Northern & Southern Ties - Home
Home | Surnames | Index | Bibliography
Husband: Elisha Lott COTTEN [I11337]
Born: 21 JUN 1853 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana 1 2
Married: 17 DEC 1874 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 7
Died: 31 AUG 1946 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 3
Father: Benjamin G. COTTON
Mother: Elizabeth CLOYDE
Spouses:
Wife: Laura Antoinette FLOWERS [I08538]
Born: 18 SEP 1857 in Louisiana
Died: 24 MAR 1925 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): William Thomas COTTEN [I13467]
Born: OCT 1875 in Louisiana
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
02 (F): Mattie Lee COTTEN [I08467]
Born: 01 FEB 1878 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Died: 20 FEB 1955 in Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Spouses:
03 (M): Lonnie Walt COTTEN [I11565]
Born: OCT 1881 in Louisiana
Died: 1927 in Buried Olla, La Salle Parish, Louisiana 4
Spouses: Birdie Eloise PARKER
04 (F): Rosa 'Lena' COTTEN [I13507]
Born: about 1883 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
05 (M): Oscar Monroe COTTEN [I08471]
Born: 28 FEB 1888 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Died: 20 DEC 1946 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Spouses:
06 (M): Allen Butler COTTEN [I08469]
Born: 18 JUL 1893 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Died: 04 MAR 1980 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Spouses: Maude FRITH; Hazel FLOYD
07 (M): Purvis Roy COTTEN [I08470]
Born: 05 JAN 1895 in Louisiana
Died: 28 MAR 1963 in Buried Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 5
Spouses: Lillie Onita FRITH; Eva Louise YOUNG
08 (F): Lucy Jane COTTEN [I08468]
Born: 18 JAN 1897 in Louisiana
Died: 29 JUN 1986 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 6
Spouses: Clarence Forsythe ROUTON; Ardath Owen HUSBANDS
09 (F): Gene L. COTTEN [I24968]
Born: FEB 1899 in Louisiana
Died: before 1910
Spouses:
Additional Information

Elisha Lott COTTEN:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Harrisonburg Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana (findagrave.com)

Notes:

Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925
Name: Laura A. Flowers
Spouse: Elisha L. Cotton
Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1874
Marriage Pace: Catahoula
--
Home in 1880: 7th Ward, Catahoula, Louisiana, USA
9-9
Lot Cotton 35
Mary Cotton 28
Johney Cotton 10
Sallie Cotton 8
10-10
Vernon Cotton 30
Sarah Cotton 27
Henry Cotton 11
Isabel Cotton 8

Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 9, Concordia, Louisiana
Lacine Cotton (Lonnie) living next door
Edward L Cotton 47
Laura A Cotton 42, 10 children/8 living
Oscar Cotton 12
Butler A Cotton 6
Purvis R Cotton 5
Lucy J Cotton 3
Gene L Cotton 1


Obituary of E. LOTT COTTEN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/la/lasalle/obits2/c274.txt

Date: September 5, 1946, Thursday
Headline: Funeral Services for E. L. Cotten, 93, Held Sept. 1st
Funeral services were held on September 1, 1946, Rev. A. B. Masters,
Jonesville, officiating, for E. Lott Cotten, aged 93 years, at Harrisonburg Cemetery, with Hixson Bros., funeral directors, in charge of funeral arrangements. Death came on August 31, at 12:30 p. m. at his home in Harrisonburg. Mr. Cotten was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on June 21, 1853. He later moved to Catahoula Parish, where he has resided for the past thirty years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Strong, Jonesville, and Mrs. Lucy Husband, Harrisonburg; three sons, Oscar Cotten, Harrisonburg; Butler Cotten, Manifest; and Purvis Cotten, Gilbert, La.

Laura Antoinette FLOWERS:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Harrisonburg Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana (findagrave.com)

(04) Rosa 'Lena' COTTEN:

Notes:

Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Name: O. J. Allbritton
Spouse: Lena Cotton
Marriage Date: 1 Apr 1899
County: Cald
State: LA

Footnotes
  1. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  2. Obituary [1952].
  3. Obituary - Findagrave.com [1953].
  4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925 [1646].
Home | Surnames | Index | Bibliography

© Copyright 2022 Betty 'Jean' Cotton - All Rights Reserved
dgcotton.com Founded 1996

Revised: January 25, 2022

Copyright © 2022 Betty 'Jean' Cotton. All rights reserved.