Col. Coles was by birth
an Englishman;
he came to this Country before
the Revolutionary Period,
and served
in various Military Capacities
throughout the War of
INDEPENDENCE.
He was for twenty years Collector
of the Port of Providence.
He was a man of firmness,
and integrity,
and of consequence universally
respected.
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Col. Thomas Coles
Born Dec. 9th, 1752
Died Dec. 13th, 1814
Sarah Coles, his wife
Born Dec. 17th, 1761
Died Aug. 6th, 1837
