Born at Farnam, Nebraska, June 1, 1889, Roscoe James Cole is the son of Charles Gilbert and Sylvia Ann (Phillips) Cole. His father, a farmer, was born of German parents in Iowa, and died at Cambridge, Nebraska, on September 3, 1924. His mother, whose ancestry is Swedish, was born in Missouri, September 16, 1860, and died at Cambridge, August 2, 1928.

Mr. Cole attended District School Number 55 in Frontier County, Nebraska, and was a student at Cambridge High School. He is manager of the branch office at Cambridge of the Jerpe Commission Company of Omaha, Nebraska, is a member of the Cambridge Community Club, and holds membership in the First Congregational Church of Cambridge. He is a Mason. He served as Master of Lodge Number 150, in 1927 and 1928.

He married Bessie Newcomb at Cambridge, February 21, 1909. Mrs. Cole, who was a rural school teacher for some time before her marriage, died at Cambridge, June 1, 1927. One child was born to this marriage, Virginia June 4, 1911. On December 26, 1928, Mr. Cole was united in marriage with Etta M. Kinder. Residence: Cambridge.