James Canyon Cemetery, Otero Co., New Mexico

  

  
Photos by Sheriff Jerry Hicks

Cotten, Lemuel, b. Feb. 10, 1879 in Texas, d. Feb. 26, 1902 when a tree fell on the tent he was sleeping in. Son of James W. and Rebecca Crow Cotten.

Cotten, Rebeca E. Crow, b. March 16, 1848, d. May 13, 1899, wife of James W. Cotten.

Photos by Myra Borchardt

Location: Behind the James Canyon Church, about 10 miles east of Cloudcroft on highway 82. It is on the north side of the highway, in Otero County, NM.

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