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==Family and legacy==
==Family and legacy==
On June 8, 1904, Cottingham married the former Myrtle Baker of Mount Lebanon, daughter of the merchant J. L. Baker and the former Mary Williamson. Their children were Mary Virginia (born 1906), Margaret Drew (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham, Sr. (1915–1991). A Cottingham grandson, C. B. Cottingham, Jr. (1943–2008), who served in both the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] during the 1970s,<ref>Claybrook B. Cottingham, Jr., obituary, Singleton Funeral Home, Glen Burnie, [[Maryland]], accessed December 19, 2010</ref> died at the age of sixty-five, a resident of Hanover in Anne Arundel County, [[Maryland]]. Claybrook and Myrtle Cottinghams are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville. A Baptist deacon, Cottingham was from 1914 to 1916, the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He was also a director of Rotary International from 1930 to 1931.<ref name=lahist/>
On June 8, 1904, Cottingham married the former Myrtle Baker (1889-1965) of Mount Lebanon, daughter of the merchant Jesse Lewis Baker (1850-1918) and the former Mary Smith Williamson (1860-1902).<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156461243/myrtle-cottingham|title=Myrtle Baker Cottingham|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref> Their children were Mary Virginia Majors (1907-1967, Margaret Drew (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham, Sr. (1915–1991). A Cottingham grandson, C. B. Cottingham, Jr. (1943–2008), who served in both the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] during the 1970s,<ref>Claybrook B. Cottingham, Jr., obituary, Singleton Funeral Home, Glen Burnie, [[Maryland]], accessed December 19, 2010</ref> died at the age of sixty-five, a resident of Hanover in Anne Arundel County, [[Maryland]]. Claybrook and Myrtle Cottinghams are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville. A Baptist deacon, Cottingham was from 1914 to 1916, the president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He was also a director of Rotary International from 1930 to 1931.<ref name=lahist/>
Lynn Edward May, Jr., wrote an unpublished dissertation on Cottingham entitled "Claybrook Cottingham: A Study of His Life and Work."<ref name=lahist/>
Lynn Edward May, Jr., wrote an unpublished dissertation on Cottingham entitled "Claybrook Cottingham: A Study of His Life and Work."<ref name=lahist/>