Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Cottrell, N.
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Biography of N COTTRELL, Bureau County, Illinois

N. Cottrell, Dover, was born December 8, 1829, in Hampshire County, Mass. 
His father was Rufus Cottrell, a native of Hampshire County, Mass. He was 
a farmer by occupation, and died in 1868, aged seventy-four years, in Malden, 
Ill. His grandfather, Nicholas Cottrell, was a native of Massachusetts, 
where he died; he was a blacksmith by occupation, and a soldier in the 
Revolutionany war, where he served with distinction. The mother of our 
subject was Sarah (Odell) Cottrell, a native of Dutchess County, N. Y.; 
she died in Malden, Ill., in 1872, aged seventy-six years. She was the 
mother of eight children who reached maturity, viz.: Mrs. Eliza Lyman, 
James H., John V., Mrs. Mary Granger, Frank K., Nicholas, George W. and 
Giles H. Our subject, Nicholas Cottrell, was educated in his native State, 
where he followed farming. He came to this county in 1855, and settled in 
Dover Township, Section 35. He has a fine farm of 190 acres. Mr. Cottrell 
was married June 3, 1853, in Worthington, Mass., to Miss Mary Cole, who was 
born May 7, 1831, in Worthington, Mass. Her parents were Elijah and Freedon 
(Cowen) Cole. Mrs. Cottrell is the mother of three children, viz.: Junia A., 
wife of G. J. M. Porter, Cora M. and Herbert J.  Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell are 
active members of the Presbyterian Church. In political matters Mr. Cottrell 
is connected with the Republican party, and takes an active interest in all 
matters relating to the affairs of the county in which he resides, and of 
which is one of the most wide-awake citizens.

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