William Rufus Cothran

Abt 1844 -

• Name	William Rufus Cothran
  Birth	Abt 1844	Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1880	District 14, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Occupation: Engineer; Marital Status: Widower; Relation to Head of House: Self
  Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran	27 Mar 1916	Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  		Newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times - 27 Mar 1916 - 3 Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran
  Name	Rufus Cothran  [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Reference Number	29877
  Person ID	I29877	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Martha Frances McClure,   b. Abt 1848, Tennessee, USA d. Mar 1880, Maury, Tennessee, USA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1868	Maury, Tennessee, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Martha Frances Cothran,   b. Abt 1876, Greenfield Bend, Maury, Tennessee, USA d. 11 Apr 1950, Lewis, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F19852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1844 - Tennessee, USA Marriage - 3 Jan 1868 - Maury, Tennessee, USA Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran - 27 Mar 1916 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times - 27 Mar 1916 - 3 Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: District 14, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 1271; Page: 390b; Enumeration District: 170. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: District 14, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 1271; Page: 390b; Enumeration District: 170 [S3294] Newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times - 27 Mar 1916 - 3, (Name: Chattanooga Daily Times; Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee; Date: 27 Mar 1916;), Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran 27 Mar 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-drunk-and-disord/195854566/?xid=637 Newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times - 27 Mar 1916 - 3 Drunk and Disorderly - Rufus Cothran [S565] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S622] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), The Maury Genealogist-V 3, No 4 (Nov 1974). U.S., Family History Books The Maury Genealogist-V 3, No 4 (Nov 1974) [S576] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 5. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 5