Family of Ben Rush COTTINGHAM

Birth: 20 NOV 1897 (Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA)
Death: 5 APR 1975 (Houston, Harris Co., TX)
Burial: Garden of Gethsemane (Houston, Harris Co., TX)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
John Ucal COTTINGHAM b. OCT 1812 (SC) d. SEP 1892 Ann PARHAM* b. 1814 (SC) d. 1856	Charles (“Charlie”) COTTINGHAM b. 30 APR 1854 (LA) d. 20 OCT 1934	John Ucal COTTINGHAM b. 20 DEC 1883 (LA) d. 4 NOV 1914 Laura Lurella COTTINGHAM b. 11 JUL 1886 (LA) d. 16 JUL 1982 Robert COTTINGHAM b. 9 JUL 1889 (LA) d. 22 MAR 1980 Russell COTTINGHAM b. 22 MAY 1895 (LA) d. 15 JAN 1966
John DUNN b. 17 MAY 1811 (MS) d. 19 MAY 1893 Cloey Ann STRANGE b. 6 OCT 1822 (MS) d. 1873	Cynthia Ann DUNN b. 3 FEB 1865 (LA) d. 21 MAY 1956

Spouse	Marriage	Children
Lena Dora ALLEN b. 22 NOV 1902 (LA) d. 24 DEC 1985	10 JUL 1925 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA	Barbara Ann COTTINGHAM b. 6 FEB 1934 (TX) d. 28 NOV 1997

*Ucal COTTINGHAM's wife was listed as Ann in the 1850 census. An online 1891 biography of his son, James Richard COTTINGHAM, gives his mother's name as Anne PORTHAM. According to Henry Chamber's History of Northeast Louisiana, Ucal's wife was a member of the prominent PARHAM family of SC. PORTHAM appears to have been a corruption of PARHAM. Charlie COTTINGHAM's 1934 death certificate (whose informant was his daughter Laura) names his mother as Laura MAYFIELD. However, it is certain that was in error. After Ann's death, Ucal married Mrs. Clarissa MAYFIELD on 1 MAR 1860. Laura MAYFIELD was one her four children by Mr. MAYFIELD and thus was Ucal's stepdaughter, not his wife.

ALLEN-COTTINGHAM Wedding Announcement
Death Certificate for Ben Rush COTTINGHAM
Obituary for Ben Rush COTTINGHAM
Tombstone of Ben Rush COTTINGHAM
Tombstone of Lena Dora ALLEN

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