Cole, James

Cole, James an English Baptist minister, was born in 1776, converted in early life, and became pastor of an Independent Church in Bury St. Edmunds. In 1801 he was baptized by immersion, and became, in 1806, the pastor of the Baptist :Church in the same place in which he began his ministerial work. Here he remained until 1817, and then removed to Otley, where, for more than sixteen years, he labored with much acceptance and success. He died May 26, 1837. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1838, page 22. (J.C.S.)