Background
Cotterman, Charles Mason was born on July 26, 1866 in Miamisburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Benton and Lena (Mayer) Cotterman.
Cotterman, Charles Mason was born on July 26, 1866 in Miamisburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Benton and Lena (Mayer) Cotterman.
Educated Gates Preparatory School, Neligh, Nebraska.
Chief clerk, railway mail service, Ogden, Utah, 1895-1896, Portland, Oregon, 1896-1898. Assistant superintendent railway mail service, San Francisco, California, 1899-1900. Director of posts, same service, Philippine Islands, 1901-1913.
President C. M. Cotterman & Company, Incorporated., Philippine Acetylene Company.
Mason (Shriner), Elk.
Married Etta R. Morehead, of Albion, Nebraska, October 17, 1888 (died March 14, 1938). Children: Leo Kay, Nana Ruth (Mistress Frank Williams Butler), Helen Lena (deceased).