Register entry 262 - William Lawson Cotton
William Lawson Cotton (1848-1928) was the Editor and manager of "The Examiner" a Prince Edward Island newspaper.
Lawson visited the Bell Farm on Oct. 5, 1887 along with a group of 11 Maritime dairy farmers then touring western Canada.
SOURCES:
photo source: "Bringing History to Life" - Prince Edward Island website: http://www.gov.pe.ca/hpo/IMG/ORIGINAL/6489c3e3W.L.Cottonphoto.jpg
Cotton House, historic site - http://www.gov.pe.ca/hpo/inCotton'dex.php3?number=1017977&lang=E
Dic. of Can Biography - http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=8085&&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape
Biography - http://www.angelfire.com/biz/pottershouse/1Lawson.html - William Lawson Cotton, (1848-1928) was Editor of the Charlottetown Patriot, and a leading figure in Prince Edward Island. William married Margaret Ellin Harris, a sister of prominent Canadian portrait painter, Robert Harris, and William Critchlow Harris an important Maritime architect.
Gravesite: https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-Lawson-Cotton/12666414
Sketch & Signature Source: "Meacham's Illustrated Historical Atlas of PEI, 1880" - http://www.islandimagined.ca/islandora/object/imagined:208948
Published "Chapters in Our Island Story", 1927: https://www.islandlives.ca/islandora/object/ilives:191705#page/6/mode/2up
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.