The sun., 1892-12-06
MRS. ABIGAIL COTTON DEAD.
TIE DEATH ar nKR SON GKN
COTTON, REcA kLED.

Ahe IgaI lscen Insnnc mr. Ten Years. nnd
I1cr DauShter's Recent Death J. said %
Have Been Due TO Hcr Vtolence-Hcr
Nurse I.nys Claim TO tho C"iton Fortune.
The death OF Mrs. Abigail T.. Cotton on We'd
nosdAy last 81 her residencc at A5T West 161st
street recalls q family history ,rplcto In for
tu.e and Iis.s,or. as wAs related oy an iEti-
mate friend OF til. family last night.
Mrs. Cotton died after n series OF con-
vulsiona. which began OH the Sunday previous.
She had been attended by Miss Jennie Man Of
575 West 1h5tb street who for many years
had been the ireni of Mis-. Colton's daughter.
Matte. who diod OH Nov. OF :lis ycur.
Mrs. Cotton was tho mother nf Con. Daniel
Doughty Cotton. vino was associated with
Coils i. Huntington. Senator Stanford. and
other California mon who wore Interested in
Southern Pacific Railroad nlattors.
Daniel Doughty Cotton died In California In
1878 AS to how he died the accounts differ
He was born In Naino and went to Galesburf.
III. His father gave him college education.
and 5ack In the forties ho gave the young
man good outft with which to reach Califor-
mia. During the trcublous times following the
year 1870 Mr. Cotton took an active part In
tho public affairs. and WHOM ho was only
10 lie swore that he was q. and was
made Sheriff Of tho county In which San
Francisco was ut that timo situated. In tho
early nftics he seconded David Broderick In
his duel with David Terry. who wns killed u
sW lsSt sso stsnhso Shs ga After
Ss S married ri nfa Ms, wh's H rStarn %
ested in RAILROAD affairs and acquired great
wealth. He had two daughters. Carrie and
at MS ns t%Ge AHs nsr y.s sn1 ts hm s'i
Willis his wife and his daaghters were in
ceired word that Mr. Cotton had had an HCcl-
dent They started for California. and at Chi
ns at her ther M"s dss M Geon
from injuries received by being thrown from II
saysr In prSl 81 h" S s wS to ns W
AS her love and affection, dictated. and ior hi;
mother II and sister us her Judgment Dictated
A,is time Of hsr sons death Mrs. Cotton
was living in the East. Not having heard from
ay Sy ;S Mark s'%s 's for sG vas9 In:
I,riMo,hy Tin Hopkirs;: thjinE. That Affected ted
s Es' sltsst s Ihsd
and he'nsd her 70 care ;or her noth"r.,
Yho widow Of VI Seton sail ,hnt she had
coon I'D Rd's mot o. wish TO To- law lt she
was induced to do 20 by her friends.
and the case went through ths iCaliior:
Miss Cotton attended. went West md made in
NfStlSutlpuS LOT tne no
less than sioo.000., Mrs. Cotton. the widow Of
Mr. Cotton. Is now living in Paris.
Three yenrs ago Miss Cotton rented tho
house at 457 West l5lst street. and moved
there. he windows OF the rooms in which
her mother lived were grated. and the doors
between the rooms were also grated SO that u
person in an adjoining room could see what
Mrs. Cotton was doing, Tho daughter died
after a sickness Of 10 days from eritonitis:
brought about. think. from injuries inflicted
There il u report. Miss Man. said tho re-
porter. that on her deaf bed MISS Cotton
made n will leaving to you her fortune. $780,
600 on condition that you tako care Of her
That is not true" replied Miss Man.
There was no condition about IT. ! took
care OF her merely in the fullment OF our
promise thnt We would care for each others
mothers. The amount 10 also exagger4ted
Cotton made a will in which it was all left 7?
me. and it was not conditional that should
care Tor her mother. Mr.. Coils p. Huntington
is one Of the executors"
Mr.. Huntington WAS dis Inclined to talk
about Mr.. Cotton and the circumstances at
tending his death. When asked If it WAS true
that Mr.. Cotton had been shot in house
thoughtful!y:, There are certain pages that
be benefited"
Mr.. Huntington declined to tell whether
Miss Cotton had left her property to Miss Man.
He said that he had been Interested In Miss
Coton's behalf, and that in helping to settle
tho affairs OF Mr.. Cotton he had paid S20O.O 900
for some OF Mr.. Coton's California property.