W. W. Cole

From the list of elephant persons Family: Cole

☨ W. W. Cole
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1847 New York City in United States

Dead	1915-03-10


Spouse(s)	Margaret Koble

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1898-1904
Location	at Forepaugh-Sells Show in United States

Title	owner 1871-1886
Location	at W. W. Coles Circus in United States

Title	artist 1860
Location	at Orton Brothers Circus in United States

Relevant literature

Biography details

William Washington Cole , circus director in United States

Cole was born * 1847 in New York City United States dead 1915-03-10 , son of artist William Cole and artist Mary Cooke

⚭ Married to Margaret Koble born .

William H. Cole (English Clown & contortionist) d.1858 married Mary Ann Cooke daughter of Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782-1866), of the Cooke's Royal Circus in New York (came from England, toured America 1836 to 1840).

William H. Cole died in 1858. They had a child named William Washington Cole (WW Cole) who was 15 years old when his father died. In 1860 Mary Ann and her son WW traveled west into Iowa and joined with the Orton Circus. Mary Ann married Miles Orton (1836-1903) (Orton Bros Circus) on her husband's death.

William & Mary's son William Washington "Chilly Billy" Cole 1847-1915 born in NY founded W.W. Cole Circus, made $million, and sold it to two Canadian brothers. He was an only child and married Margaret Koble. There is a book written about him called Chilly Billy.

He died on March 10, 1915. He left an estate in excess of $5,000,000.

W. W. Coles ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
W. W. Cole Born: 1847	Father: William Cole Born:	Paternal Grandfather: Born:	Paternal Great-grandfather:
		Paternal Grandfather: Born:	Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Born:	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Born:	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Mary Cooke Born: ?	Maternal Grandfather: Thomas Cooke Born: 1782	Maternal Great-grandfather: Thomas Cooke
		Maternal Grandfather: Thomas Cooke Born: 1782	Maternal Great-grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandmother:

W. W. Cole is mentioned on 7 other person pagesAllen King, Benjamin Wallace, George Conklin, Henry Cooke, Margaret Koble, Mary Cooke, William Cole,

W. W. Cole is mentioned on 19 location pagesClyde Beatty (private), Clyde Beatty Circus, Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), Cole Brothers Circus, Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus , Elbert Howes, Firma Ruhe, Forepaugh-Sells Show, Howes Great London Circus, Hippodrome, and Sangers English Menagerie, James Brothers Circus (Sid Kellner), John Robinson Circus, Pink Elephants (Paul Kelly), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit), Sells and Downs Shows (Sells and Gray New United Shows), Sells Brothers Circus, W. W. Coles Circus, Wallace and Co Circus, William P. Hall Animal Farm,

W. W. Cole is mentioned on 19 elephant record pagesBaby Boo (Baby Baraboo), Big Charlie, Big Jenny (Jennie), Blanche, Calcutta II, Daisy, Danny, Ding (DIng-Dong), Frieda (Freida, Taffy), Jumbo II (Safari), Konti, Lelabardi, Louie (Lovie, Lovey), Manuela (Manula), Maude, Petunia (Pete, Pee Wee), Rajah, Sparks Mary, Trilby,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director William Washington Cole in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1402. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Selected publications

External links about W. W. Cole

Search more with Google for W. W. ColeThe link will automatically include W. W. Cole and open a new browser window.

Search this site www.elephant.se AND Googlewith google for keyword W. W. Cole
OR search the Internet (with any chosen keyword you type below)

Search more on the Internet Web for W. W. ColeThe link will automatically include W. W. Cole and open a new browser window

About this documentWebsite online since 1995. This document was created: . Latest update: 2022-04-04 11:14:37 included 860 characters with valid HTML5

From the list of elephant persons Family: Cole

W. W. Coles ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

Sources used for this article is among others: