Phillip S. Cottle
Died--At his residence in Fredonia, after a long illness, Phillip S. Cottle, aged 67 years.
Mr. Cottle was a native of Mass., born in 1805, but came to this county and located in the town of Stockton while yet a young man. He has been a native of Fredonia for more than a quarter of a century, and has always taken an active part in any project looking to the advancement of the interests of the town. He was a lawyer, and of such eminence in his profession as to be selected in 1852, by his party as the first candidate nominated in this county to the then new position of Special Co. Judge. He was of course elected and accredited himself with honor while occupying the position. He took an active part in the late war, enlisting in the 49th N. Y. Vols., and serving as 1st Lieut. under Captain Marsh, until the resignation of that officer, when he was promoted to the captaincy, which position he held until failing health compelled him to resign his position and return home. His health partially restored, he accepted a commission as Major of a colored regiment stationed in Louisiana, and it was while on duty there, in the swamps and marshes of that State, that he, with thousands of others, sowed the seeds of disease which ultimately caused death. At the termination of the war he returned home, and although broken in health, opened an office, and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1870 he was honored by an election to his old position of Special County Judge, which office is made vacant by death.
Mr. Cottle was a man of strong mind and indomitable will, and was possessed of a powerful physical organization which resisted the ravages of disease for seven long years. Though stern and inexorable in the discharge of his military duties, he was beloved by the soldiers under his charge for his kindness in ministering to their wants, and for his bravery and devotion to the cause in which they were engaged.-Fredonia Adv. and Union.