Gladys Elizabeth MITCHELL^[1]

1892 - 1959  (66 years)

• Name	Gladys Elizabeth MITCHELL
  Birth	14 Jul 1892	Portsmouth City, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Jul 1959	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 3]
  	Gladys died of a stroke in Portsmouth, Virginia on 2 July 1959. She was 12 days shy of her 67th birthday at the time of her death.
  Burial	4 Jul 1959	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 4 July 1959.
  Person ID	I21996	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Joshua Wilberton MITCHELL,   b. 26 Aug 1844, Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA d. 17 Jun 1919, Roper, Washington Co, NC (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Caroline CHERRY,   b. 17 Sep 1855, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 4 Oct 1926, Craddock, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 71 years)
  Notes	Joshua married Elizabeth Cherry as his second wife, following the 1881 death of his first wife Adaline. The couple had three children, Leonard, Maude and Gladys, who married William Holleman Cotten, Sr. in 1913.
  Family ID	F2033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Holleman COTTEN, Sr.,   b. 29 Aug 1890, Waverly, Sussex Co, VA d. 27 Jun 1957, Craddock, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1913	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married later that day in Portsmouth, Virginia by Rev. G.T. Forrester, Methodist minster.
  Children	1. Kathryne Elizabeth COTTEN,   b. 14 Jul 1914, Norfolk Co, VA d. 27 Apr 1988, Palo Alto, San Mateo Co, CA (Age 73 years)   2. Margaret Mitchell COTTEN,   b. 3 Feb 1916, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 26 Jun 1985 (Age 69 years)   3. William Holleman COTTEN, Jr.,   b. 15 Aug 1917, Portsmouth City, Virginia d. 9 Dec 2001, Norfolk City, VA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3886] William Holloman Cotten - Gladys Elizabeth Mitchell, Portsmouth City, VA marriage license & minister's return (1913). [S113] Cotten, "Joel Holleman Cotten & Rosa Jane Bailey descendants data". [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA.