Re: COTTRELL IN INDIANA
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COTTRELL IN INDIANA
5/14/98
Hope you still need this information.From the book "The Pioneers of Madison and Hancock Counties, Indiana" by Samuel Harden, 1895, reprinted 1990:
"Abraham Cottrell....found his way to the new county of Madison in the year 1823, and settled on both Fall and Lick Creek, near the junction, and opened and operated a farm up to his death, April 29, 1889.He was born in Virginia, June 11, 1803.Married to Susan Hilderbrand, October 12, 1823, in Union County, Indiana.She was born in Virginia, June 29, 1803....Mrs. Cottrell died November 22, 1862, and is buried at the Chapman Cemetery near the old home.He was an old-time Whig and then a Republican."
"The following are the names of Mr. Cottrell's children:Mary A., born May 14, 1824, married to Abram Gardner; he died March, 1894; buried at the Hiday Cemetery.Elizabeth, born July 13, 1826, married to Jesse Pilkenton; he died in 1890; buried at the Fort Cemetery.John H., born October 10, 1929, resides near the county line in Green Township.He was first married to Jane Pettigrew.She died in 1880, and is buried at the Beech Grove Cemetery.He was the second time married to Margaret Anderson, September 19, 1880.She was born near Pendleton, July 17, 1837.(Mr. Cottrell was in the Twlfth Indiana Volunteers, and served three years.He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge (International Order of Odd Fellows) and G.A.R., and a staunch Republican.) Hester, born July 12, 1832, married first to John Gardner.He died in the army in 1861.She was again married to James Clark.Willia, born January 29, 1834; married to Margaret Williams.Both deceased, and buried at the Chapman Cemetery.Lydia, born May 11, 1836, married Carlos Savage, reside in Pendleton.Abram, born March 17, 1839, died in infancy, August 10, 1840.Samuel P., born November 24, 1840; died in the army, March 7, 1862, at Fort Donalson.He was in the Eleventh Indiana Volunteers.Thomas J., born September 22, 1843; married Marry Scott.He died June 15, 1883, and is buried at the Chapman Cemetery.His wife died in Missouri."
In the list of early settlers in Green Township are Abram Cottrell, Samuel Cottrell, and William Cottrell.
I am not related to these people and have no further information.