Obituary published in The Nelson County Record (Bardstown, Kentucky), Tuesday, January 17, 1899, page 3: Death of an Aged Woman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton died last Friday at her home, near Woodlawn of pneumonia, aged about 71 years. Deceased was a most estimable woman, and her loss will be keenly felt in the neighborhood in which she lived. She was the wife of Sarepta Cotton, a well-known citizen of the county, who with one son, Mr. I. J. Cotton, survives her. The remains were interred in the Poplar Flat burial ground Sunday.