Osa Ann (Nicholas) Cottrill (1889 - 1945)

Born 30 Jun 1889 in Jarvisville, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Dolph Charles Cottrill — married 3 Jun 1914 (to 30 Mar 1945) in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1945 at age 55 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

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Ocie (Nicholas) Cottrill was an Appalachian.

Biography

Ocie Ann Nicholas was born in Jarvisville, West Virginia on July 30, 1889 to Sylvanus Nicholas and Nancy Coffindaffer. She was the third of seven children born to the couple.

Ocie was raised on a farm in Union, West Virginia. On June 3, 1914 she married Dolph Cottrill in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The couple initially resided in Kincheloe, West Virginia; but by 1924 the family had moved to a home they bought on Duncan Avenue in Clarksburg, West Virginia. They had three known children.

Ocie died at her home in Clarksburg, West Virginia on March 30, 1945 from complications of myocarditis. She was 55 years old. She is buried in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery in Good Hope, West Virginia.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1GC-4JD : 10 March 2018), Osa Nicholas, Jun 1889; citing Union Dist., Harrison Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,186.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CK-5ZW : accessed 23 March 2023), Osa A Nicholas in household of Sylvanus Nicholas, Union district (north side), Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 3A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,760.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPND-XHT : accessed 23 March 2023), Osie A Nicholson in household of Sylvanus Nicholson, Union, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 6A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1683; FHL microfilm 1,375,696.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRDY-WYB : 11 February 2018), Dolph Charles Cottrill and Ocie Ann Nicholas, 03 Jun 1914; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 25 p 160, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,286.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVKD-JMZM : 30 January 2020), Ocie Ann Nicholas in entry for William Orpit Cottrill, 1916.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVK3-5YN2 : 30 January 2020), Olie Nicholus Cottrell in entry for Opal Christine Cottrell, 1919.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVK6-X2W2 : 30 January 2020), Ocie Nicholas in entry for Charles F. Cotrill, 1924.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6F-L4L : 11 February 2018), Ocie Nicholas Cottrill in entry for 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.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6F-YHJ : 11 February 2018), Ocie Ann Nicholas Cottrill in entry for Calvin Earl Hart and Opal Christine Cottrill, 17 Sep 1938; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 55 p 334, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,301.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CC-5SM : 8 January 2021), Oca A Cottrill in household of Doff C Cottrill, Clark Magisterial District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-23, sheet 2A, line 4, family 22, 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 4408.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMH2-KCL : 10 March 2018), Mrs. Ocie Ann Cottrill, 30 Mar 1945; citing Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, 3882, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,802.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1G9-WQ4 : 11 February 2018), Ocie Ann Cottrill, 30 Mar 1945; citing Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, v 14 p 42a, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,175.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-S4JX : 15 July 2020), Ocie Ann Nicholas Cottrill, 1945; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8977-NZW2 : 3 August 2022), Ocie Nicholas in entry for Charles F Cottrill, 1951.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KS6-SQGB : 10 February 2023), Ocle Nicholas in entry for Charles Franklin Cottrill, .
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSZ-LRN9 : 10 February 2023), Ocie A Nicholas in entry for Opal Christine Cottrill, .