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Although Silas was over fifty years old, he served the Union in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. B. 9th W.Va. Infantry at Spencer, VA (WV) February 9, 1863 with his sons.[Spradling Family.FTW]
More About Silas Cottrell: Date born 2: 1807, Kanawha Co., (W)VA.2580, 2581 Date born 3: Feb 1807, Ohio Co, Virginia.2581 Died 2: 30 Nov 1886, Beech Fork, Calhoun Co., WV.2582, 2583 Died 3: 30 Nov 1886, Oka, Calhoun Co, West Virginia.2583 Military service 1: 09 Feb 1863, enlisted in Co. B 9th WV Infantry @Spencer, WVwith his sons (Union).2583 Military service 2: 09 Feb 1863, Co. B. 9th W.Va. Infantry Civil War.2584, 2585 Occupation: 1880, Farmer - Washington, Calhoun, West Virginia.2585
More About Silas Cottrell and Sabra Cox: Marriage 1: 01 Jan 1832, West Fork, Kanawha Co., (W)VA.2586, 2587, 2588 Marriage 2: 01 Jan 1832, West Fork, Kanawha, Virginia, USA.
Children of Silas Cottrell and Sabra Cox are:
+William Perry Cottrell, b. 17 Jun 1836, Oka, Calhoun, West Virginia, USA, d. 04 Nov 1919, Oka, Calhoun, West Virginia, USA.