James Laurence Cotter

1818 - 1899  (81 years)

• Name	James Laurence Cotter
  Birth	cir 1818	Belfast (?), Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1848	McGillivray Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1870	Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA
  Find a Grave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34298001/james_laurence_cotter
  Death	17 Apr 1899	Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA
  		James Cotter Springfield (Ohio) Republic-Times, 18 April 1899
  Burial	19 Apr 1899	Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Section L, Lot 242
  		James Laurence Cotter Plot: Section L, Lot 242
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Margaret Cotter,   b. 13 May 1813, Dublin, Ireland, or Sussex, England d. 28 Sep 1869, Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 56 years) ▻ Patrick Conway,  m. cir 1831   2. George Sackville Cotter,   b. cir 1816   d. 1863, Clark County, Ohio, USA  (Age 47 years) ▻ Ann Brophy,  m. 26 Aug 1844   3. James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA  (Age 81 years) ▻ Anna Maria Harrison,  m. 6 Oct 1849 ;   Ann Brophy,  m. 12 Oct 1866   4. Lydia A. Cotter,   b. cir 1820 ▻ John Stephenson,  m. 24 Apr 1848   5. John Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1822   d. 1 Dec 1853, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years) ▻ Jane Sholdice,  m. 22 Nov 1847   6. Annabella M. Cotter,   b. cir 1824 ▻ John Berry;   Amos E. Barber,  m. 27 Jul 1869   7. A. Cotter,   b. cir 1834
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of Rogers Cotter and Katherine Hamilton)
  1. Kate Hamilton Cotter,   b. 3 Nov 1839, Canada d. 5 Nov 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 71 years) ▻ Egbert Clark Leach,  m. 11 Mar 1859
  Notes	James L. Cotter emigrated to Ontario, Canada, in 1835 with his father, and he later settled in the Park Hill, Ontario, area. In the "History of Middlesex County," James is listed as a warden and pathmaster for the year 1845. He is recorded as having owned land in Middlesex County, Ontario. The land was in McGillivray Township, Lot 23, Concession 9, and was purchased on 17 Dec 1842. His brother, George, purchased the neighboring lot, No. 22, on the same day; their brother, John, purchased Lot No. 20 on 18 Mar 1844 . However, James Cotter is also listed on the 28 September 1837 map of McGillivray Township as owning that same lot number. James Cotter appears in the 1848 census of Canada West (Ontario). He is listed on page 3, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County. Around 1848, James Cotter moved to Clark County, Ohio. He filed a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization in Clark County, Ohio, on 20 March 1861, but apparently never completed the naturalization process. At the time of the 1850 census, James and Maria (name given as Mary in the census) were living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. James' age was given as 26, and his occupation was sawyer. Maria's age was given as 25. At the time of the 1860 census, the family was living in German Township, Clark County, Ohio. Included in the census is Anna Cotter, aged 66. He is listed in the 1880 census of Clark County, Ohio. James Cotter was a member of The Champion City Guard, Company A, Seventh Infantry, Ohio National Guard, during the Civil War. He purchased land from William T. Haley in the city of Springfield, Ohio, on 13 July 1855, and from James T. Warder on 14 December 1870, in Springfield Township. Around 1881, the James Cotter family moved to Illinois, settling near Claremont in Richland County. James Cotter purchased land from Robert B. and Ellen Patrick in Richland County, on 27 November 1882. The property is described in the deed as the northwest fourth of the southeast quarter of Section 26, township 4, North Range (numbered 14 west), "containing 40 acres, more or less." The property was sold by his heirs to Mary Cotter Melrose, James's daughter, for $800 on 28 November 1902, following the death of James's second wife in August 1902. James is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, in Lot 242 of Section L. This plot was purchased by Ann Cotter on 18 April 1899.
  Person ID	i695	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Dr. Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1786, County West Meathe, Ireland d. 1847, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Arabella Lyon,   b. cir 1794, Ireland
  Marriage	13 Nov 1810	St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland
  Family ID	F437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1849	Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Barbara Elizabeth Cotter,   b. 10 Dec 1852, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Aug 1925, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)   2. James S. Cotter,   b. 10 Jun 1854, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Feb 1933, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)   3. Mary Jane Cotter,   b. 17 Oct 1857, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 4 Feb 1931, Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA (Age 73 years)   4. William Harrison Cotter,   b. 22 Jul 1858, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 11 Sep 1941, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years)   5. Simon Kenton Cotter,   b. 9 May 1860, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 9 Jul 1948 (Age 88 years)   6. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 8 Apr 1862, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 14 Nov 1940, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1866	Clark County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Children	1. John L. Cotter,   b. cir 1868   2. Mary Emma Cotter,   b. 19 Aug 1869   d. 27 Mar 1956, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F3748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1818 - Belfast (?), Ireland Residence - 1848 - McGillivray Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 6 Oct 1849 - Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 12 Oct 1866 - Clark County, Ohio, USA Census - 1870 - Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA Death - 17 Apr 1899 - Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA Burial - 19 Apr 1899 - Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show	2 Photos
  	This man is possibly James L. Cotter (cir 1818-1899)
  	James L. Cotter (possibly) There is no proof that this is James L. Cotter. The image is on a postcard, and based on the stamp box on the reverse, the postcard was created between 1904 and 1918. The approximately 1/2" margin around the photo may indicate a date of around 1915. Although probably printed around that time, the photograph itself may be from an earlier date. It is attributed to James Cotter because his granddaughter, Mayme Kohn MacGruder Comer, who never knew him, said that she thought it was her grandfather.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show	9 Documents
  	James and Ann Cotter marriage.jpg
  	James L. Cotter naturalization record.jpg
  	James Cotter in 1860 Clark County census
  	James Cotter in 1880 Clark County census
  	Marriage Record of James Cotter and Maria Harris Clark County, Ohio, Probate and Juvenile Court
  	Richland County, Illinois, Board of Supervisors This listing of payments by the Board includes $9 paid to James L. Cotter for boarding a pauper. The Olney Advocate, 17 September 1897
  	Marriage Record of James Cotter and Maria Harris (or Anna Maria Harrison?) Clark County, Ohio
  	Clark County, Ohio, USA, Deed On 29 January 1859, James L. and Anna Maria Cotter sold a lot in Clark County which they had purchased on 13 July 1855.
  	Marriage Announcement of James Cotter and Ann Brophy Cotter Springfield (Ohio) Daily Republic 12 October 1866

  
  

  Histories

  Cotter Manuscript Manuscript 711 from the National Library of Ireland This manuscript, which relates the history of the Cotter family over several generations, may be the manuscript referred to by G. de P. Cotter, Sc.D. (Dublin) in his edited version of a Cotter family history written by Rev. Charles Purcell Cotter. The main source of information for Rev. Cotter's work was a "manuscript book partly in Irish and partly in English, which was, at the time of his writing the history, in the possession of Sir James L. Cotter, fourth Baronet, of Rockforest". G. de P. Cotter goes on to say that "the present whereabouts of the manuscript alluded to by Mr. C.P. Cotter as 'Family MS.' is unknown to me. Some years ago I was told by the late William Cotter Stubbs, Barrister-at-Law, Dublin (son of the late Rev. J.W. Stubbs, F.T.C.D., Trinity College, Dublin, who married Catharine Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter, formerly Rector of Donoughmore, Co. Cork...)that, when Rockforest was sold by the late Sir J.L. cotter, fifth Baronet, in 1916, the library and furniture were auctioned off. Amongst the books sold was, he said, one MS. book, partly in Irish and partly in English, which was bought by a gentleman whose name I never ascertained, but who held some Government appointment in Dublin."

  
  

  Maps

  Clark and Champaign Counties, Ohio, cir 1914

  
  

  Family Archives

  Cotter family ring This family ring may have belonged to Barbara Elizabeth Cotter Kohn, one of her brothers, or her father. It is supposedly a Cotter family ring, but the design on the front is difficult to discern, and the initials inside the ring (apparently GWW) are obviously not those of a Cotter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. [S17] Clark County, Ohio, Probate Court Marriage Records.