(Info
from Judy Cother, Tupelo, MS, Bobbye Winston
and other Cother descendants)
Jessie Coulter/Cother was born around 1780-85 and died
Oct. 16, 1839. He is buried at the
old Bethany Cemetery in Pickens County, AL.
His wife was Elizabeth.
From old Tuscaloosa County, AL Land Office records:
9-14-1832
Jesse Coulter
Pickens Co.
13-24-1W
12-28-1832
Jesse Coulter
Pickens Co.
24-24-1W
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Broken gravestone of Jesse Cother in Old Bethany Cemetery in Pickens
County, AL. I cannot find this old stone now. |
Jessie and
Elizabeth Cother’s children are:
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Benjamin
Cother was born Dec. 11, 1812 in Kentucky.
He married Jan. 26, 1843 in Pickens County, AL to Martha Ann Cole,
daughter of John Russell Cole, Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Thomas.
Benjamin Cother Died Dec. 25, 1876 in Monroe County, MS and is buried
in Wren, MS in Monroe County.
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Female
Cother was born about 1815.
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James
Cother was born about 1820 and died April 7, 1841 in Monroe, MS.
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Jane
Cother was born about 1824. Married
Bennett Strickland. They were in
Pickens County, AL and then in Monroe County, MS.
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John
Cother was born Aug. 25, 1825. He
married Elizabeth Winston on Dec. 7, 1865.
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Mary
Cother was born May 14, 1828 and died Oct. 23, 1841 in Pickens Co., AL.
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William
Cother was born Dec. 15, 1830 and died June 8, 1868 at Vicksburg.
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Elizabeth
Cother was born about 1832.
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Margaret
Cother was born about 1835.
Children
of Benjamin Cother and Mary Ann Cole Cother are:
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Benjamin
William Cother, Jr. was born Sept. 8, 1845 in Pickens County, AL and died
Feb. 15, 1870 and buried in Wren (Monroe County), MS.
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Matthew
Harrison Cother was born Aug. 3, 1847 in Pickens County, AL and died Nov.
18, 1895 in Pecan Gap (Delta County), TX.
He married Aug. 15, 1875 to Lucy Jane Pickard. He enlisted in the War
between the states at the age of 16. He
was a member of the Methodist Church. He
moved to TX in 1869 and married in 1875.
They lived near Pecan Gap, TX where he was over taken by slow fever
and died in 1895. His daughter,
Audrey Cother, was only 7 years old when he died and was the only heir.
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Mary
Cother was born March 26, 1850 in Pickens County, AL and died Sept. 8, 1895
in Pecan Gap (Delta County), TX. She
married E. P. Grady on Jan. 31, 1872.
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Eliza
Jane Cother was born March 8, 1852 in Pickens County, AL and died Jan. 20,
1938. She married Albert
Gallitin Thompson on Jan. 13, 1880.
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Elizabeth
Erline Cother was born May 9, 1854 in Pickens County, AL and died Nov. 7,
1854.
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Margrett
Adamtine Cother was born Aug. 11, 1855 in Cotton Gin (Monroe County), MS.
And died Feb. 11, 1878 in Monroe County, MS.
She married Sterling B. Harrison on Oct. 21, 1877.
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John
James Cother was born Feb. 28, 1857 in Wren (Monroe County) MS. He died Oct.
5, 1911 in Wren (Monroe County) MS. He
married Juanita Thompson in 1885.
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Jessie
C. Cother was born May 18, 1860 in Cotton Gin (Monroe County) MS.
He died Dec. 7, 1938 in Pecan Gap, TX.
He married Emily Catherine Howard on Jan. 26, 1882.
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Nancy
Bell Cother was born Aug. 14, 1862 in Cotton Gin, MS.
She died June 4, 1882 in Cotton Gin, MS.
She married Ben F. English on Feb. 18, 1881.
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Lewis
Frances Cother was born Jan. 26, 1867 in Cotton Gin, MS.
She married Ben F. English on Feb. 19, 1884 after death of her
sister, Nancy Bell Cother.
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Suella
Cother was born Sept. 9, 1869 in Cotton Gin, MS and died Dec. 4, 1960 in
Greenville, TX. She married
Thomas Crawford on Dec. 24, 1891.
Children
of Jane Cother and husband Bennett B. Strickland are:
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Dempsey
Henderson Strickland was born 1842 in AL.
- Willy
Ann Strickland was born 1844 in
AL .
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Sarah
Strickland was born 1846 in AL. She married John N. Rogers in MS and moved
to Pecan Gap, TX.
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Joseph
Harrison Strickland was born 1852 in MS. Moved to TX.
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Pattie
Strickland was born 1845 in MS.
Children
of John Cother and Elizabeth Winston Cother are:
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John
Cother was born March 9, 1868.
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William
H. Cother was born Dec. 7, 1869 and died Sept. 19, 1872.
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Mary
Cother was born Aug. 9, 1872. She
married Will Teer on Feb. 20, 1895.
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Martha
Cother was born Aug. 9, 1872 (twin of Mary). She married Joe Teer on Jan. 9,
1894. (Will and Joe Teer were
brothers and married twin sisters.)
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Cora
Cother was born May 20, 1877. Married
J. R. Lancaster on Feb. 20, 1896.
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