Benjamin Simpson Cole
Benjamin Simpson was born in 1877 in
Sullivan County, Tennessee. Benjamin Simpson's father was
Fairman Preston Cole and his mother was
Margaret Ann McClellan. His paternal grandparents were
Joseph S. Cole and
Rachel Wassom; his maternal grandparents were
Samuel A. McClellan and
Mary Ann. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named
Campbell A.,
Charles S.,
Samuel P.,
Hugh H.,
Joseph Henry,
Walter H.,
James William,
Willie Ann and
Mary E. Alice. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named
George,
Angie Lee and
Susan. He died at the age of 79 in 1956.