Background
SMITH, Cornelius Cole was born on April 7, 1869 in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Son of Gilbert Cole and Dolores (Oury) Smith.
SMITH, Cornelius Cole was born on April 7, 1869 in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Son of Gilbert Cole and Dolores (Oury) Smith.
Catholic Parochial School, Tucson, Arizona, 1877-1880. St. Mathew's Hall (Military School at San Mateo, California) 1880-1881. Public Schools, Missouri, Oregon, Maryland.
Private Tutor, Baltimore, 89.
Second, Kathleen Crowley, March 4, 1910, Manila, Philippine Islands Appointed Second Lieutenant, 1892. First Lieutenant, 1899. promoted Captain, 1901. Commanded exploring exp. in Mindanao, 1904.
Discovered and named Mountain. Lebo and Lake Leonard Wood in the interior of Mindanao (former named lor Colonel commanding fourteenth Cavalry, latter for General Wood, then Governor. of Moro Province). Commanded Provisional Troop 14 Cavalry in operations against hostile Moros of Datu Ali, Cotabato Valley, Mindanao, August 1904-February 1905.
Appointed Civil Governor., District of Cotabato, Moro Province, 1906. Appointed Regular Army, 1916-1917. Appointed to command 314 Cavalry Regiment, one of fifteen mounted Regts.
General Pershing asked to be ready for service on Western Front, but which did not leave United States to the disappointment of their entire personnel, 1918. Recommended by General Pershing to grade of Brigadier General, National. Army, 1918; retired 1920.
Promoted Colonel, on retired list of Army, October 1920. Selected by President Coolidge to assist in Presidential Election in Nicaragua, where was appointed Chairman, Board of Elections for Department, State of Granada, 1928. For which work was highly commended by General McCoy, in charge of Elections in Nicaragua.
Offered Chairmanship of Board of Claims for Republic of Nicaragua, by Pres, of that country, February Participated in Sioux Indian Outbreak in S. Dakota, 1890-1891. Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for most distinguished gallantry. Major, Philippine Scouts at same time, reappointed Major, 1909, and ordered to Philippine Islands.
Appointed Civil Governor., District of Lanao, Moro Province, under General Pershing as Governor. of Moro Province. Served as Governor. Lanao until resigned in 1912. While Governor. of Lanao captured Keithley murderers.
(7) at large for seven years Military Attache, Bogota, Colombia, and Caracas, Venezuela, 1915-1917. At outbreak of World War endeavored to be returned to United States and to duty with troops for participation in War in France, but was kept in South America counteracting German propaganda. Detailed as Military Attache to Spain, July 1917, but, desiring to be with troops, was, in September appointed Colonel, 341 Infantry., National.
Army, at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. Promoted to Major and Lieutenant Colonel in action. Recommended for Certificate of Merit.
Member: Military Order of Loyal Legion of United States. Order of Indian Wars of United States. Order of Carabao; Order of Moro Wars.
United Spanish War Veterans. National. Indian War Veterans. American Legion, Post No.
43, Hollywood, California. Society of Arizona Pioneers.
Spouse first, Fanny Graham, December 2, 1896 (dec.