Lawyer
Centurion, 1897–1926
Born 23 July 1848 in Providence, Rhode Island
Died 18 December 1926 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Proposed by William Bispham and J. Howard Van Amringe
Elected 2 October 1897 at age forty-nine
Century Memorial
John H. Cole divided the activities of a busy life between his professional work as a trial lawyer and his philanthropic avocations. He was deeply interested in the charities of Trinity Church, to which he gave up willingly his time and thought.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1927 Century Association Yearbook