Robert Smith COTTON

Birth:
20 Jan 1858
Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
8 Jun 1942
W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Jun 1942
Hartstown Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
1 Nov 1927
Espyville, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Mother:
Mary MCKAY
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1860 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1880 No Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, Pa (enumerated with Clarence Orvil
        family)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS
     Robert Smith Cotton, 1858-8 Aug 1942; w May L. Cotton & Simon L. Cotton; also
     in plot (large COTTON Monument) A.C. Cotton, Lillian A. Cotton, Mary A. Guild
     & Hannah E. Ghrist)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Records, Vol 22, Pg 492 (4th marr):
      married 4th, May L. Cotton, a third cousin; stated on marriage license 3
      previous marriages, wives died in 1900, doesn't know and 1927; occ Piano
      tuner; md by James W. Reis, Minister of the Gospel
MARRIAGE: Tribune Republican, 4 Nov 1927, pg 10, col 5 (md 1 Nov 1927 at home
     of Rev J.W. Reis of Espyville; Mr. Cotton is from Iola, KS and is a musician
     of much ability; Mrs. Cotton is a local businesswoman of high esteem
DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, State File #54938
DEATH-BURIAL: Tribune Republican, 9 June 1942
NOTE: of MO in 1938, no children mentioned in obit. (Trapani Papers, CCHS)
NOTE: obit of 4th wife in 1946 mentions a neice, Mrs. Bertha Bowdish of
      Stockbridge, MI
NOTE: Obit of bro, Wm. H. Cotton states res of Hartstown 1938
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 68 (note: cites the Persons Scroll which states Robert
      & Lillian May Cotton had 1 child, however Lillian would have been well into
      her 70's at the time of this marriage)
OBIT: for Henry Stockton Cotton from scrapbook in custody of Rachel McKay,
      Seminole, FL (living in Missouri in 1899)
Lillian May COTTON
Birth:
3 Apr 1858
W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
21 Jul 1946
Hartstown, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
23 Jul 1946
Hartstown Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
NOTE: Was a school teacher in Hartstown, retired and member of Methodist Ch
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Records, Vol 22, Pg 492 (2nd marriage)
      NOTE: this marriage was her second & they stated in application that they
        were distant cousins
      NOTE: was previously married to Alonzo Curtis Cotton as his 2nd wife; They
        were also related
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, State File #59615
DEATH: Tribune Republican, 22 July 1946, CCHS
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cem Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS:
OBIT: was survived by a neice, Mrs. Bertha Bowdish of Stockbridge, MI
      (obit 1946, Trapani Papers, CCHS)
BIRTH: "McGinness & Scott Families & Their Branches", S.W.McGinness, 1891,
       Pg 95, 96: rec'd education in public schools nr Mt Vernon, Knox Co., OH &
       in Baldwin, Douglass Co, KS; entered Baker Univ at Baldwin, later entering
       the teaching profession; teaches in the schools around her home & resides
       with her parents.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Joslyn, p 27
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Obit, Tribune Republican, 22 Jul 1946; d. Sunday
     at her home in Hartstown, age 88, after a long illness; widow of Robert
     Cotton; operated a furniture store in Hartstown for many yrs; member of
     Hartstown Methodist Ch; survived by neice, Mrs. Martha Bowdish of
     Stockbridge, MI; bur Hartstown Cem)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994,
     Roger A. Johnson, Pg 31, 43, 44, 58, 59; member of the M.E. Church in
     Baldwin & taught High School for a number of years; the Persons Scroll
     credits her with having one ch while md to Robert Smith Cotton, but she would
     have been well into her seventies when she married him; more in ref)
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Robert Smith Cotton - Lillian May Cotton

Robert Smith Cotton was born at Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania 20 Jan 1858. His parents were Henry Stockton Cotton and Mary McKay.

He married Lillian May Cotton 1 Nov 1927 at Espyville, Crawford, Pennsylvania . Lillian May Cotton was born at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania 3 Apr 1858 daughter of John Vance Cotton and Mary Wright .

Robert Smith Cotton died 8 Jun 1942 at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania .

Lillian May Cotton died 21 Jul 1946 at Hartstown, Crawford, Pennsylvania .