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John H. Cole

Lawyer

Centurion, 1897–1926

Full Name John Hanun Cole

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