---OBITUARY - Lewis Cass Cottrell Dies of Heart Failure after an llness of but a few minutes.
"Mr. Cottrell was born Feb. 7, 1829 in the township of Cottrellville where his grandfather had been the first white man to settle. At the age of nineteen he took a position as clerk in the general store of Solomon Gardner, which business he purchased three years later and conducted continuously for 57 year, and up until the time of his death. At the beginning of his business life in 1850 the facilities for transportation were very limited and it became necessary for him to make frequent trips by boat and team to Detroit to obtain goods for his store. He bought and sold furs which were plentiful at that time and dealt to some extent in timber lands and real estate. His life has been one of constant application to business and his methods have always been of the most irrepproachable character. He always contributed generously toward the establishment of the schools and religious institutions of the city and vicinity, and in a quiet way has ofter aided those in need of assistance. In 1851 at the age of 22 he was married to Julia J. Dickinson, Sister of Don M. Dickinson. Three years after her death which occured in 1859 he was married to Hendrina Elspass, who died August 23, of last year (1908). The children who survive him by his first wife are Henry C. and Albert H. Cottrell. Those of his second wife are Misses Louise and Henrietta, and Lewis H., Adolph L., and Arthru D. Cottrell. The bereaved family has the sympathy of all in their deep sorrow. The funeral was held from Holy Cross Church Tuesday morning and was largely attended."
"Mr. Cottrell was born Feb. 7, 1829 in the township of Cottrellville where his grandfather had been the first white man to settle. At the age of nineteen he took a position as clerk in the general store of Solomon Gardner, which business he purchased three years later and conducted continuously for 57 year, and up until the time of his death. At the beginning of his business life in 1850 the facilities for transportation were very limited and it became necessary for him to make frequent trips by boat and team to Detroit to obtain goods for his store. He bought and sold furs which were plentiful at that time and dealt to some extent in timber lands and real estate. His life has been one of constant application to business and his methods have always been of the most irrepproachable character. He always contributed generously toward the establishment of the schools and religious institutions of the city and vicinity, and in a quiet way has ofter aided those in need of assistance. In 1851 at the age of 22 he was married to Julia J. Dickinson, Sister of Don M. Dickinson. Three years after her death which occured in 1859 he was married to Hendrina Elspass, who died August 23, of last year (1908). The children who survive him by his first wife are Henry C. and Albert H. Cottrell. Those of his second wife are Misses Louise and Henrietta, and Lewis H., Adolph L., and Arthru D. Cottrell. The bereaved family has the sympathy of all in their deep sorrow. The funeral was held from Holy Cross Church Tuesday morning and was largely attended."
---OBITUARY - Lewis Cass Cottrell Dies of Heart Failure after an llness of but a few minutes.
"Mr. Cottrell was born Feb. 7, 1829 in the township of Cottrellville where his grandfather had been the first white man to settle. At the age of nineteen he took a position as clerk in the general store of Solomon Gardner, which business he purchased three years later and conducted continuously for 57 year, and up until the time of his death. At the beginning of his business life in 1850 the facilities for transportation were very limited and it became necessary for him to make frequent trips by boat and team to Detroit to obtain goods for his store. He bought and sold furs which were plentiful at that time and dealt to some extent in timber lands and real estate. His life has been one of constant application to business and his methods have always been of the most irrepproachable character. He always contributed generously toward the establishment of the schools and religious institutions of the city and vicinity, and in a quiet way has ofter aided those in need of assistance. In 1851 at the age of 22 he was married to Julia J. Dickinson, Sister of Don M. Dickinson. Three years after her death which occured in 1859 he was married to Hendrina Elspass, who died August 23, of last year (1908). The children who survive him by his first wife are Henry C. and Albert H. Cottrell. Those of his second wife are Misses Louise and Henrietta, and Lewis H., Adolph L., and Arthru D. Cottrell. The bereaved family has the sympathy of all in their deep sorrow. The funeral was held from Holy Cross Church Tuesday morning and was largely attended."
"Mr. Cottrell was born Feb. 7, 1829 in the township of Cottrellville where his grandfather had been the first white man to settle. At the age of nineteen he took a position as clerk in the general store of Solomon Gardner, which business he purchased three years later and conducted continuously for 57 year, and up until the time of his death. At the beginning of his business life in 1850 the facilities for transportation were very limited and it became necessary for him to make frequent trips by boat and team to Detroit to obtain goods for his store. He bought and sold furs which were plentiful at that time and dealt to some extent in timber lands and real estate. His life has been one of constant application to business and his methods have always been of the most irrepproachable character. He always contributed generously toward the establishment of the schools and religious institutions of the city and vicinity, and in a quiet way has ofter aided those in need of assistance. In 1851 at the age of 22 he was married to Julia J. Dickinson, Sister of Don M. Dickinson. Three years after her death which occured in 1859 he was married to Hendrina Elspass, who died August 23, of last year (1908). The children who survive him by his first wife are Henry C. and Albert H. Cottrell. Those of his second wife are Misses Louise and Henrietta, and Lewis H., Adolph L., and Arthru D. Cottrell. The bereaved family has the sympathy of all in their deep sorrow. The funeral was held from Holy Cross Church Tuesday morning and was largely attended."
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