Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cotten, William F., 1929 

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WILLIAM FREDERICK COTTEN 

PROMINENT RESIDENT OF CHUCKATUCK IS DEAD 

  William Frederick Cotten*, 80, for many years a prominent resident of the 
Chuckatuck neighborhood, died at the his residence, "Cypress Vale," at noon 
Tuesday.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Corbell Cotten, a brother, 
Joel H. Cotten, of Portsmouth; two sons, W. Jasper Cotten and D. Corbell 
Cotten, both of Nansemond County; two daughters, Mrs. E. Thompkins, of 
Powhatan, and Mrs. Mary Underwood, of Richmond; four grandchildren and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

  Funeral services were conducted at Old St. John's church, near Chuckatuck, 
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by the rector, the Rev. E.P. Miner.  Burial 
took place in the family lot in the church cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Charlie Pitt, Leroy Pope, Herbert Hall, Sidney Ellis, C.B. 
Godwin, F.C. Moore, Dr. L.L. Eley and J.T. Stallings.


William Frederick COTTEN, 
b. 29 May 1849, Sussex Co., 
d. 23 Apr 1929, at home, "Cypress Vale," Chuckatuck, 
interred in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery**, near Chuckatuck, 
   24 Apr 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 9, No. 45, Apr. 25, 1929, p. 6, col. 6 

*"Cotton" throughout original corrected to Cotten, per gravestone, pictured 
   with his Find a Grave Memorial, #38487207. 

**St. John list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/stjohn.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #11252 (Chuckatuck #12). 


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