Lamar Co., TX - Obits: Mrs. Mary C. Cotteran ********************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Don Brownlee USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* 10 January 1912 Dallas Morning News, p. 11 Cotteran – Paris, Tex., Jan. 9 – Mrs. Mary C. Cotteran, an old settler of the county, known to all of the residents as “Aunt Polly,” is dead. The deceased was born in Carroll County, Tenn., eighty-four years ago and was the widow of J. J. Cotteran, who died twenty-five years ago, leaving her a large estate. She never had any children and devoted the fortune left her to deeds of benevolence and charity.