Edward Mewton Cologne

Edward Mewton Cologne M V K Y Photo: Born: 1842–1907, Buried Warrenton cemetery Black Horse United Confederate Veterans medal inscribed on tombstone. Source? 1842.[1125] Around 1843 if 19 years old in 1862.[1126] Married: Died: 1842–1907, Buried Warrenton cemetery Black Horse United Confederate Veterans medal inscribed on tombstone. Source? [1127] 1907; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1128] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Susan Frances (Cash) (5 October 1822–22 April 1891) and Edgar M. or N. Cologne (27 March 1811–9 December 1868).[1129] They wed on 10 October 1838. “Edgar N. Cologne [was] Town Sergeant of Warrenton…. Joseph A. Jefferies said of Mr. Cologne, ‘he was collector and sergeant of Warrenton from my first knowing him, and continued on account of efficiency to hold the position till near the close of his life.”[1130] His brother John A. Cash Cologne (1840–1903) was in the Warrenton Rifles (Co. K, 17th Va. Regt.) commanded by Capt. John Q. Marr.[1131] His sister Elizabeth Augustine (17 October 1847–19 May 1905) is buried in the Warrenton Cemetery.[1132] Susan Frances Cash was daughter of “Jno. A. and Lucy Y. Cash.”[1133] Edgar M. Cologne’s sister was Mary Jane Cologne who married David E. Graham, Warrenton tailor, 16 April 1844. His father [BH’s paternal grandfather?] was Vincent Cologne.[1134] Joseph A. Jefferies said of Mr. Cologne, ‘he was collector and sergeant of Warrenton from my first knowing him, and continued on account of efficiency to hold the position till near the close of his life.”[1135] Other Family: ***Need to move much of preceeding section to this one. His maternal grandparents were Lucy Y. (Pattie[1136]) and John A. Cash.[1137] Edward’s brother “Mr. John Cash Cologne died at his home on Friday, May 29th. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and was in the service throughout the war.”[1138] See Obituary Chapter.

| |Flag of ‘98 | |ENTRY |Died- On Apr. 20, Sydnor Bayley, son of Edgar N. and | | |Susan F. Cologne, aged 7 years, 3 weeks and 4 days. (p.| | |2, c. 5) | |DATE OF PUB. |Saturday, April 26, 1851. | |FILM NO. |Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 352). | |NOTE |From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by | | |Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm| | |at the Library of Virginia. | |SUBJECT |Obituaries – Virginia. | |SUBJECT |Warrenton (Va.) | |ADDED ENTRY |Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) | |COLLECTION |Bernard J. Henley papers. |

Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Shortly after the war E. M. Cologne was clerking at the Warrenton House, the popular hotel that stood on the site now occupied by Gallaway’s livery stable.”[1139] See Stories Chapter. “Cologne was himself an expert auctioneer.”[1140] See Stories Chapter. CSR: “Edward M. Cologne”; 5’4”, light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes; enlisted 20 October 1862; 19 years old; paroled 1 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Private.[1141] Resided in Columbia, South Carolina, 1870s.[1142] K Edw. M. Cologne. “Edward M. Cologne, son of Edgar N. and Susan T. (Cash) Cologne, aged 22 years. Enlisted 20 October 1862 in the Black Horse Cavalry…”[1143] [This cites above.] [‘Above’ as of 12-13-04 was CSR, V, and K.] “Warrenton, Virginia, Sixty Years Ago (1854). When the writer of these notes came to our village August 1, 1854, … E, N. Cologne, Town Sergeant and saddler, had his shop where the Foleys live. … Edgar N. Cologne lived in the late John Ross dwelling, said to have been with the George E. Yeatman home, the two oldest buildings in the village.”[1144] “E. N. Cologne was sergeant of the town with power to collect money as constable. … Cologne was himself an expert auctioneer, … .”[1145]