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Notes of interest to members of the Cottrell family following our research will be posted on this notes page.
Here is what you will find on this page.
- Family history of Owen K. Cottrell
- Researching Asher Cottrell's father.
- Free Genetic Genealogy Test offer.
- Some Cottrells at Holsapple Cemetary
Family history of Owen K. Cottrell -
This is my understanding of the family history of Owen Cottrell and his ancestors as of June 2008. I welcome and would appreciate any additional information, corrections, biographical history, stories or photographs anyone can provide. It is important that we preserve this history for future generations.
OWEN KENT COTTRELL - Owen Cottrell was born on 19 Apr 1934 in Cement City Michigan . He joined the Navy shortly after high school and served on the USS Shenandoah AD26 destroyer tender from 9 March 1953 to 5 October 1956. Memorable cruises included the 20 July 1953 cruise up the Eastern seaboard to Newport Rhode Island, Boston Massachusetts and Quebec Canada with a return to Norfolk Virginia 8 August 1953. My mother tells me she met Owen Cottrell while he was on shore leave in Boston . I would appreciate contact from anyone else who was with Owen Cottrell and Barbara Sproul on Newbury Street in Boston that late July early August of 1953.
Extended tours of duty included a Mediterranean Cruise 11 Oct 1954-7 Mar 1955. He married Joan May Novack in 1959 and together they had a son and three daughters. He purchased a home on Hawley Rd Leslie Michigan in 1972 and lived there until 2005. Owen Cottrell worked for Conrail from 1968 until he retired in 1998 as a Yard Master after 30 years of service. He died April 24,2005.
he was the son of:
WILLIAM CLAUDE COTTRELL -He was born on 10 May 1903 in New Weston,Darke,Ohio. He died in Arizona in the mid 1970's. He worked for the railroad as a telegraph operator and raised a family in the Cement City-Jackson Michigan area. He married
LUCY F TOMAN is the daughter of George Leon Toman & Mary Florence Dickey . She was born on 21 Sep 1903 in Ohio and according to the 1910 census lived Allen, Darke, Ohio . She moved to Cement City Michigan in the 1930s. She died on 04 Oct 1999 in Spring Arbor Twp,Jackson, Michigan. She was an elementary school teacher.
WILLIAM CLAUDE COTTRELL married LUCY F TOMAN. They had 3 children.
1 REX TOMAN COTTRELL He was born on 06 Feb 1929 residence 1930 in Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio he also lived in Jackson County Michigan He died 4 Feb 1990.
2 Living son born 1933 in Ohio
3 OWEN K. COTTRELL He was born on 19 Apr 1934 in Cement City Michigan He died on 24 Apr 2005 in Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, Residence in Leslie, Michigan
William Claude Cottrell was the son of
WILLIAM COTTRELL was born in Wabash Township Ohio September 3,1873 just to the north of the village of North Star. He was described as having blue eyes, medium height and dark hair. He moved just a few miles down the road to New Weston sometime during the 1890s and remained in New Weston until his death May 24,1948. He owned a twenty acre farm just to the northeast of New Weston Ohio on the east side of what is now State Route 118 midway between State Route 705 and Gibson Road. He married.
EVA MYRTLE GIBSON who is the daughter of Isaac Newton Gibson & Sophia Schell She was born 1880 in Darke County she died on 10 Mar 1957. I believe she lived next door to William Cottrell prior to their marriage.
WILLIAM COTTRELL & EVA MYRTLE GIBSON. They had 5 children.
i. CLIFFORD COTTRELL He was born 1899 in Ohio He died on 05 Jun 1916 in Darke, Ohio Buried in Holsapple Cemetery.
ii. WILLIAM CLAUDE COTTRELL He was born on 10 May 1903 in New Weston,Darke,Ohio He settled in the Cement City-Jackson Michigan area. In his later years he would spend time in the winter in Arizona where he died in the mid 1970's.
iii. EDGAR F COTTRELL He was born on 21 Apr 1906 in Ohio. He died on 24 Nov 1991 in Greenville, Darke, Ohio. Buried in Holsapple Cemetery.
iv. THOMAS H COTTRELL He was born on 29 Sep 1909 in Ohio He died on 16 Jan 1990 in Mercer, Ohio He has a stone at Holsapple Cemetery but the picture I have does not have a date of death,
v. THYRA M COTTRELL was born 10 Mar 1915 in Darke Couty Ohio. She married Van Detling who was also from Darke County. Thyra had a son and a daughter. Thyra lived in Memphis Tennessee for over forty years and died in Memphis 12 May 2002.
William Cottrell was the son of
JOHN B M COTTRELL He was born on 07 Sep 1840 in Ohio He died on 12 Apr 1903 in Allen, Darke, Buried in Holsapple Cemetery. He fought and was injured in the Civil war. He married first
CELIA ANN EMICK She was born around 1846 and died 14 Oct 1865 and was buried in Shooks cemetery Darke County Ohio.
John B.M. Cottrell and Celia Emick they had one child
Celia A Cottrell She was born September 1865 and died 22 Feb 1866 and is buried in Shooks Cemetery Darke County Ohio..
John B.M. Cottrell married second
SARAH SPILLERS She was born 1854 in Ohio She died 1908. Buried in Holsapple Cemetery.
JOHN B M COTTRELL & SARAH SPILLERS. They had 6 children.
i. EDWARD D. COTTRELL He was born 22 August 1871 in Darke County,Ohio
ii. Charles FRANK COTTRELL He was born 1878 in Ohio
iii. JAMES COTTRELL. He was born 1882 James was not listed in affidavit of living children 1898. We need to verify James was indeed a son of John B.M. Cottrell.
iv. OLLIE May. COTTRELL She was born on 08 May 1875 in Ohio . She died on 03 May 1957 in Contra Costa, California
v. SARAH A COTTRELL. She was born 25 March 1880.
vi. WILLIAM COTTRELL. He was born on 03 Sep 1873 in Ohio He died 1948 in Darke County, Ohio
John B. M. Cottrell was the son of
Asher R Cottrell. Please note there were two Asher Cottrells both married to a Sarah. This Asher Cottrell married a Sarah Shaner and remained in Darke County until his death in 1863.
ASHER R COTTRELL-He was born on 09 Oct 1810 in , Greene, Ohio, USA He died on 09 Jan 1863 in North Star, Darke, Ohio, USA
SARAH SHANER is the daughter of Adam Shaner & Elizabeth Fields . She was born on 24 May 1816 in Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA She died on 3 Jan 1863. Stone at Shooks Cemetery, DarkeCounty Ohio.
ASHER R COTTRELL & SARAH SHANER. They had 9 children.
i. ADAM S COTTRELL. He was born on 24 Oct 1836 in Wabash, Ohio . He died on 21 Nov 1900 in New Weston,Darke,Ohio Buried in Holsapple Cemetery.
ii. MARY JANE COTTRELL She was born on 29 Jun 1844 . She died 1890
iii. DANIEL R COTTRELL . He was born on 07 Nov 1838
iv. BETSEY ANN COTTRELL . She was born on 01 Jan 1842. She died 1930 .
v. ELI MARTIN COTTRELL He was born on 30 Apr 1848 in , Darke, Ohio, He died on 15 Jul 1920 in Sebring, , Florida,
vi. REUBEN A COTTRELL . He was born on 13 Apr 1851 in OH, USA He died 1917
vii. MATILDA COTTRELL . She was born on 16 Mar 1853 . She died 1901
viii. GEORGE FRANKLIN COTTRELL He was born on 20 Sep 1855 in , Darke, Ohio, USA . He died on 06 Jan 1914
ix. JOHN B M COTTRELL . He was born on 07 Sep 1840 in Ohio He died on 12 Apr 1903 in Allen, Darke, Ohio
The above names are listed as heirs in Asher Cottrells Darke County Probate file.
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-----------------------------------------------Who was the father and mother of Asher Cottrell?
There continues to be questions as to whether Asher Cottrells father was Hiram Cottrell or John Lemuel Cottrell. There are two schools of thought on this. One is that Asher is the Son of Hiram Cottrell who was born early 1780s in Virginia. It is then believed Hiram went to Tennessee to Sullivan County and then Hawkins County for a while before settling in Greene County Ohio. Hiram Cottrell dies of Cholera in 1853 in Bowersville,Ohio . It is also believed that he married Elizabeth Reaves but no record has been found of this marriage anywhere. Interestingly the other Reaves daughter Catherine Reaves married Lemuel Cottrell and we do have a record of that marriage.
The other thought is that Asher Cottrell was the son of Lemuel Cottrell or possibly John L Cottrell. In any case they both appear to descend from a John Cottrell born 1743 in Virginia. There are eleven versions of this John Cottrells family on Ancestry.com with three different wife combinations. What is very interesting is that there are three living descendants that appear to have similar haplotypes that feature a unique Y-DNA value of 385b=11 linking them back to this individual through three distinct lines. One is through George Birdwell Cottrell who we believe descends from John Cottrells Samuel Lemuel, Lemuel, or Hiram Cottrell another is through Daniel Cottrell who we believe is a son of John through perhaps a later marriage with Mary Pearson and the third is a possible descendant of Asher Cottrell through either John Cottrells son John (Lemuel) or Johns son Hiram. To help sort this out we are offering free Y-DNA tests to the descendants of Asher Cottrell, see below.
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Free Y-DNA Genetic Genealogy tests will be available for a limited time on a first come first serve basis to those adult males with a Cottrell surname who can document that they descend from any of the male Cottrells in this list and meet a few other minor requirements.
Male Descendants of these children of Asher R Cottrell and Sarah Shaner : Adam S Cottrell, John B Cottrell, Daniel R Cottrell, Eli Cottrell, Reuben Cottrell, George F Cottrell
Male Descendants of these children of John B. M. Cottrell : Edward D. Cottrell, William Cottrell, George Franklin Cottrell, and James Cottrell
Male Descendants of these children of William Cottrell: Clifford Cottrell, William Claude Cottrell, Edgar F Cottrell, Thomas H Cottrell
Male Descendants of these children of William Claude Cottrell: Rex Cottrell, Philip Cottrell, Owen K. Cottrell
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If you are not a member of the above group but have some documentation showing male to male descendancy from the following families the free offer may also apply to you. Please contact me for more information.
Obediah Cottrell Born abt 1816 Married Sarah Manerva McKinney
George C Cottrell Born 1818 Married Sarah Besson 1st then Caroline York 2nd I believe this is the George Cottrell in Aunt Lizzies record this includes descendants of their son Daniel Cottrell 1862-1948 and Samuel Cottrell 1867-1948, and their son Jeremiah
Lemuel Cottrell Born abt 1814 Married to Matiltda Way I believe this is the Lemuel Cottrell in Aunt Lizzies record. I believe this would include descendants of Thomas J Cottrell 1841-1934 and Henry Clinton Cottrell 1856
For more information see the genetic genealogy page.
Some Cottrells buried in Holsapple Cemetery,Darke County Ohio
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John B M Cottrell Died Apr 12,1903 Aged 62 Y 7 M 5 D see note*
Sarah Wife of J.B.M. Cottrell died Mar 27,1908 Aged 53 Y 3 M 27 D
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Myrtle E Cottrell 1880-1957
William Cottrell 1873-1948
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Edgar F Cottrell 1906-1991
Lily I Cottrell 1917-
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Thomas H Cottrell 1909-
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Clifford C. Cottrell 1899-1916
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Adam S Cottrell born Oct 24,1836 Died Nov 21, 1900 Aged 64 Y & 27 D
Maggie S Wife of A.S. Cottrell Died Aug 31,1891 Aged 48y 5m 2d
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Lucinda Cottrell 1866-1892
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Father - Uriah S Cottrell 1865-1954
Mother -Ellen P Cottrell 1868-1935
Son Ernest D Cottrell 1897-1900
Son James C Cottrell 1909-1909
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Effa Cottrell 1878-1972
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Amelia Cottrell 1882-illegible
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Duffy W. Cottrell 1902-1968
Edith F Cottrell 1904- illegible
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C (or G) Oddis Cottrell 1904-1906
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Osro S Cottrell 1900-1974
This is miscellaneous information only, actual photographs of these stones are available from the book "Holsapple Cemetery, Darke County Ohio" By Roger R Spencer & Rebecca (Houdeshell) Stephens 2004. Stephens and Spencer have photographic readings available of numerous other area cemeteries including Shooks. They are to be commended for their efforts in preserving this piece of history and I hope people will support them in their efforts. Their books are very affordable. The Holsapple cemetery book for example was $25.00 including shipping and handling and includes 500 black and white photographs of stones. More information and order forms are available at
http://www.dcoweb.org/bookstore/SScemetery/index.htm
I have no affiliation with Stephens & Spencer just a grateful customer. Until I can visit Holsapple myself this is the next best thing.
Acknowledgments
I gratefully acknowledge the information provided by
The notes of Stella Cottrill in “Family of Richard Cottell” October 15,2006 which helped me
establish possible ancesters behind John. B.M. Cottrell
The information from William Blakely regarding "(Eva) Myrtle Cottrell"provided in The Blakeley Marra Family Archive Ancestry World Tree Project
The kind assistance both directly and indirectly of many Cottrells including but not limited to Mark,Darel,Linda,Bob,Shawn,Nancy,Richard,Pat
The kind assistance of Rebecca Stephens
The many helpful members of the Cottrell/Cottrill families of the US site at Myfamilies.com
