James COTTINGHAM

Birth:
11 Oct 1804
Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland
Death:
5 Aug 1881
Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois
Burial:
Brockville Cem., Jasper, Illinois
Marriage:
1837
Indiana
Sources:
1850 Census Rush Co., Indiana, House number 25
1860 Census Jasper Co., Illinois
1870 Census Jasper Co., Illinois
1880 Census Jasper Co., Illinois
Richard Kreiger's Notes
Records of Brockville Cemetery, Jasper, Illinois
Vital Records of Jasper Co., Illinois
Decatur Co., Indiana Marriage Records
Vital Records of Rush Co., Indiana
Land Records of Rush Co., Indiana
Probate Records of Jasper Co., Illinois
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, July 2015
1860 Census Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois
1880 Census Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois
1900 Census Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Jul 2015
Notes:
                   Sources: Richard Kreiger's notes
1870 Census Jasper County, Illinois
1860 census Jasper County, Illinois
1850 Census Rush County, Indiana
1880 Census records of Jasper Co. Illinois
Records of Brockville Cemetery, Jasper Co. Illinois
Vital Records of Jasper County, Illinois
Marriage Records of Decatur Co. Indiana
Vital Records of Rush Co. Indiana
Land Records Rush Co. Indiana
Probate Records Jasper County, Illinois -Will made 9 Feb 1865-supplement to will 2 Mar 1881
Notes:  In deed of Rush Co. Indiana, wife's name is listed as Mary.
James Cottingham was born in Maryland
Lived in Kentucky
Came to Rush Co. Indiana in 1850 and on to Jasper Co. Illinois in 1853
Helen is also called Ellen.
Elizabeth KEITH
Birth:
Nov 1819
Brown, Ohio
Death:
18 Jul 1902
Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois
Burial:
20 Jul 1902
Brockville Cem., Jasper, Illinois
Children
Marriage
1
William H. COTTINGHAM
Birth:
1841
Rush, Indiana
Death:
27 Nov 1880
Cherokee, Kansas
2
America A. COTTINGHAM
Birth:
1843
Rush, Indiana
Death:
Hiram MCVEIGH 
Marr:
21 Sep 1861
Newton, Jasper, Illinois 
Notes:
                   Sources: 1880 Census Sullivan Co. Indiana
3
Marcus D. Lafayette COTTINGHAM
Birth:
9 Feb 1846
Rush, Indiana
Death:
5 Aug 1915
Bourbon, Kansas
Anna Martha PORTWOOD 
Marr:
22 Oct 1902
Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas 
4
Helen M. COTTINGHAM
Birth:
1848
Rush, Indiana
Death:
Bef 1900
Illinois
William HENRY 
Marr:
29 Aug 1874
Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois 
5
Elda Frances COTTINGHAM
Birth:
1850
Rush, Indiana
Death:
21 Jan 1920
Santa Cruz, California
George MCKNABB 
Marr:
1878
Indiana 
6
Balzoria Amanda COTTINGHAM
Birth:
4 Oct 1855
Jasper, Illinois
Death:
18 Apr 1937
Napa, Napa, California
Lewis Ray ALLEN 
Marr:
28 Apr 1875
Jasper, Illinois 
7
Victoria A. L. COTTINGHAM
Birth:
15 Jan 1858
Jasper, Illinois
Death:
10 Jan 1917
San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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James Cottingham - Elizabeth Keith

James Cottingham was born at Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland 11 Oct 1804. His parents were Thomas Cottingham and Rhoda Townsend.

He married Elizabeth Keith 1837 at Indiana . Elizabeth Keith was born at Brown, Ohio Nov 1819 daughter of Samuel Lewis Keith and Jane Crafton .

They were the parents of 7 children:
William H. Cottingham born 1841.
America A. Cottingham born 1843.
Marcus D. Lafayette Cottingham born 9 Feb 1846.
Helen M. Cottingham born 1848.
Elda Frances Cottingham born 1850.
Balzoria Amanda Cottingham born 4 Oct 1855.
Victoria A. L. Cottingham born 15 Jan 1858.

James Cottingham died 5 Aug 1881 at Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois .

Elizabeth Keith died 18 Jul 1902 at Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois .