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Portrait and biographical album of Mecosta County, Mich. containing
portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative
citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the
governors of Michigan and of the presidents of the United States: also
containing a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement
to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1883

Judith Anne Weeks Ancell
April 30, 2011
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COTA, Henry S.
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Henry S. Cota, farmer on section 16, Aetna Tp., was born in Carroll Co.,
Ohio, in 1837.  His parents were born in France, emigrated to the United
States and settled in the Buckeye State, where his father was drowned while
laboring in the river service.

Mr. Cota was in his infancy and his mother bound him to a man named Adam
Hardesty.  He was so very young that he lost all trace of her and does not
know that he has a relative by blood on the earth.  He remained with Mr.
Hardesty until he was 18 years of age, when he was released from his bonds
and found employment in Paulding Co., Ohio, and was there occupied for five
years.

In the fall of ’61 he enlisted in the 68th Ohio Inf., serving three years,
and receiving honorable discharge.  Leaving the army he spent a few months
in Paulding Co., Ohio, and in the spring of 1866 he came to Aetna Tp. and
bought 40 acres of land, which he has increased to 80 acres, with 30 under
the plow.

Mr. Cota was married July 4, 1867, to Isabel, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Woodcock) Shoeck, native of New York.  Mrs. Cota was born

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Feb. 1, 1843.  of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cota four are living,
born as follows:  Rousseau was born June 10, 1868; George W., Dec. 1, 1875;
Milton E., May 12, 187-; Retta E., June 30, 1881.  John born Jan. 21, 1878,
died Oct 10, 1879.

The character and conduct of the life of Mr. Cota have been such as to
secure for him the advantages always accruing to a man of upright and
honorable dealing.

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