
Hannah Cole - Briscoe Cemetery - near Bunceton, MO
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N 38° 48.149 W 092° 51.245
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Her grave was unmarked until unveiling this boulder on October 30, 1932
Waymark Code: WM146JE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2021
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County of marker: Cooper County
Location of marker: MO-5, 14 miles S. of Boonville, 2 miles NW of Bunceton
Erected by: Pilot Grove Chapter, D.A.R.
Date Erected: October 30, 1932
Marker Text:
HANNAH COLE
1762 - 1843
First white woman settler
of Cooper County
Whose unfailing courage
In facing the danger of
A wilderness and a
Cruel Indian War
Entitles her to be called
A PIONEER MOTHER
OF EARLY
MISSOURICIVILIZATION
"Hannah Cole and her family’s first home, circa 1800 near today’s Boonville, was said to have been similar to an Indian bark hut.
"Hannah Cole and her family’s first home, circa 1800 near today’s Boonville, was said to have been similar to an Indian bark hut. That structure was replaced with a one-room log cabin that included a fireplace and one window and a door. The marker for Hannah Cole’s grave in the Briscoe Cemetery pays tribute to “the first white woman settler of Cooper County whose unfailing courage in facing the dangers of a wilderness and a cruel Indian war entitle her to be called a pioneer mother of early Missouri civilization.” ~ Lake News Online Jan 17, 2019