Children of Edward F. and Helen L. (Haskell) Cole; m. Aug. 31, 1886.

453  Ralph Edward Cole, b. Feb. 10, 1888. 
454  Donald Seth Cole, b. May 3, 1890. 
455  Charles Haskell Cole, b. Oct. 8, 1896. 

WILLIAM F. TILSON7 (William6, John5, John4, Edmund3, Ephraim2, Edmond1), son of William and Ann (Haskell) Tilson; b. June 31, 1803; m. 1827, Jane Davis of Waterville, Me.

             THEIR CHILD: 
456  Davis Tilson, b. April 17, 1830, in Rockland, Me. 
William F. Tilson m. 2d Lucy Winslow of Waterville, Me., Sept. 29, 1833. He d. Sept. 10, 1851, in Rockland, Me.

             THEIR CHILDREN: 
457  Mary A. Tilson, b. Nov. 15, 1835. 
458  Lincoln W. Tilson, b. May 4, 1838. 
Mrs. Lucy (Winslow) Tilson m. 2d William Thompson of Rockland, Me., Jan. 27, 1859.

DAVIS TILSON8, (William F.7, William6, John5, John4, Edmund3, Ephraim2, Edmond1), son of William F. and Jane (Davis) Tilson; b. April 17, 1830; m. Aug. 4, 1852, Margaret E. Achorn. Residence, Rockland, Me.

             THEIR CHILDREN: 
459  Jennie C. Tilson, b. Oct. 1, 1856; m. Wm. L. White of Rockland, 
        Me. Have son, Wm. T., b. Feb. 25, 1879. 
460  Marina D. Tilson, b. March 18, 1870; m. W. H. Day of Iowa. 

Gen. Davis Tilson was born in Rockland, Me., April 14, 1830, and obtained his education at the West Point Military Academy. He was obliged to resign, after two years, owing to an accident, which rendered the amputation of one of his lower limbs necessary.

In 1857 Gen. Tilson was elected to the Maine Legislature, and the succeeding year was adjutant general of the state.

He was appointed collector of eustoms for the Waldoboro district by President Lincoln, which position he resigned in 1860 to become captain of the 2d Maine Battery. He was detained in Maine during the winter owing to the threatened difficulty with England, but finally reached Washington in April, 1862, and was assigned to the