick mason (1860)
Coal yard proprietor (1900)
WASHINGTON HAUNT TO BE
SOLD FOR JUDGMENT
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Henry P. Cole, of Englewood, Must
Pay $7,500 or Old Place at Cress-
kill Will Go.
Unless Henry P. Cole and his wife, of Englewood, can satisfy a judgmentfor $7,580 a Revolutionary homestead in Love lane, Cresskill, theheadquarters of Col. Colfax of Gen. Washington's staff at the time theContinental army was encamped along the Palisades, will go under thehammer. Mrs. Eliza Hopper, who lives in the homestead, and is a cousinof the Cole's, holds the mortgage on the property. The house stands back a mile from the Palisades and during the siege ofFort Washington and at other times Washington was a visitor at the house. The mortgage was taken in 1870 and now the interest amounts to double the principal. The narrow roadway running in front of the homestead has been called Love lane ever since the Revolutionary war because it was a favorite spot for Continental soldiers to stroll with their sweethearts when noe ngaged in fighting Britishers.
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From the Englewood newspaper 1911
GOLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY.
Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Cole receive Congratulations of Two HunðVìŒ7+
dred Guests andMany Gifts--Golden Mementos of the Glad Event
On March 23, 1861, Henry P. Cole and Mary Ann Riker, both eighteenyears of age, who had been keeping company for some time, decided to getmarried. They stole off to the home of ðVìŒ7+
the Rev. Mr. Thompson, pastor ofthe Baptist Church of Middletown, N.Y., which is now known as PearlRiver, and unbeknown to their parents had the knot tied by that piousgentleman. After announcing their marriage, they went to Cresskill,where they began housekeeping, and where they remained until seventeenyears ago, when they moved to Highwood. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are an exceptionally young looking couple to havebeen married fifty years, and to look at them no one would suspect that they are the great-grandparents of three children, or that they were oldenough to celebrate a golden wedding. They have been blessed with sixchildren, three of whom are living, Henry P. Cole, Jr., Miss Anna Cole,and Mrs. Julietta Sorter. There are also eleven grandchildren. About two hundred guests were present at their home Thursday evening,and all expressed the wish that they might be invited to the diamondwedding anniversary of the bride and groom. There was a profusion of bright and fragrant flowers to deck the halland parlors in keeping with the happy occasion, and there was also ampleprovision for the guests in the daintiest refreshments. Meier'sorchestra, violin, 'cello and harp, kept the air vibrant with harmonies,making a delightful combination to minister to the happy throng of oldand tried friends, loving relatives, and the laughing children gatheredto honor the hospitable host and hostess. A pleasing incident of theevening that interested all present was the cutting of a golden weddingcake, a ceremony performed by the bride of half a century ago, whilehappy memories of the intervening years were recalled by the symboliccake, which was cut and passed around so that each one might have a portion that they might dream. Following the excitement of the wedding cake, the musicians tuned up ina hall specially erected by Mr. Cole to furnish a place for dancing, anda merry waltz started the enjoyment for those who still can trip a measure, and the host and hostess were able to share in this with thesame hearty zest as the other youngsters. Another feature was an interchange of gifts in honor of the day. Thebride's present to the bridegroom was a handsome gold ring with garnet setting. She slipped this on his finger in the presence of Rev. M. WayneWomer, while the groom at the same time passed a beautifully hand-carvedgold bracelet over her hand and wrist. The benign couple were the recipients of a wealth of loving gifts,which were arranged very tastily on a large table and mantel in the backparlor. A feature of the occasion was the presence of Mrs. Maria Mabie, motherof Mrs. Cole, who is eighty-seven years of age. Mrs. Mabie was also the recipient of heartfelt congratulations on being in attendance at herdaughter's golden wedding. Mrs. Cole was dressed in a handsome black silk gown trimmed with black,with embroidered trimmings of black and white, and wore the same coraland gold jewels, brooch and earrings that she had worn on her wedding day. Mr. Cole has been in business in Englewood for the past fifty years,first as a mason and contractor, until eleven years ago, when he wentinto business as a coal merchant.