Elizabeth (Rowland) Cotton (1838 - 1884)

Born 27 Apr 1838 in Rock Island, Warren, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Jackson Gribble — married 5 Feb 1857 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

Wife of William Felson Cotton — married 27 Apr 1863 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1884 at age 46 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Her first marriage was in 1857 to farmer Andrew Jackson (AJ) Gribble^[1] producing children ^[2]

1. Didama Paralee (Hudson) 1858^[3]
2. James Knox 1860
3. Mary Ann (Fisher) 1862

A J joined the Confederate Army and died in 1862 at the battle of Stones River.

Second marriages for both William Felson Cotton and Elizabeth Rowland Gribble in 1863.^[4] Children include^[5]

1. Sarah 1864
2. Louisa Elizabeth1865
3. Robert E 1867
4. Joseph Edward 1869
5. Albert 1876
6. Alfred 1876

She was widowed again in 1897 and died in 1934. She is buried in the Old Cotton Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee.^[6]

From her Find A Grave: Memorial #237526732:

Daughter of Lod Rowland and Polly Webb of Warren County, TN. Elizabeth Rowland Gribble Cotton was first married to Andrew Jackson Gribble in 1857 in Warren County who died in the Battle of Stones River at Murfreesboro, TN on Dec 31, 1862. She and A.J. had 3 children (Parlee, Mary Ann, and James Knox Gribble ). On Apr 27, 1863, she married William F. Cotton, also his second marriage, in Warren County. Elizabeth and William F. Cotton had 6 children (Sarah, Louiza Elizabeth, Robert, Joseph Edward, and twins Alfred and Albert. Elizabeth predeceased William F. Cotton who died Feb 14, 1897 in Warren County, TN. William F. Cotton's first wife, Patunia Amanda (Landrum) Cotton is also buried in the family cemetery. William F. and Patunia Amanda had 8 children before she died in 1863.

Research Notes

There were several Andrew Jackson Gribbles in Warren Tennessee at that time.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN86-BNC : 4 December 2014), A J Grible and Elizabeth Rowland, 05 Feb 1857; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 39, Warren, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Z-7QR : 29 May 2021), Elizabeth Cotton in entry for Wm C Cotton, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TT-VJP : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Gribble in entry for A J Gribble, 1860.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YP-9PY : 16 March 2020), Elizabeth Gribble in entry for Wm F. Cotton, 1863.
5. ↑ :"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWK-KKC : 15 January 2022), Elizabeth Cotton in household of William F. Cotton, District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237526732/elizabeth-gribble_cotton: accessed 13 August 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Rowland Gribble Cotton (27 Apr 1838–13 Oct 1884),Find A Grave: Memorial #237526732 , citing Old Cotton Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by M Morgan (contributor 50242728).

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