Fred Rider Cotten

(1894-1974) Fred Rider Cotten was born to James Taylor and Sarah Ida (Rider) Cotten in Weatherford. In 1917, he completed a law degree at the Univ. of Texas. After returning to his hometown with his wife, Mary Virginia (Akard), and two children, Cotten ran the family furniture store, his swine farm, a funeral home, and Oakland Cemetery. In the 1930s, Cotten oversaw Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects such as the building of a new city hall and a major street renovation. He was, at one time or another, president of the Texas Swine Breeders, Texas Retail Furniture Dealers, Texas Funeral Directors, West Texas Historical, and Texas State Historical Associations, as well as the first president of the Parker County Historical Commission. 175 Years of Texas Independence * 1836-2011

Fred Rider Cotten is a historical marker in Weatherford, Parker County, dedicated in 2011. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Parker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 205 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7615, -97.7899 near Weatherford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oakland Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, East Greenwood, and Weatherford City Greenwood Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017010. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.