Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary (November 26, 1881 - October 25, 1944) was a professor of entomology, a member of the Crocker Land Expedition and is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping. Tanquary was the son of Thomas J. and Florence A. Tanquaary and was raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Illinois, where he attended public schools. He then attended Vincennes University where he was a member of Tau Phi Delta society and was one of the authors of the society's first constitution and by-laws. He graduated in 1903 and taught for four years in the public
George W. Cole New York. George Cole worked in the registrar's office of the New York City Post Office. In 1874 he moved to New Mexico in search of a drier climate, which was necessitated by injuries and illness related to his military service. While living in New Mexico, Cole was active in real estate speculation and resumed the practice of medicine. Cole did not recover his health; he died in Mora, New Mexico from the effects of pneumonia on December 9, 1875. He was buried at Saint Vrain Cemetery in Mora. George W. Cole George W. Cole (March 26, 1827 – December