Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography – Families
COOTS FAMILY, 1919 – 1958
TAGS: Coots Family; Pine Mountain Settlement School; Pine Mountain Community; PMSS Workers; PMSS Boarding School Students; PMSS Community School Students
Members of the Coots Family lived in the community of Pine Mountain since very early years. Many were among the student body and workers at Pine Mountain Settlement School.
Other versions of the last name — “Cootes, Coutts, Cotts,” — are documented in the PMSS Collection files. It is not known whether these alternate names represent the Coots Family or are misspellings of “Coots.”
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Coots Family: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PMSS COLLECTIONS
COOTS FAMILY HIGHLIGHTS lists Coots Family members whose names have been found in correspondence, biographies, narratives and other historical accounts in the PMSS Collections.
The following highlights are not in chronological order. Instead, they are roughly in the order of first names.
Each highlight includes the title of the source page (in uppercase letters). That page can be accessed by copying and pasting the page title in the SEARCH box on the main page at https://pinemountainsettlement.net.
Bill Coots is mentioned as bringing his guitar to a community gathering at the PMSS Medical Settlement on page 2 (image #002) of ALICE COBB STORIES VISIT TO THE HARMON TURNERS 1934. Bill Coots and his brother Harrison were described as “dressed immaculately,…on their way to do business at Big Laurel.” ALICE COBB STORIES Migration from Hinterlands to Industrial Area, c. 1940.
“Little Bobby Coots” is mentioned as one of the PMSS school children in a Spring 1916 (?) letter (#5, image 027), by Margaret Butler, PMSS teacher and housemother, 1914-1922. MARGARET BUTLER LETTERS 1916. A story about Bobbie Coots’ leaving PMSS to live with his Uncle Carter Coots and Aunt Drusilla is told by EVELYN K. WELLS 1915 Excerpts From Letters Home (image #012). Also, Bobby Coots (or Cootes) is mentioned in a 1942 letter from Celia Holton Cathcart to Alice Cobbs in the PMSS SUBJECT I file titled “Pine Mt. History.”
Carter Coots is mentioned in a “Dear Friends” fundraising letter by co-founders, Pettit and de Long, as working with Solomon Day to clear weeds along the creek banks during the preparation of the grounds for the new settlement school. DEAR FRIEND LETTERS 1913 (image # 001).
Juanita Coots from Little Laurel won third prize in the spelling match among local elementary schools at the 1948 COMMUNITY FAIR DAY. Reported in PINE CONE 1948 October, page 14.
Melvin Coots is shown among the seniors in the 1948 GRADUATING CLASS photograph. (See Gallery below.) Melvin Coots’ essay, “The Rattlesnake” was published in PINE CONE 1947, page 07. In 1948, he was working in a lumber yard in London, KY, according to a review of former students in PINE CONE 1948.
Nannie Coots “lives in the little new house with a pailing fence on the way to the Divide. Sister to John Coots.” ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School…June 1937.
PMSS SUBJECT FILE I lists a magazine article that is possibly related to the Coots Family. It is located in the file titled “Magazine & Newspaper” and described as a “statement on the Coutts (Cotts) family’s origins.”
Coots Family: IN PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY COMMUNITY
| TITLE | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | DATE OF INFO | SOURCE OF INFORMATION | NOTES |
| Mr. & Mrs. | Begley | Alfred | 1934 – 1942 | MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 – 1942 | Mrs. Sara Jane Coots |
| Mr. & Mrs. | Coots | Hobart | 1934 – 1942 | MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 – 1942 | Mrs. Mary Shephard |
| Mr. & Mrs. | Coots | Riley | 1934 – 1942 | MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 – 1942 | |
| Coots | Bill & Harrison | 1940? | COBB STORIES “Migration…” | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. | Coots | Jim | 1919, 1930s | COBB STORIES “Visit to Harmon…”; Lavender Album | |
| Coots Family | 1937 | COBB STORIES “Handing…” | Children: Nannie & John. Nannie attended Cobb’s Sunday School at Divide, KY. |
Coots Family: PMSS WORKERS
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | OTHER NAME | JOB TITLE | NOTES | PMSS YEARS | |||
| Bicknell | Barbara | Coots, Mrs. John | Medical Settlement -Social Worker | Glyn Morris sent her to Medical Settlement where she met John Coots; left PMSS & had a big family. | 1935 – Jan. 1937 | |||
Coots Family: PMSS BOARDING STUDENTS
| STUDENT NAME | YEARS AT PMSS | SOURCE OF INFO |
| Coots, Della | 1941-1942 | Database |
| Coots, Melvin | 1944-1948 | Database |
Coots Family: PMSS COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS
LAST NAME – FIRST NAME – MI – DATE OF BIRTH – DATE OF RECORD
Coots Arthur 1936-06-02 1951
Coots Bessie 1944-11-25 1952
Coots Billie 1944-11-25 1951
Coots Bobbie 1947-06-20 1956
Coots Douglas S 1938-11-18 1950
Coots Duanne 1941-08-20 1948
Coots Lillian Marie ? 1955
Coots Mattie 1943-12-19 1958
See Also: MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 – 1942
Return To: GUIDE TO FAMILIES IN THE PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY COMMUNITY
Coots Family: GALLERY
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- Frances Lavender Album. “This house belongs to Mrs. Jim Coots or Mrs. Maggard. Her daughter, Marthie Spardlin, has a married daughter and these are her kiddies.The 1st-mentioned looks 50 years old.” [lave009.jpg]
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- Student teacher, 7th & 8th grades. Mable Cornett, Arthur Cootes, Patsy O’Hearn, John Harvey Turner, [53_life_work_children_classes_1734-1.jpg]
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- “Seniors 1948.” [Back row] Jane Burkhart, Ida MacLewis, Charleen Lewis, Margaret Blair, Raymond Sturgill, Mary Ruth Bird, Betty Huff, Ann Metcalf, Alberta Turner. [Front row] Melvin Coots, Mary Garrett, Hobart Wilder, Clella Sergent, Owen Lewis, Birdie Tipton. [nace_II_album_100.jpg]
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Coots Family |
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Title |
Cootes Family |
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Creator |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Alt. Creator |
Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ; |
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Subject Keyword |
Coots Family ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Pine Mountain Community ; PMSS Worker s; PMSS Boarding School Students ; PMSS Community School Students |
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Subject LCSH |
Coots Family. |
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Date |
2018-10-25 aae |
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Publisher |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Contributor |
n/a |
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Type |
Collections ; text ; image ; |
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Format |
Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet. |
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Source |
Series 09: Biography – Families |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: Biography – Families |
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Coverage Temporal |
1919 – 1958 |
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Coverage Spatial |
Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; |
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Rights |
Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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Donor |
n/a |
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Description |
Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of the Coots Family ; clippings, photographs, books by or about the Coots Family ; |
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Acquisition |
n/d |
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Citation |
“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. |
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Processed By |
Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ; |
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Bibliography |
Source(s) ”Coots.” GUIDE TO PMSS WORKERS 1913-2000s ; PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LIST 1910s-1940s ; GUIDE TO BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS, 1929-1949 ; COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS LIST A-G. Series 09: Biography – Families. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource. |
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