Donated by Joan M Benner and Hilda Skerven © 2001
Cottonville Cemetery Transcription Completed October 18, 2001
Cottonville Cemetery is located in Section 6, Preston Township, and is also known as Billings Cemetery. The cemetery is located on an un-named dead-end gravel road North of Cottonville Road and the northeast corner of 13th Drive in Section 6, Preston Township. It overlooks the southeast shore of Big Roche A Cri Lake. Cemetery was copied working from the west to the east, row 1 beginning near the southwest edge of the cemetery. Don't forget to check this link for your surname of interest: Adams Co Message Board*Special Thanks to Deb and Shari, fellow Wisconsin County Coordinators, for teaching me the techniques to format this virtual cemetery for the Adams pages*
Row 1 COTTON Elmon died 3 July 1865, son of WA & MB Cotton, aged 2 years and 3 months COTTON Melinda B died September 15, 1863, wife of WA Cotton, aged 24 years and 10 months BILLINGS Doris 1933 - 1933 BILLINGS Chester G 1915 - 1915 BILLINGS Jasper 1904 - 1904 BILLINGS Family Marker BILLINGS Ernest L 1860 - 1904 Ernest Lincoln Billings Obituary Row 2 FALK Conrad J 1925 - (blank), ossw Dorothea, married July 19, 1947 FALK Dorothea E 1927 - (blank), ossw Conrad, married July 19, 1947 McCARTNEY Samuel died 27 April 1851, aged 34 years AMES Polly died 6 January 1866 "In Memory of Polly Ames who died on January 6, 1866, aged 71 years, 11 months and 13 days." Gordie Klaus transcribed this stone in Sept. 2005. There is a foot stone and there doesn't appear to be a headstone, however, about two inches under the ground I found the Ames stone. Row 3 FALK Henry 1912 - 1913 FALK Henry Fred 1919- ? Row 4 GARDNER Family Marker GARDNER Oliver 4 March 1811 - 17 Nov 1904 GARDNER Emeline 1834 - 1917 mother GARDNER Mary E 1859 - 1922 COTTON Emulous died 12 Dec 1888 aged 77 years Emulous Cotton Obituary COTTON Caroline L died March 10, 1884, wife of EP Cotton, aged 54 years Caroline Cotton Obituary COTTON Little Anna died 9 March 1862 (or 1867?), dau of EP & CL Cotton COTTON Anna B died 17 October 1867, wife of EP Cotton, aged 43 years and 6 months COTTON Jared died 16 March 1891, son of EP & CL Cotton, aged 23 years 9 months and 5 days Jeddie B. Cotton Obituary Row 5 CALKINS Delbert C 19 October 1861 - 21 August 1938 MAFFIT Robert Alfred 26 April 1923 - 24 June 1998 PFC US Army WWII MAFFIT Grace L See Obituary 1903 - 1967, ossw Alfred W MAFFIT Alfred W 1903 - 1945, ossw Grace L. Row 6 HENRIKSEN Unknown HENRIKSEN Connie 1913 -1913 Unknown (Infant?) Unknown recent burial within the last 2 years, no marker, possibly an infant Row 7 CONNELL Richard F 1927 - 1999 ossw Delores E, WWII Veteran CONNELL Delores E 1927 - (blank)
Burials or Tombstones Since Oct 2001ANDERSON Robert March 26, 1937 - May 12, 2002 US Navy Veteran Source: Daily Tribune [Wisconsin Rapids, Wood Co., WI], Tuesday May 14, 2002 WITTENBERG Walter W. Jr. April 25, 1924 - August 18, 2001 Source: Adams County Times, August 22 2001, Page 6B If you have information about other Adams County cemeteries, please let Joan know about them so they can be added to these pages.
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