Sarah L. (?)

F, b. 17 November 1856, d. 8 December 1917
     Sarah L. (?) was born on 17 November 1856 in Alabama. She was also known as Sallie (?)

Sarah married John W. COTTINGHAM, son of Charles Washington COTTINGHAM and Lucinda Francis Waldrop, in 1880 in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Sallie (?) and John W. COTTINGHAM appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 19 June 1900 in Surles, Crenshaw County, Alabama. The household was listed as John W. Cottingham, a 46-year-old farmer, born April 1854, and Sallie, his wife, age 39, born November 1860. They had children: Jimmie 19 (February 1881); Hattie 10 (June 1889); Sallie B. 6 (September 1893); and Annie L. 1 (December 1898).

Sarah L. (?) and John W. COTTINGHAM appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 29 April 1910 in Surles, Crenshaw County, Alabama. The household was listed as John W. Cottingham, a 58-year-old farmer, and his 51-year-old wife, Sallie. They had been married 30 years and this was the first marriage for each. Sallie was the mother of seven children with five living. Living in the household were their children: Jimmie, 27; Hattie, 19; Sallie B., 14, and Annie L., 11. Living next door was Richard W. Cottingham and wife.

Sarah L. (?) died on 8 December 1917 in Crenshaw County, Alabama, at age 61. She was buried in Magnolia Baptist Church Cemetery.
Last Edited=28 Jan 2009

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