William Cotton and Eliza A. Kerchoff

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Husband William Cotton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 29 Nov 1831 - Pulaski Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1911 2
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         Father: Hugh Cotton (1797-1852) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Diadema Drake (      -1841) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 30 Apr 1857 5

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Wife Eliza A. Kerchoff ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1830 - Berks Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1917 2
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         Father: Daniel Kerchoff (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Sarah Moreland (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 F Sallie D. Cotton ²

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           Born: 1858 2
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           Died: 1858 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Debora J. Cotton ²

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           Born: 1859 2
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           Died: 1862 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Jesse Lee Cotton ^{2 5}

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           Born: 28 Apr 1863 2
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         Spouse: Lizzie H. Miller (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 6 Jun 1889 2

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4 F Rhoda May Cotton ^{2 5}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1864 2
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         Spouse: Harvey Leonard (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 4 Nov 1891 2

         Spouse: William M. Webb (      -      ) 5

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5 M Samuel Reuben Cotton ⁵

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           Born: 27 Jun 1866 2
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         Spouse: Adelaide Riblet (1870-1922) 2

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6 F Lillie A. Cotton ²

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           Born: 1869 2
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           Died: 1881 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - William Cotton

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He attended the district schools through boyhood and also had private instruction. He devoted his life through his active years exclusively to agricultural pursuits. His farm of ninety acres in Pulaski Township was a valuable property, the land being well adapted both to general tillage and to the raising of stock. For many years Mr. Cot­ton cultivated this land, but in 1896 he rest­ed the burden on younger shoulders and with his estimable wife retired to Pulaski, where they enjoyed a comfortable home.
In politics, Mr. Cotton consistently supported the candidates of the Republican party. He was a man of pronounced temper­ance principles and always lent his influence to assist legislation on this subject. With his wife he belonged to the Presbyterian Church at Pulaski, in which he was a ruling elder.

He and his wife had six children; three were deceased before 1908.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 433.

2 Jeff McBride, Descendants of Thomas A. Forster (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

3 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 181.

4 Jeff McBride, Thomas Armstrong in Path Valley (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 434.