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JAMES SEPHAS COTTON 1857 – 1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Apr 1857

Birth Location: Southampton County, Virginia

Death Date: 01 Nov 1911

Death Location: Virginia, USA

Father: ALLEN COTTON

Mother: ELIMINA BUXTON-cotton

Spouse(s): "ROSA" COTTON

Children(s): Alice Cotton-cobb, Willie Cotton, "Dellie" Cotton, Clara Cotton-hunt-rawls-lankford, Lizzie Cotton-schramm, PAT COTTON, Mrs. griffin, Lizzie Cotton-schramm

The story of JAMES SEPHAS COTTON began in 1857 in Southampton County, Virginia. JAMES SEPHAS COTTON married "ROSA" MARGARET MARY ROSA VAUGHAN- COTTON, and had children including Alice Cotton-cobb, Willie ocie Cotton, "Dellie" deleware sephas (cephus) Cotton, Clara Cotton-hunt-rawls-lankford, Lizzie Cotton-schramm, PAT D. 224504101 COTTON, Mrs. G.c griffin Cotton- griffin, Lizzie Cotton-schramm. JAMES SEPHAS COTTON passed away in 1911 in Virginia, USA.

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  • B 2 criteria (Medium)
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Biography

  • The story of JAMES SEPHAS COTTON began in 1857 in Southampton County, Virginia.
  • JAMES SEPHAS COTTON married "ROSA" MARGARET MARY ROSA VAUGHAN- COTTON, and had children including Alice Cotton-cobb, Willie ocie Cotton, "Dellie" deleware sephas (cephus) Cotton, Clara Cotton-hunt-rawls-lankford, Lizzie Cotton-schramm, PAT D. 224504101 COTTON, Mrs. G.c griffin Cotton- griffin, Lizzie Cotton-schramm.
  • JAMES SEPHAS COTTON passed away in 1911 in Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

ALLEN COTTON
1824 – 1901
Birth Location: Franklin, Southampton, Virginia, USA
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ELIMINA BUXTON-cotton
1826 – 1894
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

"ROSA" COTTON
1861 – 1932
Birth Location: franklin, va
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Children(s)

Alice Cotton-cobb
1882 – 1977
Birth Location: franklin, va
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Willie Cotton
1884 –
Birth Location: franklin, va
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"Dellie" Cotton
1886 – 1958
Birth Location: franklin, va
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Clara Cotton-hunt-rawls-lankford
1889 – 1952
Birth Location: Southampton County, Virginia, United States of America
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Lizzie Cotton-schramm
1892 –
Birth Location: –
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PAT COTTON
1895 – 1994
Birth Location: Franklin, Virginia, USA
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Mrs. griffin
Birth Location: franklin, va
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Lizzie Cotton-schramm
Birth Location: franklin, va
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JAMES COTTON's Ancestors

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JAMES COTTON
1857 – 1911
Birth Place: Southampton County, Virginia
Parents
ALLEN HENRY COTTON
1824 – 1901
Franklin, Southampton, Virginia, USA
ELIMINA (SEPHAS) BUXTON-cotton
1826 – 1894
Grandparents
JOSEPH BUXTON
1782 – 1849
Southampton County, Virginia, USA
NANCY MOORE
1798 – 1870
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JAMES COTTON's Descendants

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JAMES (SEPHAS) COTTON (7 Apr 1857 – 01 Nov 1911) m. "ROSA" (MARGARET MARY ROSA VAUGHAN-) COTTON (31 Oct 1861 – 27 Jun 1932)
  1. 1. Alice Cotton-cobb (3 Oct 1882 – 7 Nov 1977) m. Clarence (j) Cobb
    1. 1. Raymond Cobb
    2. 2. James Cobb
    3. 3. Wade Cobb
    4. 4. Ruth Cobb
  2. 2. Willie (ocie) Cotton (Mar 1884 – ) m. Rebah (v Cobb-) Cotton
    1. 1. Russell (barrett) Cotton (1913 – 25 Dec 1993) m. Dorothy (Darden-) cotton
      1. 1. Russell (darden) Cotton ( – 18 Nov 2017) m. Judy (Bailey-) cotton
        1. 1. Ashley (jean) Cotton
        2. 2. "Will" (william russell) Cotton
      2. 2. Patsy (Cotton-) falls
        1. 1. "Trisha" (Patricia) Falls m. Ben Davis
        2. 2. Douglas Falls m. Stephanie -falls
    2. 2. R (howard) Cotton (1921 – )
    3. 3. Antoinette Cotton
  3. 3. "Dellie" (deleware sephas (cephus)) Cotton (11 Aug 1886 – 10 Dec 1958) m. Fannie Gardner-cotton (10 Jul 1890 – 20 May 1952)
    1. 1. "Dellie" (delaware sephas (cephus) he signed d.c.cotton) 107 robin hood rd franklin) Cotton (1917 – ) m. Elizabeth Tate-cotton (9 Oct 1915 – 7 Jun 1992)
  4. 4. Clara Cotton-hunt-rawls-lankford (13 December 1889 – 25 November 1952) m. "Sam" (samuel winfield) Lankford (18 July 1883 – 28 October 1959)
    1. 1. James (irving) Lankford (15 September 1909 – 15 May 1959) m. Margaret (Baxter-) lankford ( – 18 May 1959)
    2. 2. Samuel (Winfield) Lankford (12 January 1911 – 16 January 1963)
    3. 3. Hudson (r) Lankford (19 April 1914 – 16 May 1992)
    4. 4. Clarice (Elizabeth) Thompson (10 February 1916 – 7 September 2004)
    5. 5. Mrs (willian h Thompson) Lankford-thompson (6 July 1919 – 25 August 1987)
    6. 6. Royce (barnes) Lankford (1 May 1922 – 8 March 2006) m. Frances (Parrish-) lankford ( – 1 Jun 2005)
    7. 7. Aubrey Lankford (21 August 1923 – 27 November 2017)
    8. 8. irene Lankford (22 January 1933 – 22 August 2006)
    9. 9. Mrs. (Harold a walker Lankford-) walker
    10. 10. Mrs. (Sam b woods jr) Lankford-woods
  5. 5. Lizzie Cotton-schramm (Oct 1892 – ) m. Hinton Schramm
  6. 6. PAT (D. 224504101) COTTON (9 Jul 1895 – 3 Mar 1994) m. MARY (RUTH THOMPSON) COTTON (27 May 1900 – 6 Oct 1986)
    1. 1. "PAT"''POP"'bubba" (ALLEN FRANCIS) COTTON (4 Mar 1923 – 12 Sep 2004) m. JUANITA (MOZELLE HILL) COTTON (10/18/1926 – Oct 2018)
      1. 1. "ED" (EDWIN PAT) COTTON (25 Jul 1948 – 03/13/2017) m. Wanda (lynee Vicks cotton) stepmom (23 Nov – ) m. THERESA (LEE COUSINEAU-COTTON-) heussner (23 sept 1952 – )
        1. 1. JAMIE (DALE COTTON) STORY (3 Sep 1989 – ) m. Kendell Story
        2. 2. CARLA (MARIE) COTTON-vaughan (3/7/1971 – ) m. Douglas (hancock) Vaughan
        3. 3. ANDREA (RUTH) COTTON (27 Apr 1973 – )
      2. 2. Jennifer (hill Harrell) (cotton) m. Randy Harrell
        1. 1. Heather (nicole) Harrell (9 Oct 1975 – )
        2. 2. Brandon (luke "luke") Harrell
      3. 3. Carol (denise "denise" harcum) (cotton) m. David Harcum
        1. 1. Leigh Harcum
        2. 2. Erin (michelle Harcum) (harcum) m. Charlie Harcum
    2. 2. Valentine Cotton-White (14 February 1926 – 6 December 2015) m. "Gus" (leslie) White
      1. 1. John (valentine) White m. Pamela
      2. 2. Leslie (jr.) White m. Cathy (Warren-) white
      3. 3. Dianne (ruth) White-ledbetter
        1. 1. "Ben" (benjamin) Ledbetter
        2. 2. Jonathan Ledbetter
    3. 3. Ellen ('joyce') cotton-Wynns m. Adrian (shaw sr.) Wynns (16 Jan 1929 – 21 Sep 2002)
      1. 1. Adrian (shaw) Wynns
        1. 1. Christian
      2. 2. "Pat" (Wynns-) lord m. Richard Lord
        1. 1. Will Lord
        2. 2. David Lord
  7. 7. Mrs. (G.c griffin Cotton-) griffin
  8. 8. Lizzie Cotton-schramm

JAMES COTTON's Timeline

2 Records

1857
7 Apr 1857
Birth of JAMES SEPHAS COTTON in Southampton County, Virginia
Southampton County, Virginia
1911
01 Nov 1911
Age 54
Death of JAMES SEPHAS COTTON in Virginia, USA
Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Apr 1857
    Event Place: Southampton County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Nov 1911
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
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