Some day, maybe i'll learn not to be quite so quick to click send. The Black Hawk site also has both Mary and Cyrus Cotton listed in the transcription of Westview Cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iablackh/WestViewCem-CD.htm Also see Noah Cotton in this 1885 Special Census of Iowa Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, under La Porte City P.O. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iablackh/1885VetCensus3.htm Barb