Individual Details
Olive Pixley
(1801 - 1851)
Asa and Olive left Herkimer Co NY by Erie Canal boat to farm in Norwalk, Ohio in 1822 or 1823. The family lore is that Asa Jr was born about the same time father Asa Cole died. Olive, writing to Asa Cole's family back in Herkimer Co. NY, would tell of how she was struggling in the years after her husband's death. In 1834, Asa Jr's spinster Aunt Hannah Cole went west to bring him back to the Cole family farm in Herkimer to be raised by his Aunts and Uncles there.
In 1844, Justus, who was also stuggling in poverty was brought back east by spinster Aunt Almyra Cole to the Cole family farm. The family story didn't mention anything about Olive remarrying or having additional children.
Asa Jr and brother Justus married, had families and lived out their lives on adjacent farms in Herkimer Co. They had a cattle business together, until Asa Jr was killed in a cattle stampede when his horse bolted in 1875. (Chalmers, her 3x great grandfather was the son, Asa Cole Jr.)
In 1844, Justus, who was also stuggling in poverty was brought back east by spinster Aunt Almyra Cole to the Cole family farm. The family story didn't mention anything about Olive remarrying or having additional children.
Asa Jr and brother Justus married, had families and lived out their lives on adjacent farms in Herkimer Co. They had a cattle business together, until Asa Jr was killed in a cattle stampede when his horse bolted in 1875. (Chalmers, her 3x great grandfather was the son, Asa Cole Jr.)
Events
| Birth | 1801 | New York, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1823 | New York, United States - Asa Cole | |||
| Marriage | 18 Feb 1831 | Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States - Richard Prouty Jr. | | ||
| Census (family) | 1840 | Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States - Richard Prouty Jr. |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Aug 1850 | Norwalk Township, Huron, Ohio, United States - Richard Prouty Jr. | | | |
| Death | 1851 | Ohio, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Prouty Jr. (1805 - 1877) |
| Child | Mary E. Prouty (1832 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Cole Prouty (1833 - 1904) |
| Child | William R. Prouty (1838 - ) |
| Child | Maria Harriet Prouty (1842 - ) |
| Spouse | Asa Cole (1796 - 1828) |
| Child | Eunice Cole (1823 - ) |
| Child | Justus Cole (1825 - ) |
| Child | Asa Cole Jr. (1828 - 1875) |
Notes
Census (family)
2 boys 5-10 years old, (William, ?)1 boy 10-15 (Justus Cole or James O ?)
3 girls under 5 years old (Mary, Hannah ?)
1 girl 5 to 10 (Eliza Ann?)
1 girl 10 to 15 years old (Eunice Cole?)
Richard, age 20-30 and woman age 20-30 (Olive).
Census (family)
448, 460, Clinton Jones, 24 M, Farmer, 1800, NYMartha Jones, 22 F, PA Delinza Jones, 2 M,, OH
Trevannon, Jones, 1/12 M, OH
Richard Prouty, 44 M, Farmer, MA
Olive Prouty , 49 F, NY
Mary E Prouty, 17 F, OH
Hannah C Prouty, 15 F, OH
William Prouty, 12 M, OH
Harriet M Prouty, 8 F, OH
Richard's daughter Eliza Ann Prouty, from his first marriage, was living in nearby Bronson Ohio with James and Phlena Cole.
Endnotes
1. Warren Forsythe, Barbara Chalmers and David Gubanc, "Richard Prouty 1805 - 1877," e-mail message from
2. Warren Forsythe, Barbara Chalmers and David Gubanc, "Richard Prouty 1805 - 1877," e-mail message from
3. Warren Forsythe, Barbara Chalmers and David Gubanc, "Richard Prouty 1805 - 1877," e-mail message from
4. Warren Forsythe, Barbara Chalmers and David Gubanc, "Richard Prouty 1805 - 1877," e-mail message from
5. Warren Forsythe, Barbara Chalmers and David Gubanc, "Richard Prouty 1805 - 1877," e-mail message from