Peelle Report

Ninth Generation (Continued)

Family of Martha Eliza Lawrence (276) & Benjamin Whitmel Cotton

582. Lawrence Whitmel Cotton. Born on 29 Mar 1841 in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County. Lawrence Whitmel died in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, on 8 Jun 1914; he was 73.

On 20 Jan 1866 when Lawrence Whitmel was 24, he married Susan Emily Bryan. Born on 3 Sep 1847 in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County. Susan Emily died in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, on 19 Dec 1919; she was 72.

They had the following children:

980	i.	Charles Mabry (1868-1947)
	ii.	Joseph Walter. Born abt 1869. Joseph Walter died in South Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina. Joseph Walter married Mattie M Sheveatt. Born abt 1869.
	iii.	Wayland Bryan. Born in 1870. Wayland Bryan died on 10 Feb 1956; he was 86.
	iv.	Mary Foreman. Born on 4 Jun 1873. Mary Foreman died in Dec 1942; she was 69. Mary Foreman married Joseph L. Barnes. Born abt 1873.
	v.	Ethel. Born abt 1875. Ethel married Floyd C Patterson. Born abt 1875.

583. M.D. Joseph R. Cotton. Born on 12 Aug 1845 in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County. Joseph R. died in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County, on 16 May 1877; he was 31.

On 26 Feb 1840 when Joseph R. was <1, he married Anna Baker Paull in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County. Born on 5 Apr 1848 in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County. Anna Baker died in Halifax County, North Carolina Formed 1758 From Edgecombe County, on 4 Jan 1931; she was 82.

They had the following children:

981	i.	Mary (1868-1946)
	ii.	Etta. Born abt 1870. Etta married Gus S. White. Born abt 1870 in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina.
	iii.	Nannie. Born abt 1872. Nannie married Charles Speed. Born abt 1872 in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina.
	iv.	Mattie W.. Born on 6 Dec 1875. Mattie W. married Md Charles Anthony Beck. Born abt 1875.

584. James Wilson Cotton. Born in Feb 1850. James Wilson died in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, aft 1921; he was 70.

abt 1873 when James Wilson was 22, he married Louise Morrisett. Born abt 1851.

They had the following children:

		i.	Lillian. Born abt 1875.
		ii.	Joseph Whitmel. Born abt 1877. Joseph Whitmel married Clive Andrews. Born abt 1877.

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