Background
Cotton, William Wick was born on December 13, 1859 in Lyons, Iowa, United States. Son of Aylett R. and Laura Finch (Wick) Cotton.
Cotton, William Wick was born on December 13, 1859 in Lyons, Iowa, United States. Son of Aylett R. and Laura Finch (Wick) Cotton.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1878. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1882.
Appointed assistant to general solicitor, United Presbyterian Railroad Company, Omaha, 1888. General attorney Pacific division, United Presbyterian at Portland, Oregon, 1889, and when road passed into hands of Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, became general attorney latter company Appointed by Oregon legislature, 1901, with United States District Judge Charles B. Bellinger, to prepare Master in Social Service. for new edit of laws and codes of Oregon Joint Author: Bellinger and Cotton’s Annotated Laws of Oregon, 1902. Home: Gresham, Oregon
Married Fannie C. Collingwood, August 29, 1888.