Robert Claude COTTEN, Sr.^[1]

1892 - 1968  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Claude COTTEN
  Suffix	Sr.
  Nickname	Claude
  Birth	24 Feb 1892	Waverly, Sussex Co, VA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Claude and his brother, Clifford, were fraternal twins.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1917, 1920, 1930  [2, 4, 5]
  	In June 1917, Claude was employed as a "saw filer" by Roper Lumber Company in Gilmerton, Virginia. He worked as a saw filer throughout his life; in Baltimore, Maryland during the early 1920's for a box company; in West Point, Virginia by 1923 and in Richmond, Virginia by 1930.
  Death	5 Mar 1968	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Claude died at 6:20am on 5 March 1968 at Portsmouth General Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Cause of death was noted as congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. He was 76 years old.
  Burial	7 Mar 1968	Portsmouth City, VA   [3, 6]
  	His body was interred at Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 7 March 1968.
  Person ID	I38	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Joel Holleman COTTEN,   b. 10 Aug 1850, Sussex Co, VA d. 28 Feb 1935, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, Virginia (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rosa Jane BAILEY,   b. 15 Oct 1853, Sussex Co, VA d. 6 Aug 1899 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1873	Sussex Co, VA   [7, 8, 9]
  	The couple was married on 28 May 1873 in Sussex County, Virginia. Rev. Josiah Clanton Bailey, Baptist Minister and uncle of the bride, officiated at the ceremony which was held at the home of the bride's parents.
  Family ID	F964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite LeClere FEREBEE,   b. 8 Jul 1898, Portsmouth City, VA d. 8 Feb 1981, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1917	Washington, DC   [10]
  	The couple was married later that same day by Rev. F. Paul Langhorne, a Baptist minister, at 5226 Illinois Avenue in Washington, DC.
  Children	1. Robert Claude COTTEN, Jr.,   b. 2 Jul 1920, Baltimore, Baltimore Co, MD d. 29 Dec 2004, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV (Age 84 years)   2. Margaret Langley COTTEN,   b. 24 Apr 1923, West Point, King William Co, VA d. 24 Dec 2011, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY (Age 88 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Marguerite & Claude Cotten, spring 1947
  		Bob Cotten & Langley Cotten Gabriel, June 1975
  		Bob Cotten & Langley Cotten Gabriel, late 1990's
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		George Clifford Cotten & Robert Claude Cotten [seated], ca 1916/1917
  		Robert Claude Cotten. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Ancestry.com. Gilmerton, VA.
  		1920 US Census / Cotten, Robert 302 Lanvale St, Baltimore, MD

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1940, Richmond City, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] John A. & Mary Holleman Cotten Family Bible record. [S186] Robert Claude Cotten. WWI draft registration card. [S68] Robert Claude Cotten, Virginia death certificate no. 68 008261 (1968). [S1021] 1920 US Census / Cotton, Robert. [S1022] 1930 US Census / Cotten, Claude R. [S5361] Olive Branch Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained July 2005. [S3277] Joel H. Cotten - Rosa Jane Bailey wedding announcement, The Religious Herald, (Richmond, VA) 5 June 1873. [S3290] J.H. Cotten - Rosa J. Bailey, Sussex Co, VA marriage record (1873). [S377] "Bailey family Bible record, 1820 - 1941", Accession no. 22249.. [S2646] Robert C. Cotten - Marguerite L. Ferebee, DC marriage license & minister's return no. 80425 (1917).