Henry Lafayette COTTON & Elizabeth DEAMON

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Husband: Henry Lafayette COTTON [I08096]

Born: between 1809 AND 1810 in Natchez Territory, Mississippi ^{1 2}
Married: 04 AUG 1836 in Amite Co., Mississippi ¹⁵
Died: UNKNOWN in Houston, Harris Co., Texas
Father: Lazarus 'Cotten' COTTON
Mother: Nancy UNKNOWN
Spouses: Caroline UNKNOWN

Wife: Elizabeth DEAMON [I08097]

Born: about 1820 in Louisiana ³
Died: UNKNOWN
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Henry A. COTTON [I08099]
Born: JUN 1838 in Louisiana ^{4 5}
Died: 01 MAY 1905 in buried in the State Cemetery, Austin, Texas ⁶
Spouses:

02 (F): Frances C. A. COTTON [I28305]
Born: about 1841 in Louisiana
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' COTTON

03 (M): Marion COTTON [I08101]
Born: about 1842 in Louisiana ⁷
Died: before 1860
Spouses:

04 (M): William D. COTTON [I08102]
Born: between 1844 AND 1846 in Louisiana ^{8 9}
Died: 31 AUG 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ¹⁰
Spouses:

05 (F): Josephine COTTON [I08103]
Born: about 1847 in Louisiana ¹¹
Died: before 1860
Spouses:

06 (F): Beuna 'Boena' Vista COTTON [I08104]
Born: between 1848 AND 1850 in Arkansas or Louisiana ¹²
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Jeptha J. DYSON

07 (M): Warren Jackson COTTON [I08105]
Born: SEP 1849 in Louisiana ¹³
Died: 12 JAN 1913 in Harris Co., Texas ¹⁴
Spouses: Adelaide Dora WISBEY

Additional Information

Henry Lafayette COTTON:

Residence: 1850, E. Feliciana Parish, LA

Residence: 1860, Houston, Harris Co., TX

Notes:

"Country Cousins", page 21
"Henry can be placed as child of Lazarus Cotton's third marriage and his wife Nancy, from Census Records and Family Records. He first married Elizabeth____. He married secondly in Clinton, Louisiana to Caroline____, born in Alabama around 1827. He later became a Dancing Master in Houston, Texas."

Footnotes

1850 E. Feliciana Pariah, LA - US Fed. Census [89].
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].
1850 E. Feliciana Pariah, LA - US Fed. Census [89].
Ibid.
1900 Travis Co., TX - US Fed. Census [795].
Texas Death Records [2155].
1850 E. Feliciana Pariah, LA - US Fed. Census [89].
Ibid.
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Record Index, 1804-1949 [1888].
1850 E. Feliciana Pariah, LA - US Fed. Census [89].
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].
Ibid.
Texas Death Index, 1903 - 2000 [2154].
Mississippi Marriages, 1776 - 1935 [1774].

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