Husband: William Smith Cottrill
Also known as: Smith Cottrill
Born: May- 2-1894 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4,5
Died: May- 6-1963 in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV 6,4
Buried: in Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV 2,7
Resided: in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Resided: 1942 in Beech Lick (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Resided: 1917 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: oil & gas worker 2
Occupation: 1920 laborer in oil field 8
Occupation: 1917 rig builder for Hope Natural Gas Co. 9
Occupation: 1910 laborer in coal mine 10
Military: Jul-22-1918 - Aug-13-1918 Pvt, US Army, 11th Co, 154th D.B., Camp Meade Md., WW I 11,12,2
Description: tattoo of American eagle on right forearm 3
Father: Sylvester Burton "Burt" Cottrill (1865 - 1924)
Mother: Jane H. Donahue (1864 - )
Wife: Leoma Effie Swisher
Also known as: Effie Swisher 13
Married: May-19-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14
Born: May-10-1888 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 2,5,13
Died: Nov- 2-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2
Buried: in Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV 2
Census: 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Peter L. Swisher (1849 - 1931)
Mother: Mary L. B. "Bird" Perine (1857 - 1920)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Informant: Mrs. Elmer Crislip (nee Roxie Morgan) (7) Findagrave.com. (8) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (12) Mineral County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV. (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Smith Cottrill, age 21 as of May 2 1917, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Effie Swisher, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 19 1917 "at Hotel Kane," officiated by Gregory Bleakley, a Minister of the M. E. Church. (NOTE: "Hotel Kane" was actually the Cain Hotel, located on Main Street in West Union, which proprietor Andrew J. Cain opened in 1915 above the former Depot Restaurant.) http://www.doddridgecountyroots.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I101536&tree=dcr, MR p. 132 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795600&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Listed as Smith Cottrill, a boarder, marital status married, in household of his brother-in-law, George A. Swisher. His wife was not present.