Herman Alton Cothran

1918 - 1986  (68 years)

• Name	Herman Alton Cothran  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	10 Jul 1918	Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1940	Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Nella
  Census	1950	Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Nella
  Death	30 Aug 1986  [1]
  Burial	Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, Lake, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I29889	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Nella Scott,   b. 18 Jul 1921, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Jan 2013, Brook, Newton, Indiana, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1938	LaPorte, Trigg, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F13348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 10 Jul 1918 - Kentucky, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Nella - 1940 - Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Nella - 1950 - Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hammond, Lake, India. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hammond, Lake, India [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 158. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 158 [S4843] Legacy: Obituary of Nella Cathran •Jan 2013, (Name: The Enterprise; Location: Newton County; Date: 16 Jan 2013;), Nella Scott Cothran -- Publication Date: 14/ Feb/ 2013; Publication Place: West Frankfort, Indiana Published by Newton County Enterprise from Jan. 16 to Feb. 14, 2013. Nella Cothran, 91, of Brook, formerly of LaPorte, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 at 12:25 a.m. at the George Ade Memorial Health Care Center in Brook. She was born July 18, 1921, in Golden Pond, Ky., to the late Alvin and Tempie Lee Dixon Scott. On May 21, 1938, she married Herman Alton Cothran in Cadiz, Ky. He preceded her in death in May 1986 in LaPorte. Mrs. Cothran was a homemaker and a volunteer at LaPorte Hospital. Surviving are two sons, Wm. Glenn (Vivian) Cothran of Brook, and Dolton Ray (Ruth) Cothran of Beaver Island, Minn.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters. A visitation was held Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, from 9-10 a.m. at the Gerts Funeral Home in Brook. Funeral services followed at 10 a.m. with Rev. Jack Cox officiating. Internment took place at the Chapel Lawn Memorial cemetery in Schererville, Friday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to be given to the Dixon Cemetery Fund in Cadiz, Ky. Gerts Funeral Home of Brook was in charge of arrangements. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ncenterprise-info/obituary.aspx?n=nella-cothran&pid=162392275 Obituary-COTHRAN Nell (Scott) Nella Scott Cothran -- Publication Date: 14/ Feb/ 2013; Publication Place: West Frankfort, Indiana, USA Published by Newton County Enterprise from Jan. 16 to Feb. 14, 2013.