**My Maternal Great-Grandmother** James A. Dodd, Sr.
Married to Montiville - and mother of Estella Cotten Dodd.
From historic gathering of information given to my Daddy, James A. Dodd, Sr. here is that detail:
The Cotton's (Spelled Cotten on headstone and Cotton in writings)
Monterville Cotton and Elliott were the parents of our grandmother, Estella Cotton Dodd, who married our grandfather, James Ashley Dodd.
Mont Cotton's father was Joab Cotton...and family legend says he came from Ireland...but we think he was born in 1803 in Amite County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth "Betty" Elliott was born in 1849 and died July 4, 1905. Her first husband was William Henry Dodd who "was much older". Estella (Stella) was three months old when Betty married Mont Cotton. We don;'t know if William or Monterville was Stella's fahter, but she was raides by Mont and she considered him to be her father.
Monterville was a Church of Christ Minister and a large land owner. Worship services were often held in their home for the family owned the first piano ever seen in Milam County, Texas.
He was born April 22, 1834, in Arkansas, and died April 16, 1919. Both Mont and Betty Cotton are buried in Sharp Cemetery, Milam County.
Married to Montiville - and mother of Estella Cotten Dodd.
From historic gathering of information given to my Daddy, James A. Dodd, Sr. here is that detail:
The Cotton's (Spelled Cotten on headstone and Cotton in writings)
Monterville Cotton and Elliott were the parents of our grandmother, Estella Cotton Dodd, who married our grandfather, James Ashley Dodd.
Mont Cotton's father was Joab Cotton...and family legend says he came from Ireland...but we think he was born in 1803 in Amite County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth "Betty" Elliott was born in 1849 and died July 4, 1905. Her first husband was William Henry Dodd who "was much older". Estella (Stella) was three months old when Betty married Mont Cotton. We don;'t know if William or Monterville was Stella's fahter, but she was raides by Mont and she considered him to be her father.
Monterville was a Church of Christ Minister and a large land owner. Worship services were often held in their home for the family owned the first piano ever seen in Milam County, Texas.
He was born April 22, 1834, in Arkansas, and died April 16, 1919. Both Mont and Betty Cotton are buried in Sharp Cemetery, Milam County.
**My Maternal Great-Grandmother** James A. Dodd, Sr.
Married to Montiville - and mother of Estella Cotten Dodd.
From historic gathering of information given to my Daddy, James A. Dodd, Sr. here is that detail:
The Cotton's (Spelled Cotten on headstone and Cotton in writings)
Monterville Cotton and Elliott were the parents of our grandmother, Estella Cotton Dodd, who married our grandfather, James Ashley Dodd.
Mont Cotton's father was Joab Cotton...and family legend says he came from Ireland...but we think he was born in 1803 in Amite County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth "Betty" Elliott was born in 1849 and died July 4, 1905. Her first husband was William Henry Dodd who "was much older". Estella (Stella) was three months old when Betty married Mont Cotton. We don;'t know if William or Monterville was Stella's fahter, but she was raides by Mont and she considered him to be her father.
Monterville was a Church of Christ Minister and a large land owner. Worship services were often held in their home for the family owned the first piano ever seen in Milam County, Texas.
He was born April 22, 1834, in Arkansas, and died April 16, 1919. Both Mont and Betty Cotton are buried in Sharp Cemetery, Milam County.
Married to Montiville - and mother of Estella Cotten Dodd.
From historic gathering of information given to my Daddy, James A. Dodd, Sr. here is that detail:
The Cotton's (Spelled Cotten on headstone and Cotton in writings)
Monterville Cotton and Elliott were the parents of our grandmother, Estella Cotton Dodd, who married our grandfather, James Ashley Dodd.
Mont Cotton's father was Joab Cotton...and family legend says he came from Ireland...but we think he was born in 1803 in Amite County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth "Betty" Elliott was born in 1849 and died July 4, 1905. Her first husband was William Henry Dodd who "was much older". Estella (Stella) was three months old when Betty married Mont Cotton. We don;'t know if William or Monterville was Stella's fahter, but she was raides by Mont and she considered him to be her father.
Monterville was a Church of Christ Minister and a large land owner. Worship services were often held in their home for the family owned the first piano ever seen in Milam County, Texas.
He was born April 22, 1834, in Arkansas, and died April 16, 1919. Both Mont and Betty Cotton are buried in Sharp Cemetery, Milam County.
Inscription
Wife of M. Cotten - Aged 56 Years - "Gone But Not Forgotten"
