b: New Albany- Harrison Co IN; d: Mt Carmel; s/of William G Cotner* & Margaret Rice*; m: 22 Nov 1918 Esther Virginia Vaughn (18 Mar 1899 IN d/of James W. Vaughn ca 1863 IN & Minnie McGinnis ca 1874 IA); divorced by 1940? but still lists Esther as contact in 1942; res: 1917-20 Terra Haute IN 1930-42 Mt Carmel.
COTNER, Edna Almira (Adrian) 22 Oct 1892 - 25 Nov 1976 ()
b: IN; d/of ? Adrian & Minnie (Mar 1867 IN m2: Fred L. Hisgen); m: Muriell Cotner*; res: 1900 Pigeon- Vanderburgh Co IN 1910 Evansville IN
COTNER, Margaret Celesta (Rice) 5 Aug 1867 - 7 May 1956 ()
b: Harrison Co IN; Mt Carmel; d/of Henry Rice (22 Nov 1841 Butler Co PA s/of Simon Rice & Susan Kirker) & Catherine Jones; m: William G. Cotner*; listed as head of family 1940 Mt Carmel.
COTNER, Murrell Talmadge 7 Feb 1893 - 24 Aug 1958 ()
b: Elizabeth - Harrison IN; d: Mt Carmel; s/of William Grant Cotner* & Margaret Celesta Rice*; m: 29 Nov 1911 Evansville IN Edna Almyra Adrian*; ch: Marilyn Ruth* (1923 m: John S Maidlow) & Murrell Adrian (m: Marion J. Southam) & & William Edgar (22 Feb 1921 E. St. Louis IL-22 Sep 1997 Lebanon IN m: Katherine Sanney).
COTNER, William Grant 16 Nov 1867 - 17 May 1934 ()
b: Elizabeth - Harrison IN; d: Mt. Carmel; s/of David F. Cotner (3 April 1845 Laconia IN-23 Feb 1918 Corydon IN) & Emily Catherine Davis (2 May 1843 Harrison IN-23 Sep 1916 Elizabeth IN); m: 1 May 1891 Floyd Co. IN Margaret Celesta Rice*; m2: Annie Chappel; res: 1900 Black Twp. Posey Co. IN; ch: Henry & Charles Edgar & Murrell Talmadge* (1893) & Forest (3 June 1889 IN-Aug 1967 IN) & Morris Sr.(Jun 1889 IN-Jul 1965 Decatur IL) Cora Lucille (24 Jan 1900 m: 21 Oct 1923 Edgar E. Alka) & William Grant II (8 Apr 1902 Fairfield IL- 5 Jan 1951 Mt. Carmel m: Willie Calvin Smith both buried Rose Hill). Note: William left Margaret & started new family.
