Cumberland County, Maine - Charles B. Cotton
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Biography
Charles B. Cotton
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 243


Charles B. Cotton, an enterprising and progressive agriculturist of Gorham, is a
native of this town, the date of his birth being November 5, 1836. His father,
William Cotton, born in 1801, was a lifelong resident of Gorham, being the
second son of John and Elizabeth (Chase) Cotton, members of the farming
community.

William Cotton industriously followed for many years his trade of cooper, but
subsequently engaged in tilling the soil, living on a farm during his last days.
He married Maria, daughter of Joseph Sturgis, of Gorham; and they reared two
children, Charles B. and Howard. The parents were members of the Baptist church,
and the father was a Republican in politics. Both lived beyond the appointed
seventy years of man's life, the father dying in 1876, and the mother in 1885.
Howard, the younger son, born in December, 1843, is a resident of Cumberland
Mills and an active member of the Republican party. He married Hannah E.,
daughter of Daniel Billings, of this town; and they have four children - Helen
L., Carroll H., Maria A., and Ralph H. His wife and eldest daughter are members
of the Methodist church.

Charles B. Cotton obtained his education in the place of his nativity, and was
subsequently engaged in teaching for several terms, being an instructor in
schools at Standish, Windham, and Gorham. Since that time, however, he has given
his time and attention to agriculture in its various branches. Much of his land
is under cultivation, and his farm is well stocked and well equipped for
carrying on his extensive business after the most approved modern methods. His
apiary, containing about one hundred and seventy hives of bees, yields him vast
quantities of honey, which he markets in Portland and adjoining towns. He has a
choice dairy, from which he manufactures a superior quality of butter, selling
it to regular family customers.

Mr. Cotton was married October 25, 1862, to Lizzie E. Douglas, daughter of
Freedom Douglas, of Gorham, where her birth occurred September 1, 1845. Of the
eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cotton, seven are living - Elmer S., Charles
S., Bertha, William, Inez C., Walter M., and Ernest L. Elmer S. Cotton, born
March 30, 1863, married in 1886 May T., daughter of Edmund Clement, of
Cumberland Mills; and their only child is a son, Edmund C., born August 30,
1890. Charles S. Cotton was born March 5, 1866. Bertha, born February 9, 1871,
is the wife of Dr. Bertelle F. Worthing, of Augusta. William Cotton was born
February 20, 1873. Inez C. was born November 30, 1875. Walter M. was born June
.10, 1879. Ernest L. was horn January 22, 1881. In politics Mr. Cotton is
independent, having the courage of his convictions, voting for the best men and
measures irrespective of party lines. In religious matters he exercises the same
right of private judgment, being in faith a strong Second Adventist.