James Edward Cotton

1911 - 1962  (51 years)

• Name	James Edward Cotton  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	4 Jun 1911	Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Truck Driver  [2]
  Residence	1920	Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Ward 5
  Residence	1940	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA   [2]
  	Precinct 16
  Burial	1962	Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Death	5 Jun 1962  [4]
  Person ID	I62938	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Norton Cotton,   b. 9 Aug 1878, White County, Illinois, USA d. 4 Sep 1966 (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maude Estelle Montgomery,   b. 27 Jul 1879, Illinois, USA d. 1955, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F42104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah E Andrews,   b. 9 Apr 1911, Alabama, USA d. 16 Oct 1997 (Age 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Edward Cotton, Jr,   b. 27 Feb 1937, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA d. 15 Mar 1988, Albertville, Marshall, Alabama, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F42106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Leeymoyne Conrad,   b. 1910   d. 1987 (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F42110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jun 1911 - Illinois, USA Residence - Ward 5 - 1920 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA Residence - Precinct 16 - 1940 - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Burial - 1962 - Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Mount Vernon Ward 5, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 134. Record for Ed E Catton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=67648869&indiv=try [S3849] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00085; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 63-31. Record for James E Catton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=63765593&indiv=try [S3723] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for James Edward Cotton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=27633223&indiv=try [S3375] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for James Edward Jr Cotton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=33273097&indiv=try