John Henry COTTEN^[1]

1861 - 1923  (61 years)

• Name	John Henry COTTEN
  Birth	1 Mar 1861  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1923	Truth, Chatham Co, NC   [1]
  	John died in Truth, North Carolina on 4 January 1923. He was 61 years old. Cause of death was noted as "bronchial pneumonia" with Brights disease [inflammation of the kidney] as a contributing factor.
  Burial	Corinth, Chatham Co, NC   [1, 2]
  	His body was interred at the Cotten family cemetery in Corinth, North Carolina.
  Person ID	I52862	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. John Wesley COTTEN,   b. 1829, Chatham Co, NC
  Mother	Christine Jane AUSLEY,   b. 1831, Chatham Co, NC
  Marriage	01 Jan 1852  [3]
  Family ID	F3218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Emma BUCHANAN,   b. 10 Aug 1866   d. 29 Jun 1942 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1883  [4]
  Children	1. Robert Alonzo COTTEN,   b. 19 Mar 1908   d. 29 Oct 1976 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1721] John Henry Cotten, North Carolina death certificate no. 420 (1923). [S4099] Arlee Cotten Holleman, compiler and editor, Holleman, The Cotten Clan, The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674 - 1984, ((n. p.: n. pub., 1984)). [S4099] Arlee Cotten Holleman, compiler and editor, Holleman, The Cotten Clan, The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674 - 1984, ((n. p.: n. pub., 1984)). p. 384. [S4099] Arlee Cotten Holleman, compiler and editor, Holleman, The Cotten Clan, The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674 - 1984, ((n. p.: n. pub., 1984)). p. 431.