Husband: Emerson E. Cottrill
Born: ca 1865 1 (see note 1) Died: Nov-25-1897 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: George Jefferson Cottrill (1830 - 1913) Mother: Nancy Lovinia Greathouse (1835 - 1926)
Wife: Lucinda Smith 3
Census name: Lusinda Smith
Born: Apr- 1-1872 4,5,6,7
Died: Apr-12-1953 near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5,4
Buried: in Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Resided: near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Resided: 1929 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Moses William Smith (1844 - 1929)
Mother: Barbara Ellen Coontz (1846 - 1916)
Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Bessie R. Cottrill Born: Jun- -1892 6 (see note 2) Died: Feb- -1977 9 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 clerk in china store 10 Husband: Desty Thompson b. Mar-26-1889 d. Feb-11-1920 Husband: Jesse Luther Vanhorn b. Dec-27-1899 d. Jun-27-1971 Married: May- 6-1921 in Harrison Co, WV 11
Sources: (1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (2) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as E. Cottrill, white male, farmer, son of G. J. & Nancy Cottrill, husband of Lucinda Cottrill; died Nov 25 1897 in West Union, age 33y 11m 29d, cause of death heart failure. Informant: J. G. (sic) Cottrill, father. DR p. 53, line 24 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047296&Type=Death. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) Headstone. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Age at death calculates to a birth date of Nov 27 1863, which would conflict with the birth dates of his adjacent siblings. Age 5 in the 1870 Census puts his birth in about 1865. Note (2) Birth date given in SSDI as Jun 18 1891. But 1900 Census shows it as Jun 1892, age 8. Note (3) Listed as a boarder in the household of her aunt & uncle, Luella (Cottrill) & Joseph S. Adams.