Joseph COTTON

Birth:
11 Oct 1795
Straban, Washington, Pennsylvania
Death:
12 Dec 1838
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Denny Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
17 Feb 1822
Crawford, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1800; Washington Co, PA
CENSUS: 1810; 1820; Sadbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1830; Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol A, Pg 74 (Will of John Cotton, names son Joseph)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: "Western Pennsylvania" by John W. Jordan, 1915, Pg 1690-91
       b Strabane Twp, [now So Strabane Twp]
NOTE: Joseph Cotton on Vigilance Committee, Rome Twp 2 May 1835 (Card File
       CCHS)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Crawford Co Genealogy", Vol 15, No 1, p 3, 8
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A
      Johnson, 1994, Pg 17, 18 (farmer in Vernon Twp, prob d there; Will listed
                  
Eliza BEATTY
Birth:
30 Aug 1801/02
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
11 Sep 1889
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Denny Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 10/90; 10/98
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supplemental #568111 (John Cotton)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 390 (Will of Joseph Beatty names
       daughter, Eliza Cotton)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 53 (Will of Joseph Cotton names wife
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania, Vol 3, Pg 1690, 1691 (Eliza was the d/o
       of Joseph and Susanna (Lintner) Beatty, who migrated from the Valley of
       the Juniata and settled at Watson's Run in 1806)
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
NOTE: Enumerated twice in 1880, once with daughter, Adeline Johnston's h/h and
       once with son, James' h/h
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Journal, 19 Sep 1889, Pg 8; Evening Republican,
       12 Sep 1889, Pg 3
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1, p 3, 8:
      b 30 Aug 1802 Vernon Twp, t.s. 1801; md 14 Feb 1822; this ref, pgs 1-10
      contain info on Beatty line & related families
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A.
      Johnson, 1994, Pg 17, 18 (this ref states d 11 Nov 1889; prob error)
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Dec 1822/23
Sadsbury, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
30 Dec 1914
Bowling Green, Ohio
Marr:
15 Feb 1844
 
Notes:
                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533
CENSUS: 1830; 1840 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Western Pennsylvania, Vol 3 by John W. Jordan, 1915, p 1691
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Desc of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 26 (Emeline Linter/Lenter)
MARRIAGE: Crawford Democrat, 27 Feb 1844, CCHS Card Index (md 15 FEB 1844)
MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (both of Vernon Twp 1844)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1, p 8: md
     15 Feb 1844, John F. Brown, son of Frederick & Elizabeth Brown; 2 ch
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994,
     Roger A. Johnson, Pg 18, 40: b Dec 1822 Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co., PA;
     d 30 Dec 1914 in PA; bur Jan 1915 in Brown Cem, Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA;
     md abt 1845 to John F. Brown; the Brown's farmed in Vernon Twp.
                  
2
Birth:
Jul 1826
Sadsbury, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
25 Dec 1907
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marr:
3 Jun 1847
 
Notes:
                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533
CENSUS: 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA; mother, Eliza in h/h
BIRTH: Western Pennsylvania, Vol 3, by John W. Jordan, 1915, Pg 1691
     (Adeline Stockton Cotton in this record)
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983, p 26: (b Jul 1826; middle
      name Stockton in this rec)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 1, p 8: md 3
      Jun 1847, William Work Johnston, s/o John & Nancy (Work) Johnston: 1 ch
MARRIAGE: Meadville Gazette, 8 Jun 1847 (md 8 Jun 1847)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger
      A. Johnson, 1994, Pg 18, 41: b Jul 1826 Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co., PA, d.
      25 Dec 1907 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA; bur Denny Cem., Hayfield Twp.;
      md Jun 1848 Wm. W. Johnston
                  
3
Birth:
20 Nov 1831
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
15 Mar 1901
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marr:
23 Feb 1854
Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania 
Notes:
                   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)
                  
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Joseph Cotton - Eliza Beatty

Joseph Cotton was born at Straban, Washington, Pennsylvania 11 Oct 1795. His parents were John Cotton and Margaret Stockton.

He married Eliza Beatty 17 Feb 1822 at Crawford, Pennsylvania . Eliza Beatty was born at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania 30 Aug 1801/02 .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Emeline Lintner Cotton born Dec 1822/23.
Adaline Stockton Cotton born Jul 1826.
James Beatty Cotton born 20 Nov 1831.

Joseph Cotton died 12 Dec 1838 at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania .

Eliza Beatty died 11 Sep 1889 at Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania .