Marguerite LeClere FEREBEE^{[1, 2]}

1898 - 1981  (82 years)

• Name	Marguerite LeClere FEREBEE
  Nickname	Marguerite
  Birth	8 Jul 1898	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Education	1916-1917 session	Farmville, Prince Edward Co, VA   [4]
  	After finishing high school, Marguerite attended State Normal School for Women [today, Longwood University] in Farmville, Virginia. She enrolled in the Junior Class in Professional Course II for Primary [School] Work. She is listed in the Bulletin of the State Normal School for Women, vol. III, no. 4, June 1917, and in The Virginian 1917, the school's year book.
  Death	8 Feb 1981	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [3]
  	Marguerite died of metastatic breast cancer at 5:00 pm at Oak Manor Nursing Home. She was 82 years old at the time of her death.
  Cremation	9 Feb 1981	Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   [3]
  	As per her request, Marguerite's remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.
  Person ID	I39	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hill FEREBEE,   b. 1 Feb 1866, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 27 Oct 1941, Churchland, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Langley VIRNELSON,   b. 27 Aug 1874, Portsmouth City, VA d. 10 Nov 1909, Virginia (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1895	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth later the same day by Rev. A.E. Owen.
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Claude COTTEN, Sr.,   b. 24 Feb 1892, Waverly, Sussex Co, VA d. 5 Mar 1968, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1917	Washington, DC   [6]
  	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		Marguerite LeClere Ferebee, c.1898.
  		Marguerite LeClere Ferebee, c.1915.
  		1910 US Census / Ferebee, Joseph H. 31 Maple Avenue, Gilmerton, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Cotten, Robert 302 Lanvale St, Baltimore, MD

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1940, Richmond City, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1015] 1900 US Census / Ferebee, Joseph H. [S5395] Joseph Hill Ferebee will (1941), Norfolk County, VA. [S50] Marguerite Ferebee Cotten, North Carolina death certificate no. 7326 (1981). [S2647] Virginian, 1917, State Normal School, Farmville, VA. [S3884] J.H. Ferebee - E.L. Vernelson, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 3898 (1895). . [S2646] Robert C. Cotten - Marguerite L. Ferebee, DC marriage license & minister's return no. 80425 (1917).