Summary
Jesse Cole was an 18-year-old Beaver Island resident injured in a logging accident in early February 1923. The held newspaper says he suffered a fractured skull and was attended by Dr. Armstrong after an Army plane carried the physician across the ice from Charlevoix.
Evidence and limits
This record is limited to the medical-flight report. It does not establish Jesse Cole’s birth date, family, logging employer, injury site, or later recovery. The surname alone is not used to connect him to any other Cole record in the KB.
Open questions
- Can island census, parish, school, or civil records identify Jesse Cole more fully?
- What was the logging accident’s location and outcome?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, February 9, 1923, “Army Plane Comes North.”Identifies Jesse Cole as an 18-year-old who suffered a fractured skull in a Beaver Island logging accident and received medical attention after the Army plane crossed from Charlevoix.