Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameEber Ward COTTRELL 
3770
3770Birth17 Feb 1841, Cottrellville, St. Clair, Michigan5030
Death20 Apr 1933, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio5030 Age: 92
BurialWoodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan5030
MemoServices at St. Paul’s Cathedral
FatherCapt. George H. COTTRELL (1816-1907)
MotherSubmit WARD (1819-1902)
Individual Notes
• Their son Eber Ward Cottrell was the politician.
Eber Ward Cottrell patterned his life after that of Eber Brock Ward...very aggressively pursued wealth and the friendship of notable persons in late 1800 Detroit. A period of dynamic history in that city. A most fascinating search and study!5010
• He served as land commissioner for the Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad Company from 1889 to 1921, member of State Legislature, two terms, 1879 and 1881, owned two fruit and livestock farms in Greenfield MI for many years.5030
Eber Ward Cottrell patterned his life after that of Eber Brock Ward...very aggressively pursued wealth and the friendship of notable persons in late 1800 Detroit. A period of dynamic history in that city. A most fascinating search and study!5010
• He served as land commissioner for the Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad Company from 1889 to 1921, member of State Legislature, two terms, 1879 and 1881, owned two fruit and livestock farms in Greenfield MI for many years.5030
Spouses
Marriage12 Nov 18685030
Family Notes
• 4 children.5030