Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Cotton, 78, of 1838 North Thirty-fifth street, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Moran & Sons’ funeral home, with burial in Mt. Gilead cemetery.
Mrs. Cotton died at 9 o’clock last night in her home after a week’s illness. She was born in Knoxville, Ky., June 20, 1865.
She leaves the following children, Lewis Bledsaw, William Bledsaw and Thomas Bledsaw, Decatur, Allen Bledsaw, Hillsboro, Arthur Cotton, Hillsboro, Frank and Homer Cotton, of Decatur. There is a brother, William Owens, of Decatur, and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Flowers of Paris, in addition to 28 grand-children.
Mrs. Cotton had lived in Decatur for 30 years, coming here from Martinsville, Ill. She was a member of the Nazarene church.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Sarah Jane Cotton
Name: Sarah Jane Cotton
[Sarah Jane Owens]
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1865
Birth Place: Knoxville, KY
Death Date: 23 Jun 1943
Death Place: Decatur, Macon Co , Illinois
Burial Date: 26 Jun 1943
Burial Place: Near Decatur, Macon Co., Ill.
Cemetery Name: Mt. Gilead
Death Age: 78
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Female
Residence: Decatur, Macon Co., Ill.
Father Name: Marshall Owens
Father Birth Place: KY.
Mother Birth Place: KY.
Spouse Name: Charles A. Cotton
FHL Film Number: 1983456
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Cotton, 78, of 1838 North Thirty-fifth street, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Moran & Sons’ funeral home, with burial in Mt. Gilead cemetery.
Mrs. Cotton died at 9 o’clock last night in her home after a week’s illness. She was born in Knoxville, Ky., June 20, 1865.
She leaves the following children, Lewis Bledsaw, William Bledsaw and Thomas Bledsaw, Decatur, Allen Bledsaw, Hillsboro, Arthur Cotton, Hillsboro, Frank and Homer Cotton, of Decatur. There is a brother, William Owens, of Decatur, and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Flowers of Paris, in addition to 28 grand-children.
Mrs. Cotton had lived in Decatur for 30 years, coming here from Martinsville, Ill. She was a member of the Nazarene church.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Sarah Jane Cotton
Name: Sarah Jane Cotton
[Sarah Jane Owens]
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1865
Birth Place: Knoxville, KY
Death Date: 23 Jun 1943
Death Place: Decatur, Macon Co , Illinois
Burial Date: 26 Jun 1943
Burial Place: Near Decatur, Macon Co., Ill.
Cemetery Name: Mt. Gilead
Death Age: 78
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Female
Residence: Decatur, Macon Co., Ill.
Father Name: Marshall Owens
Father Birth Place: KY.
Mother Birth Place: KY.
Spouse Name: Charles A. Cotton
FHL Film Number: 1983456
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