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• Name: Sylvester Cotton
• Sex: M
• Birth: 19 May 1836 in Austintown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
• Death: 1 Jun 1878 in Wells, Indiana, United States
• Burial: Prospect Cemetery, Wells, Indiana, United States.
• Person Id: I841
• Tree Id: 595701

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Parents
Father:

• Joshua Thomas Cotton: Birth: 3 Jan 1785 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Death: 2 Dec 1861 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States
Mother:

• Elizabeth A. Williamson: Birth: 17 Jul 1791 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 10 Sep 1876 in Wells, Indiana, United States

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Sarah Harshman on 18 Oct 1855 at Wells, Indiana, United States.¹
  
• Sarah Harshman: Birth: 24 Jan 1835 in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. Death: 5 Jun 1918 in Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, United States

Children:

1. Anna Elizabeth Cotton: Birth: 7 Sep 1856 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States.

2. Mary Iola Cotton: Birth: 23 Apr 1860 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States. Death: 30 Apr 1942 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

3. Sarah Melvina Sylvesta Cotton: Birth: 16 Mar 1862 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States. Death: 29 Nov 1944 in Chambers, Texas, United States

4. Julia Augusta Cotton: Birth: 23 Dec 1869 in Wells, Indiana, United States. Death: 31 May 1912 in Wells, Indiana, United States

5. William Jackson Sylvester Cotton: Birth: 14 Jun 1874 in Wells, Indiana, United States. Death: 13 Dec 1935 in Waynedale, Allen, Indiana, United States

6. Stephen Hedges Cotton: Birth: 19 Jul 1878 in Wells, Indiana, United States.

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