Background
COLE, George M. was born on August 20, 1853 in England. Son of George and Jane Ann (Malpas) Cole.
COLE, George M. was born on August 20, 1853 in England. Son of George and Jane Ann (Malpas) Cole.
Private Schools.
Served Massachusetts National. Guard, 1875; Indiana. National. Guard, 1882.
Connecticut National. Guard, 1884; Regtl. Commissary Sergt., 1886. First Lieutenant, Third Infantry., 1887.
Captain, 1888; Captain (Adjutant.) Third Infantry., 1892. Lieutenant Colonel, Third Infantry., 1893. Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry.
(Immunes) Cuba, 1898. Honorably discharged, 1899. Adjutant. General, Connecticut, 1901.
Served on Mexico Border, 1916 and in World War. Appointed United States Disbursing Officer and Agent United States in Connecticut, 1917-1919. Retired with rank of Major General, 1930.
Member: Artist Fellowship & Master of Arts. Military Order of Foreign Wars. Naval and Military Order Spanish-American War.
Veterans. Spanish War. Military Order of World War. American Legion; Vet. of Foreign Wars.
National. Rifle Association. Army Ordnance Association Clubs: Sojourners (Hartford Chapt. No. 56) and Hero’s of '76, Army and Navy (Washington, D.O.).
Spouse Emily Judson Beckwith, November 28, 1877, New London, Connecticut.