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Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” <I>Cotten</I> Houston

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Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” Cotten Houston

Birth
Bagnell, Miller County, Missouri, USA
Death
12 Mar 1935 (aged 81)
Eldon, Miller County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Eldon, Miller County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Nancy Ann “Maude” (McComb) and Joseph L. Cotten.
Eliza had the following known siblings: Jacob Benjamin, Mary who married a Downing;. and Lizzie Cotten who married a Chidester; and a brother: Daniel H. Cotten of Versailles, MO.

She was coverted about the age of 16 and united with the Blue Spring Baptist Church.

She married on 7 Aug 1873, Benjamin Franklin Houston (buried at this cem.). They had at least 15 children (at least 3 of whom died in infancy):
(1) Jacob Dewitt “Jake” (buried at this cem.);
(2) Nancy Ann b. 15 Sep 1876, d. 6 Nov 1876;
(3) Mary Elvah b. 1877 who married William "Bill" Kays;
(4) John Milton (buried at this cem.);
(5) Joseph Franklin "Joe" (buried at this cem.);
(6) Lydia Clara b. 18 Nov 1881, d. 9 Jul 1883;
(7) Oscar Perseus “Percy” b. 1882 d. 1909
(8) Sarah Rosetta “Sadie” b. 1883 who married John Cornett;
(9) Andrew Jackson "Jack" (buried at this cem.);
(10) Donna Fatima Elizabeth b. 1886 who married T. F. or G. F. Jesse;
(11) Perry Hart (buried at this cem.);
(12) William Thomas "Bill" (buried at this cem.);
(13) Charles Nathan “Charley” b. 3 May 1892, d. 25 Dec 1949, who married Della Jane Snoderly;
(14) Samuel Lee b. 8 Mar 1894, d. 4 Sep 1895;
(15) Emma Jane “ Janie” b. 1895 d. 1990, who married Lee Devalcas Snoderly.
Daughter of Nancy Ann “Maude” (McComb) and Joseph L. Cotten.
Eliza had the following known siblings: Jacob Benjamin, Mary who married a Downing;. and Lizzie Cotten who married a Chidester; and a brother: Daniel H. Cotten of Versailles, MO.

She was coverted about the age of 16 and united with the Blue Spring Baptist Church.

She married on 7 Aug 1873, Benjamin Franklin Houston (buried at this cem.). They had at least 15 children (at least 3 of whom died in infancy):
(1) Jacob Dewitt “Jake” (buried at this cem.);
(2) Nancy Ann b. 15 Sep 1876, d. 6 Nov 1876;
(3) Mary Elvah b. 1877 who married William "Bill" Kays;
(4) John Milton (buried at this cem.);
(5) Joseph Franklin "Joe" (buried at this cem.);
(6) Lydia Clara b. 18 Nov 1881, d. 9 Jul 1883;
(7) Oscar Perseus “Percy” b. 1882 d. 1909
(8) Sarah Rosetta “Sadie” b. 1883 who married John Cornett;
(9) Andrew Jackson "Jack" (buried at this cem.);
(10) Donna Fatima Elizabeth b. 1886 who married T. F. or G. F. Jesse;
(11) Perry Hart (buried at this cem.);
(12) William Thomas "Bill" (buried at this cem.);
(13) Charles Nathan “Charley” b. 3 May 1892, d. 25 Dec 1949, who married Della Jane Snoderly;
(14) Samuel Lee b. 8 Mar 1894, d. 4 Sep 1895;
(15) Emma Jane “ Janie” b. 1895 d. 1990, who married Lee Devalcas Snoderly.

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*Shares a headstone with her husband Benjamin Franklin.

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