Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Clyde Burlin Cottrill    
                Born: Mar- 2-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Mar-10-1965          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 at Jacobs Run (Salem), Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 tool dresser  2
              Father: Lloyd W. Cottrill   (1852 - 1943) 
              Mother: Sarah Ellen Davis   (1855 - 1940) 
                Wife: Minnie Ercel Ford     
       Also known as: Ercell Ford 3
                Born: Nov-  -1890           4
              Census: 1910                 in Salem, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Albert Caldwell Ford   (1857 -     ) 
              Mother: Amanda M. Carder   (1868 - 1966) 
           M Child 1: Lynn Berlin Cottrill      
                Born: Mar-20-1912          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Died: May-15-1946           6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1945                 in Texas  7
              Census: 1940                 at Jacobs Run (Salem), Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1936                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military: (enlisted 12/5/1945) Pfc, 2523 Army Air Force Base Unit, World War II (killed in line of duty on foreign soil)  6,7,9
                Wife: Mildred Louise Jordan  b. Feb- 8-1922  d. Mar-31-1991  
       Also known as: Louise Jordan 10
             Married: Sep- 2-1936          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Clyde Allen Cottrill      
                Born: Jan- 6-1918          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Died: Apr-27-1979          in Newport News, VA  12,5
              Buried:                      in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton, VA  1
             Resided:                      in Newport News, VA  13
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(5) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(7) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) Military Grave Marker. 
(10) Newspaper wedding announcement of son. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lynn Berlin Cottrill, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Salem 
WV; and Mildred Louise Jordan, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co.  Married Sep 2 1936 "at Salem, Harrison Co, 
W.Va.," officiated by Geo. B. Shaw, a Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 429 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796873&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 

Event Notes
Note (1) A Government-issued military grave marker for him was placed at the Salem
IOOF in 1948.  But there is also a more recent monument for him at the Murphy
Family Cemetery in Tyler County.







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