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Author: WellsVolunteer
Surnames: Cotton, Torance, Funk
Classification: biography
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Biographical sketch extracted from:
Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis
Publishing Co., 1887. p. 889.
C. S. COTTON, farmer and stock raiser, Rock Creek Township, was born in Holmes County,
Ohio, December 30, 1840, a son of Samuel Cotton. When he was four years of age his parents
came to Wells County, Indiana, and settled in Rock Creek Township, where he grew to
manhood, his youth being spent in assisting his father on his farm and attending the
schools of his neighborhood. He remained with his parents until his marriage, which
occurred September 6, 1860, taking for his wife Miss Margaret Torance, a daughter of
Francis Torance. She was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and came to America when eight
years of age. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cotton-Sumner Wellington, a
farmer of Rock Creek Township; Sarah Lizzie, wife of Jacob A. Funk, of Rock Creek
Township; Minnie, died aged sixteen years, and Charlie L. After his marriage Mr. Cotton
settled on a tract of forty acres of unimproved land in Liberty Township which his father
had given him. He cleared and improve!
d this land, living on it until 1865, when he sold it and bought eighty acres where he
now resides, which was then entirely unimproved. Since that time he has cleared his land,
which he has brought under a good state of cultivation, and his improvements are among the
best in his neighborhood, his land being well fenced and well drained, and his residence
and farm buildings commodious and convenient. He also owns 120 acres located a short
distance from his home farm which is under cultivation. With the exception of the forty
acres given him by his father he has acquired his property by his own persevering industry
and good management. In connection with his general farming he has been extensively
engaged in dealing in and shipping stock, and is now one of the oldest stock shippers in
the county, beginning this enterprise in 1864, and is still largely engaged in dealing in
stock. In his political views Mr. Cotton affiliates with the Republican party. He is a
member of the Bap!
tist church, and his wife belongs to the United Presbyterian church.
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