Joseph W. Cottingham

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1835-01-16

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1911-02-01

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White

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"Joseph W. Cottingham" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009602, (accessed June 7, 2025).

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Lewis County, Kentucky, sawyer. Kentucky native. Son of James and Sarah Cottingham. Married to Maria Cottingham. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Sawyer in Lewis County in 1860. Captain in the 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) from January 2, 1862, to March 9, 1862. Captain in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) from October 10, 1863, to December 24, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District no. 2, p. 156A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 877. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Vanceburg, p. 529. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 158, 443. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 355, 436. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016131, All County Deaths, File #4301.

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