Husband: Emerson Ethridge Cottrill
Born: Jun- 6-1887 1,2 Died: Nov-18-1974 3,2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Resided: at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: 1960, 64 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: William Henry Cottrill (1851 - 1942) Mother: Joanna Cottrill (1859 - 1932) Other spouse 2
Wife: Betty Jane Dotson 6,7
Also known as: Bettie Dotson 8,9
Married: Mar-27-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,5
Born: Jul-21-1891 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Died: Jun- 1-1964 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3
Resided: at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1919 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Father: Finley Dotson (1851 - 1919)
Mother: Lavina Margaretta Rowh (1855 - 1934)
M Child 1: Elmer Hadsel Cottrill Also known as: Elmer Hadsal Cottrill 12 Born: May- 1-1911 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,12,2,14 Died: Sep- 3-1990 2 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 16,17,12 Census: 1940 in South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1933 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 burner in steel foundry 18 Wife: Gracie Louise Ferrebee b. Jul-30-1915 d. Feb-17-2011 Married: Apr- 3-1933 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Wife: Dorothy Eleanor Lindamood b. Jul- 8-1920 Married: Jun-24-1967 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 12
F Child 2: Alice V. Cottrill Born: Apr-17-1913 2,8 Died: Sep-22-2003 2 Resided: in Washington, Wood Co, WV 16 Resided: 1964 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Charles E. Miracle b. Jul-22-1908 d. Jan- 7-2000 Married: Jun- 4-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
M Child 3: William Finley Cottrill Born: Jul-11-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Died: Dec- 7-2011 11 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (South), South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11,17 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1937) 11 Occupation: Mountain State Steel Foundry, Parkersburg (37 yrs, retired 1974) 11 Wife: Virginia Pigott b. Jun-26-1924 Married: Jan-31-1940 19
M Child 4: Ernest Lloyd Cottrill Birth name: Earnest Lloyd Cottrill 13 Born: Jul-22-1919 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 13,2,20 Died: Oct- -1979 16,20 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Resided: 1964 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Catherine Virginia Hamilton b. 1921 d. 1999 Also known as: Kathryn Virginia Hamilton Married: Apr-24-1939 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 5: Orval Emerson Cottrill Also known as: Orville E. Cottrill 17 Born: Nov-18-1925 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 21,14 Resided: 1964, 2011 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17,22 Census: 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Thelma Mae Cottrill b. Feb-22-1932 d. Oct- 5-2002 Census name: May Harris Married: Jul-19-1947 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jun 1888, but headstone shows it as Jun 6 1887. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (4) Obituary of half-sister. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Obituary of son. (7) Obituary of wife's father. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Obituary of father. (10) Obituary - At home. (11) Obituary. (12) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. (19) Obituary of husband. (20) Headstone (year only) (21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. (22) Obituary of brother. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Orval E. Cottrill, 21, b. & res. at Central Station (Doddridge Co), son of Betty & Emerson Cottrill; and Thelma Mae Cottrill, 16, b. & res. in West Union, dau of Buster & Pearl Harris. Married Jul 19 1947 in Smithburg. MR p. 37.