James Beatty COTTON
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533 CENSUS: 1840; 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880; 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co., PA BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania, Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691: b on the Cotton Homestead nr Meadville BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supplemental #568111: John Cotton, d 15 MAR 1901 BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, Vol 1, Pg 43; LDS Film 910.250: d 14 Mar 1901 BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 26 MARRIAGE: Crawford Democrat, 28 Feb 1854 DEATH: Crawford Journal, 21 Mar 1901, Pg 1; Morning Star, 16 Mar 1901, p 1: suicide, 15 Mar 1901; farmer BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1, p 8; died 15 Mar 1901 in this rec; had 3 ch MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1, Pg 27: Marriage Records of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA 1840-1863 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 18, 41-42: committed suicide by taking arsenic, age 70 thought to have broken over the strain of his wife's illness; (more in ref)
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA94533 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supplemental #568111 (John Cotton) CENSUS: 1860; 1870; 1880; 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA BIRTH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (b 1846; had 3 more ch, who d in infancy) MARRIAGE: Crawford Democrat, 28 Feb 1854 BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania, Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691 Ellen R. was b on the Harper Homestead in Vernon Twp, the d/o Robert & Rebecca (Quigley) Harper BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, Vol 1, Pg 43; LDS Film 910.250 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Journal, 4 Apr 1901, Pg 5; Morning Star, 2 Apr 1901, Pg 2 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1,, p 8 MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Genealogy, vol 15, No 1, Pg 27 (Marriage Records of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA, 1840-1863 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Desc of Henry Cotton", Rev 1994, Roger A. Johnson, 1994, Pg 41-42
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-DEATH: Crawford Journal 25 Sep 1860, Pg 2 DEATH: Crawford Co Genealogy, by CCGS, Vol 15, No 2, Pg 889: Funeral Register of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church Meadville, PA: 13 Sep 1860, Walter, child of James Cotton BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descs of Henry Cotton", Rev 1994, Roger A. Johnson, p 42: Walter Scott Cotton; b 20 Nov 1854 Vernon Twp; d SEP 1860 Vernon Twp, age 5 y 9 m 22 d; bur Denny Cem
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, revised 1994, Roger A. p 42: (stillborn abt 1856; bur on family farm in Vernon Tp)
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supplemental #568111 (John Cotton) BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691: of Anderson, IN CENSUS-BIRTH: 1860; 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descs of Henry Cotton", Rev 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 42, 70: b 25 Sep 1858 Vernon Tp, d. 19 JAN 1936 Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN; bur Denny Cem; md 26 Mar 1894 CCo, PA John G. Bennehoff, "Ida & John of NYC, md at home of bride's parents in Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA by Rev Richard Craighead"
Ruth Setterquist, 1319 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691 CENSUS: 1870; 1880: 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA CENSUS: 1910 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA, Pg 5A: 47, PA, m21, farmer MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Index, LDS Film #910.238 (Vol 2, Pg 600 MARRIAGE: Tribune Republican, 31 Oct 1888, Pg 8; Crawford Messenger, 1 NOV 1888, Pg 5: md at the bride's home in No Shenango Twp by Rev. H.H.Hervey DEATH: Crawford Co Probate Index; LDS Film #864.216: Joseph & Beatrice Cotton Exrs NOTE: occ, managed his father's farm BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 42, 71-72: b 9 Jun 1862 Vernon Tp; d 22 DEC 1924 Vernon Tp; bur Denny Cem; md abt 1885 at the home of her parents in Vernon Twp, Frances Jane McNutt, d/o Joseph McNutt, by Rev H.H.Hervey; farmed 200 acres in Vernon Tp; (more info in ref)
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 CENSUS-BIRTH: 1870; 1880; 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA CENSUS; 1900 Vernon, Crawford, PA; Marie R., single BIRTH: Trapani Papers, CCHS: (Mary Rebecca in this record; b 1868) BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691 MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Index; LDS Film #910.238 (Vol 10, Pg ? MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 18 Feb 1904, Pg 5; 12 Feb 1904, Pg 3; Morning Star, 12 Feb 1904, Pg 3 (of Vernon Twp; md by Rev. F.M. Silsley, to Charles W. Cubit of Meadville) NOTE: (child Lillian born 1894 ? 10 years before marriage date ???) DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (d at Cribbs Home) BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 42, 72: b 9 Mar 1867 Vernon Tp; d 12 Jan 1954 Meadville, PA; bur Meadville, PA; bur Denny Cem; md abt 1893 in Meadville, PA to Charles W. Cubit; she was known as "Aunt Rea"; obit states survived by dau. Mrs. Mrs. Lucille Hendrix & gr dau, Mrs. Patricia Cumback, both of Richmond, IN (more info in ref)
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 42
Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433 BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 42
He married Ellen Rosina Harper 23 Feb 1854 at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania . Ellen Rosina Harper was born at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania 21 Nov 1835 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Walter Scott Cotton
born 20 Nov 1854.
Cotton
born Abt 1856.
Ida Elizabeth Cotton
born 25 Sep 1858/60.
Alfred Banks Cotton
born 9 Jun 1862.
Mary Rebecca Cotton
born 9 Mar 1867.
Cotton
born 20 May 1868.
Cotton
born 2 Sep 1869.
James Beatty Cotton died 15 Mar 1901 at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania .
Ellen Rosina Harper died 30 Mar 1901 at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania .