Onan Quinn Cotman
(1894-1918)
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SS Leviathan
Private Onan Quinn Cotman
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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