Boswell, H. James.  American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and 
Hanford Co., 1922.  p. 170.

GEORGE B. COLE is senior member of the firm of Cole & Dolby, of Seattle, 
formed seven years ago, and which has met with splendid success.  Mr. Cole was 
born in New York, in 1869.  His education was obtained in public schools, 
including the Cooperstown Union School and Academy, from which he graduated in 
1883.  He was admitted to the bar in 1885, and practiced his profession in 
Cooperstown from 1885 to 1887, at which time he went to Huron, S. D., where he 
was in practice for about six months.  The same year he located in San 
Bernardino, Cal., where he practiced until 1900, when he located in Seattle, 
and is now senior member of the firm of Cole & Dolby.  While an uncompromising 
foe, he always meets his opponents in the open, and is ever careful to conform 
his practice to brofessional(sic) ethics.  the success which he has attained 
has come as a result of his own efforts, and thorough knowledge and 
understanding of law.  His methods of procedure are clean cut, calm and 
forceful  In addressing the court he does so in a dignified manner and is calm 
and keen.  When occasion warrants taking a matter into the courts, it would be 
difficult to find a more persistent fighter for a client's rights than Mr. 
Cole.  He married Miss Lily A. Wood, in 1891, and the couple have one child, a 
girl, Eva Marsden.  He is a member of the Mason, Eagles, Moose, Masonic club, 
First Methodist church, and the city and state bar associations.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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