Thomas COTTON

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1850; 1860; 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA (some of
CENSUS: 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co., PA; some of her children listed in h/h
       with Thomas & Angeline in 1880 but Emily not there; poss c by 1880
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 10 Jan 1860, Pg 2: md Charles H. Porter of
      Westfield, N.Y. on Dec 22, 1859, at the res of her parents in Vernon Twp,
      by Rev. J. Kinney
DEATH: 1885 Crawford Co History (prob d before 1885 as it mentions 7 surviving
      children and Emily not among them
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Crawford Journal, 18 Mar 1875, Pg 2, Col 6: Mrs Emily
     Wright, d/o Thomas Cotton, d 8th inst of consumption, age 35 yrs
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994, Roger A.
     Johnson, Pg 20, 44: md 1st Charles H. Porter (has wrong date)l divorced and
     md 2nd, _____ Wright, prob md aft 1870
                  

                   ryth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-DEATH: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, p20
                  

                   CENSUS: 1850; 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 21 Oct 1868, Pg 2 (of Vernon Twp in 1868; md by
      Rev. R. Craighead
DEATH-BURIAL: Evening Daily Republican, 11 Nov 1893, Pg 4; Crawford Journal,
      16 Nov 1893, Pg 8
NOTE: Crawford Co Genealogy, by CCGS, Vol 16, No 1, Pg 29 (1863 draft
      exemptions, list of persons exempted on account of having furnished a
      substitute, from Vernon Twp, included William A. Cotton)
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28 (middle name given
      in this rec)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pgs 20, 44-45: md 14 Oct 1868 Vernon Twp; bur Hayfield
      Twp. formerly Vernon Twp; name listed as William Adams Cotton on Persons
      Scroll & other sources; was adopted by his uncle William)
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1850; 1860; 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1880; 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1910 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA, Pg 4A: farmer, m1; 2 ch, 1 living
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127: living on the farm with
     his father 1885, having built a comfortable residence for his family; this
     rec gives marriage date as 23 Jun 1873
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS
MARRIAGE: Crawford Democrat, 27 Jun 1874, Pg 3: of Vernon Twp in 1874; md by
      Rev. R. Craighead
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994.
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 20, 45: b 9 Apr 1845 Vernon Tp; d 30 Jun 1927 Vernon
      Twp; bur Denny Cem; md 24 Jun 1874 Vernon Tp, Helen Williams who was born
      in PA Apr 1857, d/o James Williams; she d in 1934
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1850; 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA (prob d by 1860. not on 1860)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
DEATH: Crawford Co Genealogy, by CCGS, Vol 15, No 2, Pg 89: Funeral Register
     of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA,
     8 Jun 1863, dau of Thomas Cotton
BIRTH-DEATH: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson,
      Pg 20 (b & d in Vernon Tp; prob bur Denny Cem
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1850; 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
DEATH: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127 (not listed among the seven surviving
       children
BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Desc of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28: b 2 or 3 Feb 1850
BIRTH-DEATH: "Desc of Henry Cotton", revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, p 20:
      b 3 Feb 1850 Vernon Tp; d 1864 Vernon Tp; d at 14 yrs; prob bur. Denny Cem.
      twin to Evaline
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1850; 1860; 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
NOTE: Angeline in 1850; Eveline in 1860; Evelina in 1870
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127 (Evaline in this rec)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (Evaline)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 8 Jul 1875, Pg 3 (Eva, of Vernon Twp)
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28: b 2 or 3 Feb 1850
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994,
     Roger A. Johnson, Pg 20, 45: b 3 Feb 1850 Vernon Tp; d 10 Sep 1903 Vernon
     Twp; bur Denny Cem; md 4 Jul 1875 Hayfield Twp to Judson Comfort Davis:
     (cites Crawford Journal, 8 Jul 1875)
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28: b 1853; md a widow
      (Joslyn gives no ref for this child; he is not on the 1860 or 1870 census
      Census & I have found no documentation or mention of him elsewhere)
BIRTH: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger A. Johnson, p 20, 46
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1860; 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127 (book must have been written before
      her marriage as husband not mentioned)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (b 1855; md to John Patton;
      (for more info see Patton Outline, CCHS)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 12 Sep 1884, Pg 8: Miss Maggie, of Vernon Twp md
      John Patton of Meadville, in Blooming Valley, by Rev. Jas. Wygant
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 20, 46 (same except b in Vernon Tp)
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA; not listed w/ family
      (are Alice & Adeline the same person?)
CENSUS: 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1910 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA, Pg 3A: 1st marriage
BIRTH: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Records, Vol 4, Pg 126; LDS Film 910.244:
     md Horace Patton of Meadville by W.A. Dougan, JP; Horace's occ, laboer; had
     previous 1st marr; wife d 14 July 1873; previous 2nd marr, divorced in
     Allegan Co, MI in 1887
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (md Horace Patton; for more info see
     Patton Outline, CCHS)
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994, Roger
     Johnson, Pg 20, 47: b Vernon To Jan 1857; d 27 Jan 1951 PA; bur Denny Cem;
     md bef 1893 in PA to Horace Patton; lived in W Mead Twp in 1900 (Spencer
     Gee's branch)
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1319 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA; (may have died, not listed w/family)
NOTE: are Adeline and Alice the same person?
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH-DEATH: Crawford Journal, 4 Nov 1862 (d aged 2 yrs 2 mos)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983, Pg 28
DEATH: Crawford Co Genealogy, by CCGS, Vol 15, No 2, Pg 89 (Funeral Register
      of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA
      22 OCT 1862, child of Thomas Cotton)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994, Roger A.
      Johnson, Pg 20
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1870 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (no children mentioned in obit in
      1943; great aunt of W.E. Persons)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Index; LDS Film #910.238 (Vol 11, Pg 22)
NOTE: Article re: 75th annual Cotton Family Reunion, held at Vernon Twp. in
      1884, mentions a letter read from William Persons of Florida, (see
      Trapani Papers, above)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 28 Mar 1907, Pg 8 (md to Edward Onspaugh of Vernon
      Twp, at First M.E. Church in Meadville, by Rev. L.H. Bugbee)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Joslyn's Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983, p 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 47: this ref states she md 1st, Lourock Haines but I
      think it prob means her husband was married 1st to Lourock Haines; it
      states that Della Cotton and William Edward Onspaugh had no ch of their own
      but raised 5 children from his 1st marriage. ch: Clyde b 1892; Carl b 1895,
      Florence Evelyn, b 10 Sep 1898; Annabelle, b 1902; and William Edward Jr.,
      b 1905; more on these ch in ref; ch # 3, Florence, is the line of William
      Persons, source of the Persons Scroll
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
CENSUS: 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1900 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1910 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA, Pg 4A: m(1)14, farmer; no wife
BIRTH: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (b 1869)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Journal, 23 Apr 1896, Pg 5; Crawford Messenger, 16 Apr
     1896, Pg 5: of Vernon Twp; md by Rev. L.G. Merrill
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Marriage Records, Vol 6, Pg 572; LDS Film 910.245
     b 17 Nov 1868
DEATH: Tribune Republican, 8 Feb 1954
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 28
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", revised 1994,
     Roger A. Johnson, Pg 48: this ref states died in Green Twp, Erie Co., PA
     6 Feb 1954; which is correct?; farming in Vernon Twp 1900; living at 984
     Liberty St, Meadville 1910; mem of Conneaut Lake Methodist Church