Irving H. Cottom and Anna S. Walter

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Husband Irving H. Cottom ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Irvin H. Cottom 3
           Born: 12 Aug 1840 - Lower Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 4 5
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           Died: Aft 1912
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         Father: William H. Cottom (1792-      ) 3 4 6
         Mother: Catherine Goodge (1798-1884) 4 6

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       Marriage: 30 Jan 1862 5 7

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   Other Spouse: Harriet Hutchinson (1852-      ) 5 - 3 Jul 1894 5

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Wife Anna S. Walter ^{2 5 7}

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           Died: 1890 5
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         Father: Joseph L. Walter (      -      ) 5 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" Sherrick (      -1855) 5 9

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Children

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1 M Alva Walter Cottom ^{5 7}

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           Born: 27 Jul 1864 - Lower Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Belle B. Hepplewhite (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 15 Nov 1888 5

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2 M Frank P. Cottom ^{7 10}

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           Born: 1 Aug 1866 10
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         Spouse: Nellie Gilson (      -      ) 10 11
           Marr: 20 Feb 1896 10

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3 F Mary Elizabeth Cottom ¹⁰

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            AKA: Mary L. Cottom 7
           Born: 22 Feb 1869 10
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         Spouse: William MacDonald (      -      ) 10

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4 M Lester Melville Cottom ^{7 10}

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           Born: 13 Aug 1871 10
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         Spouse: Laura Lancaster (      -      ) 10

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5 M Joseph J. Cottom ¹⁰

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            AKA: Joseph H. Cottom 7
           Born: 23 Sep 1874 10
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         Spouse: Dorothy Young (      -      ) 10

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6 M Harry H. Cottom ¹⁰

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            AKA: Harry A. Cottom 7
           Born: 16 Jul 1877 10
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         Spouse: Mary Patterson (      -      ) 10

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7 F Ethel May Cottom ^{7 10}

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           Born: 20 May 1880 10
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         Spouse: Harry H. Burwell (      -      ) 10

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8 M Clyde I. Cottom ^{7 10}

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           Born: 13 Jun 1883 10
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         Spouse: Minnie E. Young (      -      ) 10

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General Notes: Husband - Irving H. Cottom

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He was raised on a farm, and received his education in the common schools. At the close of his school days he engaged in farming at home, and in 1861 removed to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he remained four years. In 1865 he bought his own farm, containing 115 acres of fine land, situated two miles north of Dawson, on the Connellsville and Perryopolis road.
He was s a stanch democrat, and served as supervisor of roads and assessor. He was a member and class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal church.

He never left the home farm, although all of his siblings did. Some years before his father's death he bought the home farm. In 1862, after his marriage, he went to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where for three years he cultivated the farm owned by his father-in-law. In 1865 he returned to the old homestead. He was rejected by the medical examiner for admission to the army, and continued the life of a farmer until 1890, when he sold the homestead (reserving the coal rights) and retired to Uniontown, purchasing a dwelling and three acres of land on West Connellsville street. He was a Democrat in politics, and served as supervisor, assessor and in other township offices. At the age of seventeen years he joined the Methodist Episcopal church.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 245.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 396.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 307.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 328.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 246.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 244.

7 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 329.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 395.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 64, 396.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 247.

11 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 193.