William Orpet Cottrill (1916 - 1957)

Born 25 Jun 1916 in Kincheloe, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Elizabeth (Gonsorchik) Swikard — married 29 Oct 1935 (to 2 Jul 1957) in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Died 2 Jul 1957 at age 41 in Covedale, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

William Cottrill was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia. See Appalachia Project.

William Cottrill was born in Harrison County.

William Orpet Cottrill was born in Kincheloe, West Virginia on June 25, 1916 to Dolph Cottrill and Ocie Nicholas. He was the eldest of three children born to the couple.

William was initially raised in Jane Lew or Kincheloe, West Virginia but by 1920, the family was living in Union, West Virginia. By 1923, the family bought a home on 204 Duncan Avenue in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

On October 29, 1935 William married Helen Gonsorchik in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Between 1935 and 1940, the couple moved to Charleston, West Virginia and lived in a rented home with his sister and brother-in-law. William drove a bus for Greyhound. However, sometime between 1947 and 1950, William and Helen, along with their young daughter, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. William's younger brother was living with the family there. William worked as a sales manager for the O.K. Trucking Company. He was also a member of the Price Hill Masonic Lodge 524.

William died on July 2, 1957 at his Covedale, Ohio home from a heart attack. He was 41 years old. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVKD-JM3Z : 30 January 2020), William Orpit Cottrill, 1916.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKF-YKF : 4 February 2021), William O Cottrell in entry for Ralph Cattrell, 1920.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6F-L4K : 11 February 2018), William Orpet Cottrill and Helen Elizabeth Gonsorchik, 29 Oct 1935; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 52 p 78, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,300.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CF-KF4 : 8 January 2021), Wm O Cottrill in household of Calvin Earl Hart, Charleston Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-28, sheet 13B, line 53, family 232, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4413.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XYT-RN13 : Mon Jan 30 03:31:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Nance E Cottrill and Charles F Cottrill, 20 April 1950.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-161Z : 10 September 2021), William O Cottrill, ; Burial, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America, Spring Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 78912730, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.