Galusha Marion Cole

Galusha Marion Cole (August 1837 Efn|Although he claimed to be born in 1826, the 1855 New York census lists him as 17 implying a birth year of either 1837 or 1838, and the 1900 federal census gives his birth date as August 1837. ) was an American music teacher, and was said to have been one of the oldest people to be captured on sound film, claiming to be 103 during a filmed interview in 1929.

Early life and career Galusha Marion Cole was born in August 1837, to a Baptist family, on a farm in Tolland County, Connecticut. He later moved to Upstate New York, where he would become a teacher of music, ultimately establishing that as his lifetime livelihood.

Years down the line he moved to Richmond, Indiana, living there for numerous years. His profession would eventually cause him to relocate to Missouri, where he taught at a normal school in Warrensburg. He did the same in Clinton, and would only move to California in 1890.

Consequently, on April 11, he died in a hospital in Pasadena, at the claimed age of 104 (actually 93).