Heber & Asineth Cottam

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

HEBER CHARLES & ASINETH JARVIS COTTAM

(carpenter)

BIOGRAPHY

Their daughter, Lea (sometimes spelled Leah), was one of the victims of the Escalante Oil Well explosion on 3/6/1935.
For a narrative of that event, see Pages 26-45 of the "Biographies and Autobiographies of
Heber Charles and Asineth Jarvis Cottam and Their Ancestors" book referenced below.


FAMILY

Heber's Parents and Siblings:
    Alma Cottam
    Elizabeth "Bessie" Spark Foster Cottam  
        Edward Alma Cottam
        Evalyna "Eva" Cottam
        Heber Charles Cottam
        Archibald Cottam
        William Osborne Cottam
        Ann Amelia Cottam
        Thamszon Celene Cottam
        George Elmer Cottam
        Elizabeth "Bess" "Bessie" Cottam

(9/15/1855-6/15/1925)   (married 4/10/1880)
(7/21/1855-12/24/1943or1944)
(1/10/1881-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(8/2/1883-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(1/8/1885-4/28/1948)   (married Asineth Jarvis)
(9/29/1887-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(11/13/1888or1889-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(2/18/1891-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(11/28/1893-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(12/1/1894-xx/xx/1918)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(10/14/1898-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Asineth's Parents and Siblings:
    Brigham Young Jarvis
    Mary Forsyth Jarvis
        Mary Jarvis
        Christine Jarvis
        Brigham Jarvis Jr.
        Erastus Leon Jarvis
        Ethel Jarvis
        Thomas Forsyth Jarvis
        Mabel Forsyth Jarvis
        Asineth Jarvis
        William J. Jarvis
        Ellen Jarvis
        Josephine Jarvis
        Vilate Jarvis


(10/20/1850-9/15/1933)   (married 1/11/1877)
(3/28/1857-11/27/1938)
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(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(11/6/1890-1/19/1996)   (married Heber Charles Cottam)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)

Heber & Asineth's Family:
    Heber Charles Cottam
    Asineth Jarvis Cottam
        Lea Cottam
        Alma Cottam
        Iris Cottam
        Jean Cottam
        Elizabeth Cottam
        Lester George Cottam
        Heber Calvin Cottam
        Ellen Raye Cottam


(1/8/1885-4/28/1948)   (married 3/17/1910)
(11/6/1890-1/19/1996)
(12/7/1910-3/7/1935)
(8/19/1912-xx/xx/1989)   (married Merideth Naomi Melville)
(10/6/1914-3/31/2004)   (married Glenn Bayles Orton)
(11/20/1916-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Eben Lee Singleton)
(7/19/1919-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Neil Hortt Adams)
(10/25/1921-5/4/1989)   (married Lorna Little)
(1/6/1926-11/9/1997)   (married Georgia Loraine Prisbrey)
(12/24/1928-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Mervin "R" Brown)


PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

Biographies and Autobiographies of Heber Charles and Asineth Jarvis Cottam and Their Ancestors

Geni entry for Heber Charles Cottam

Lea Cottam obituary
Washington County News,   March 14, 1935,   Page 4

Find-A-Grave entry for Leah Cottam