Michael Cotterman
Michael Cotterman was born April 4, 1847, near Apple Creek, Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son of Hosea and Lavina (Klein) Cotterman, natives of Berks County, Penn. His father came to Wayne County about 1825, when a single man. He was a shoe-maker by trade, and after his marriage located in East Union Township, Wayne County, where he died in 1886. He was a prominent member of the German Reformed Church. His widow resides on the homestead. Their children who are living are Abraham, a resident of East Union Township; Celestia, now Mrs. Abraham Boyer, residing on the homestead, and Michael.
The subject of this memoir attended the district schools, and at the age of eighteen learned the trade of shoemaking. He lived in Fredericksburgh, Ohio, for some years. In 1875 he came to Apple Creek, where he has since been engaged in his business as dealer in and manufacturer of boots and shoes. Mr. Cotterman was married in 1881 to Miss Hannah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Burbridge, of West Virginia. Mr. Cotterman is one of the borough councilmen, and is treasurer of Apple Creek Lodge, I.O.O.F. Mrs. Cotterman is a member of the Baptist Church, whie he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889