| − | 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= | + | 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 Davis (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham Sr. (1915–1991), a [[United States Navy]] commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106542409/claybrook-cottingham#view-photo=200883748|title=Dr. Claybrook Cottingham|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref> | + | 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 Davis (born 1913), and Claybrook Baker Cottingham Sr. (1915–1991), a [[United States Navy]] commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106542409/claybrook-cottingham#view-photo=200883748|title=Dr. Claybrook Cottingham|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref> |
| | 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/> | | 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/> |