Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #238 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 17-18, 1918
Deceased Person Wesley Fletcher Cotton
Birth x
Death 1/11/1918; at his home in Coleman, Md. Funeral services in Union Methodist Episcopal Church Coleman, Md. Interred in church cemetery at Coleman, Md.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Rec'd rudiments of education in public school at Coleman. Graduated Lincoln University 1888. Principal of Public School at Fruitland, Md 1889. Doctorate of Sacred Theology conferred in 1904 from Lincoln. Taught Mathematics and Languages in Princess Anne Academy. Charges: Salisbury Circuit; Union, Md; Milford, Del; Magnolia, N. J.; Germantown, Pa; Zoar, Philadephia Wilmington Districts (Superintendent); Haven, Wilmingron. Retired 1915.
Family and Other Information Spouse: Jennie E. Caulk of Baltimore, Md md 10/10/1894.
Online PDF Page Number (if available) pdf 109
Photo availbility? Yes

If you are citing this record, please use the following format:

[Author (if known)], Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950, [Date (if known)], Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva’s Black History, Nabb Research Center, Salisbury University.

Pinned records can be viewed at any time by clicking the More menu in the top right corner of the page, then selecting My Pinned Records.