William Washington Cole
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description William Washington Cole (1847 – March 10, 1915), was part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1847 in New York City to the contortionist William H. Cole and wire walker Mary Ann Cooke.[2] In 1884, he established "W.W. Cole’s New Colossal Shows", which survives to this day, as the Cole Bros. Circus.[3][4]
He died on March 10, 1915.[2] He left an estate in excess of $5,000,000.[1]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Authority control".