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Richard Cotton

Richard Cotton

Male Abt 1829 - 1875  (46 years)


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  • Name Richard Cotton  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Abt 1829  Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Feb 1875  Plains, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60127  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father George Cotton,   b. 1798, Wellington Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1861, Red Lake, Ketley Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Davis,   b. Abt 1797, Wombridge Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1832, Wombridge Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1820  Wombridge Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Elizabeth Samuels,   b. Abt 1829, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1870, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 1852  Blaenau Gwent, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Julia Alice Cotton,   b. 16 May 1851, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1913, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Edmund George Cotton,   b. 12 Jul 1852, Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1938, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Elizabeth Emily Cotton,   b. 14 Nov 1853, Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1928 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Sarah Cotton,   b. Abt 1858, Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Enoch Cotton,   b. Dec 1859, Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1861, Blaenau Gwent, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Rose Anne Cotton,   b. Nov 1864   d. 19 Feb 1939, Richmond, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. William R. Cotton,   b. 23 Dec 1868   d. 5 Feb 1921 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F19928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Monday, February 8, 1875 Daily Record of the Times - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - DIED - COTTON - On Sunday the 7th inst., at his house, Plains, at half past 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Richard Cotton. The funeral will take place from his residence on Tuesday, the 9th inst. at 2 o'clock P. M.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1382] Ancestry.com, 1861 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG9; Piece: 3995; Folio: 93; Page: 6; GSU roll: 543219.

    2. [S1309] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1367; Page: 460B; Family History Library Film: 552866.

    3. [S847] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966; Certificate Number Range: 099381-102680.