When John Cottam was born on 5 August 1861, in Ryhope, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Cottam, was 33 and his mother, Ellen Bridget Gallagher, was 29. He married Lillian Rose on 23 June 1891, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Curlew, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 16 October 1929, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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English (Midlands and northern England): variant of Cotton .
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