James was born in 1880. He passed away in 1957.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M263-TDJ : accessed 8 November 2017), James W Cottengim, London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 490; FHL microfilm 1,374,503.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGF-77Z : accessed 8 November 2017), James Cottongim, London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 137, sheet 2A, line 15, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 585; FHL microfilm 1,820,585.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXR-V57 : accessed 8 November 2017), J W Cottingim, London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 12B, line 82, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 764; FHL microfilm 2,340,499.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-H5M1 : 13 December 2015), James W. Cottongim, 1957; Burial, London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States of America, Swiss Colony Cemetery; citing record ID 7678660, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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