Benjamin Franklin COTTON & Martha 'Mattie' 'Lyerla' LAYERLAY

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Husband: Benjamin Franklin COTTON [I11357]

Born: between 14 NOV 1854 AND 1855 in Jasper Co., Mississippi ^{1 2}
Married: before 1887
Died: 16 MAY 1914 in Eastland Co., Texas ³
Father: Andrew Jackson 'Dr.' COTTON
Mother: Agnus Kincaid JOHNSTON
Spouses:

Wife: Martha 'Mattie' 'Lyerla' LAYERLAY [I11391] ⁴

Born: between 03 AUG 1853 AND 1858 in Illinois ⁵
Died: 25 JAN 1925 in Texas ⁶
Father: Jacob 'Lyerla' LAYERLAY
Mother: Millie UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Olin Jackson COTTON [I17438]
Born: 19 JUN 1887 in Texas
Died: 25 MAR 1961 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas ⁷
Spouses: Emma Mae LITTLETON

02 (M): William Lee COTTON [I11392]
Born: 20 SEP 1889 in Texas ⁸
Died: 02 JAN 1962 in Klamath Co., Oregon ⁹
Spouses: Myrtle Mae QUIETT

03 (F): Nell 'Nellie' L. COTTON [I17439]
Born: 24 AUG 1891 in Texas
Died: 25 JUN 1981 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas ¹⁰
Spouses: Oscar NORWOOD

04 (M): Gettys 'Gettye' Edwin COTTON [I17440]
Born: 09 JAN 1893 in Eastland Co., Texas ¹¹
Died: 05 OCT 1978 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas ^{12 13}
Spouses: Lora Lee DAWSON

05 (F): Rosa T. COTTON [I17441]
Born: APR 1896 in Texas
Died: 30 JUL 1968 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas ¹⁴
Spouses: Lucious Edward EDGE

Additional Information

Benjamin Franklin COTTON:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland Co., Texas

Martha 'Mattie' 'Lyerla' LAYERLAY:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland Co., Texas

Footnotes

1860 Leake Co., MS - US Fed. Census [305].
Pamela Shuster [1998].
Cemetery Records [1253].
Children's Death Certificates [1276].
1860 Montgomery Co., IL - US Fed. Census [317].
Cemetery Records [1253].
Texas Deaths, 1890 - 1976, (Online Images) [2156].
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [2245].
Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998 [1981].
Texas Death Index, 1903 - 2000 [2154].
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [2245].
Texas Death Index, 1903 - 2000 [2154].
Social Security Death Index [2094].
Texas Death Index, 1903 - 2000 [2154].

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