Died after after about age 34
in Caddo, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Manuel Cottonreader is a part of US Black heritage.
Manuel was born about 1846 in Alabama. He is the son of Willis Cottonreader.
Emanuel Cottonreader married Frances Walker on 31 Jan 1870 in Caddo, Louisiana.[1]
The 1870 census of Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana reported Manuel Cottonreader 24 M B farmer b. AL and Frances Walker Cottonreader 21 F B b. LA in the household of Willis 66 and Adelia 33 Cottonreader.[2]
Perhaps, the marriage did not suit them, for a Francis Walker B F 30 b. LA appeared in the 1880 census of Fifth Ward, Landry, Louisiana as a servant in the household of E. J. Goings W M 44 saddler b. LA.[3]
On 3 Feb 1874, Emanuel Cottonreader married Laura Rabia in Harrison, Texas,[4] after a marriage license dated 20 Jan 1874.[5]
The 1880 census of 6th Ward, Caddo, Louisiana reported E. T. Cottonreader B M 34 school teacher b. AL and Laura N. Cottonreader Mu F 29 keeping house b. TX, with Emory B M 6 and Mitty B F 4.[6]
Emanuel T. Cottonreader apparently died after the 1880 census and before 1900, probably in Caddo, Louisiana.
Sources
↑Marriage:
"Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925" Ancestry Record 7837 #114194 (accessed 15 February 2023)
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Ward 5, Caddo, Louisiana; Roll: M593_508; Page: 434A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #30581667 (accessed 14 February 2023)
↑1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: 5th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana; Roll: 470; Page: 293C; Enumeration District: 043 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #9762981 (accessed 14 February 2023)
↑Marriage:
"Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965"
Marriage Records. Texas Marriages. Texas State Library and Archives Commission and various county clerk offices, Texas Ancestry Record 61383 #900393254 (accessed 14 February 2023)
↑Marriage:
"Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965"
Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1012464 Ancestry Record 60183 #813285 (accessed 14 February 2023)
↑1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: 6th Ward, Caddo, Louisiana; Roll: 449; Page: 268A; Enumeration District: 016 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #8559283 (accessed 14 February 2023)
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