Onan Quinn Cotman
(1894-1918)
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SS Leviathan
Private Onan Quinn Cotman
Private Onan Quinn Cotman, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Onan Quinn Cotman's brother, Delmar Ward Cotman
335 Dayton Ave., Springfield, OH, address given at WWI draft registration
Onan Quinn Cotman
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 3/21/1894, Portland, Indiana
Birth: 3/21/1894, Portland, Indiana
Address: 2638 E. 68th St., Cleveland, Ohio per military record and 335 Dayton Ave., Springfield, OH per draft registration
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single [married later - see below]; Black [race also noted as Mulatto]; native-born citizen; occupation Brickmason at Kelly Road Roller Co., Springfield, OH [O.S. Kelly Co. founded 1902 and by 1910 was the largest producer of road rollers in the country, later named Buffalo-Springfield after a merger and inspired the name of the 1960s band]
Marriage: married 12/17/1917 to Edith Mae [?Cox or Campbell] Cotman Kilgore (1885-1966); son Onan Quinn Cotman, Jr. born 3/26/1919 (1919-1961); by 1950 son listed occupation as Brickmason; wife remarried to Paul Kilgore
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/22/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/22/1918; Private
Service Number: 3545311
Deployment: 9/29/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan
Action:
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Marcy-l'Etoile, Rhone, France; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Marcy-l'Etoile, Rhone, France; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France, Block C Row 3 Grave 19 [no gravestone photograph]
Burial: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France, Block C Row 3 Grave 19 [no gravestone photograph]
Next of Kin: not recorded
Additional Information: Father: Richard Clark Cotman (1870-1962), born Indiana, occupation Stonemason at Richard C. & Sons, Springfield, OH; Mother: Laura Belle Smith Cotman (1866-1927), born Ohio; Son: Onan Quinn Cotman, Jr. (1919-1961) who was born 5 months after his father Private Onan Quinn Cotman died in WWI; Siblings: Blanche (1887-1965); Rufus James Cotman (1892-1930) who served in WWI and was honorably discharged; Adam, Emeral Earl Cotman (1897-1970)) who served in WWI and was honorably discharged; Vada Cotman Ross (1900-1968); Clifton; Delmar Ward Cotman (1910-1994). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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