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MRS.HEHHY COTTON. 



)^ENRY COTTON. 



HENRY COTTON, 



son of Silas and Elizabeth Cotton^ was born in Hartford, Wash- 

 ington Co., N. Y., June 20, 1798. His father was a native of 

 Rhode Island, and settled in Washington County at a very early 

 day. He was a fanner by occupation, and continued to reside 

 in Hartford until his death. He reared a family of eleven chil- 

 dren, of whom Henry was the fifth child. The grandfather of 

 Henry was Samuel Cotton, a native of Rhode Island also, who 

 settled in Hartford, Washington Co., about 1814, and remained 

 until his death. Henry Cotton was reared on the farm, and has 

 continued to follow the same until the present time. He has also 

 been somewhat engaged as a dealer in cattle and sheep. He worked 

 out by the month on a farm for two seasons before coming to 

 Steuben County. He located on his present farm in November, 



1819. He came here in company with Messrs. Barnard, Bray- 

 ton, and William E. Congdon. He has made all the improve- 

 ments on his present farm of one hundred and sixty-eight acres. 

 Mr. Cotton is a substantial farmer and citizen, and to such men 

 is due the credit of making Steuben County what it is to-day. 

 He is highly spoken of by those who know him. 



He married Almira, daughter of Daniel Martin, Dec. 28, 



1820. She was born Oct. 6, 1802, in Hartford, Washington 

 Co., N. Y. Of this union five children have been born, viz. : 

 Silas, born June 7, 1822, married Miss Sally Ann Mack, Dec. 

 31, 1845, and had one son, George E. ; Silas Cotton and wife 



are dead; Lydia Ann, born Nov. 8, 1827, married George 

 Collins, Feb, 22, 1846, and has five children ; Samuel Cotton 

 was born Sept. 20, 1831, married Sarah Carrington, April 17, 

 1850, and has two children; Daniel Cotton was born Aug. 16, 

 1837, married Jane Tuller, Feb. 17, 1859, and has two children ; 

 and Juliza Cotton was born Oct. 1, 1839, and married William 

 H. Bowen, Feb. 17, 1859, and has nine children. 



Mrs. Henry Cotton was a member of the Baptist Church, 

 was a lady highly esteemed, and left a name which is cherished 

 to-day by members of the family. She died March 6, 1857, 

 and was buried in the Beachville Cemetery in Dansville. 



Mr. Cotton married Miss Desdamona Phelps, a native of 

 Vermont, but a resident of Steuben County after she was 

 twelve years of age, Jan. 7, 1858. She was a member of the 

 Universalist Church. She died Sept. 28, 1875. Mr. Cotton 

 has been a Democrat the larger part of his life. He is now an 

 old gentleman, hale and hearty, living on the same place he 

 purchased in 1819. He is a member of the Baptist Church. 

 He has a large and interesting family of children and grand- 

 children, who love and respect their aged father and grandfather. 



Out of five couple who were married within six weeks of 

 one another, all are now dead save the subject of this sketch ; 

 so, one by one, the old pioneers are joining the innumerable 

 caravan who are marching to the pale realms of shade. 



