Emma
Alice
Cotton
Born in Alabama, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and Dixie Annah (Wilkes) Mixson
Sister of
Mary Ida (Cotton) Hollis
Wife of
Albert Dee Cotton
— married
14 Dec 1907 in Coffee, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 48
in United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2023
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Biography
Emma Alice Cotton was born on 28 February 1891 in Alabama, United States, She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Cotton and Dixie Annah Wilkes (1866 - 1953).
Emma married Albert Dee Cotton on 14 December 1907 in Coffee County, Alabama.[1] They were the parents of at least 9 children.
Emma A. Cotton, her husband Albert, and their son Clarence F. were enumerated on the 1910 United States Census. They were living in Centerville, Coffee County, Alabama.[2]
When the United States Census was taken in 1920, Emma and Albert Cotton were living in Rocky Head, Dale County, Alabama with their 4 children.[3]
The Cotton family moved back to Centerville and were enumerated there on the 1930 United States Census. Six children were listed in the household, 3 of whom had been born since 1920.[4]
Emma Alice (Cotton) Cotton died on 08 October 1939 at the age of 48. She was buried in Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama.[5]
Known Children:
- Clarence Franklin Cotton (1908-1977)
- Howard Taft Cotton (1912-1994)
- Ruth Cotton (1914-1914)
- Albert Dee Cotton (1915-1977)
- Ruby Myrtle (Cotton) Moss (1917-2003)
- Herman Josephus Cotton (1920-2010)
- James Finley Cotton (1923-1943)
- A. W. Cotton (1926-1923)
- (Possibly Living) Cotton
Sources
- ↑
"Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935"
WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60922 #900104328 (accessed 28 February 2023)
Alice Cotton marriage to A. D. Cotton on 14 Dec 1907 in Coffee, Alabama, USA. - ↑
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQ3-3S8 : accessed 28 February 2023), Emma A Cotten in household of Albert Cotten, Centerville, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,374,020.
Name Sex Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place Albert Cotten M 25 Married Head Farmer Alabama Emma A Cotten F 19 Married Wife Alabama Clarance F Cotten M 1 Single Son Alabama - ↑
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZ6-GVB : 31 January 2021), Emma A Cotton in entry for Albert D Cotton, 1920.
Name Sex Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place Albert D Cotton M 34 Married Head Farmer Alabama Emma A Cotton F 29 Married Wife Alabama Clarence Cotton M 11 Single Son Alabama Howard Cotton M 8 Single Son Alabama A D Cotton M 4 Single Son Alabama Ruby Cotton F 2 Single Daughter Alabama - ↑
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3614-J3Z : accessed 28 February 2023), Allice E Cotten in household of A Dee Cotten, Centerville, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 7A, line 44, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 8; FHL microfilm 2,339,743.
Name Sex Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place A Dee Cotten M 45 Married Head Farmer Alabama Allice E Cotten F 39 Married Wife Alabama Howard F Cotten M 17 Single Son Farmer Alabama A D Cotten M 14 Single Son Alabama Ruby Cotten F 12 Single Daughter Alabama Hermon J Cotten M 9 Single Son Alabama James F Cotten M 6 Single Son Alabama Thelma C Cotten F 1 Single Daughter Alabama - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25427140/alice-cotton: accessed 28 February 2023), memorial page for Alice Cotton (28 Feb 1891–8 Oct 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #25427140, citing Old Tabernacle Cemetery, New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Lanny Cotton (contributor 46963363).
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