Zilla Cordray

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name: Zilla Honeycutt
death date: 22 Aug 1955
death place: Orange, Orange, Texas, United States
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 97 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 03 Jan 1858
birthplace: Georgia
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: Dan Cordray
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Louida Williams
mother's birthplace:
occupation: homemaker retired
place of residence: Newton Co Road Orange Texas
cemetery:
burial place: Myrtle Springs Cemetery Geneva Sabine County TX
burial date:
additional relatives:
film number: 2114444
digital film number: 4136192
image number: 01129
reference number: 41097
Collection: Zilla Honeycutt, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Notes:

White and Toole refer to him as Daniel Cordray, however on the 1870 Sabine County census he is listed as David, but as Daniel in 1880. His first wife died in 1878 (according to her headstone at the Cordray Cemetery), and he is listed with his second wife, Martha, age 44, born ca 1836 in Alabama, at the time of the 1880 census.

Could he have married third Dollie Wilson, sometime prior to 1884?

Dollie Cordray, a widow, age 33, can be found in the 1900 Sabine County, Texas Census with three minor children. The Texas Death certificate of the eldest son of the widowed Dollie Wilson Cordray, namely Cleveland Cordray, lists his father as Dan Cordray. Census records for the children show that their father was born in Texas, however, versus Georgia.

This does not appear likely, as at the time of the 1900 Sabine County, Texas census, Daniel and his second wife, Martha appear together.

Additionally, his widow, Mrs. Martha Cordray applied for a Civil War pension as the widow of D. C. Cordray on 8 May 1915 in Sabine County. She indicated that she married him on 10 Oct 1878 in Sabine County. Martha further indicated she was age 82, and was born in Dallas County, Alabama. having resided in Texas for 42 years. Her late husband, Daniel C. Cordray, was shown as dying on 30 Aug 1905. He was shown to have served the C.S.A. in the state of Georgia, for a period of five months, being discharged in April 1865. He was in the Infantry, Company A, Regiment 29.

On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, he is shown as the Uncle of Mary Emma Cordray McGown (1885-1973), her father John Lawrence Cordray also being a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson. He is likely related to her in some other fashion, perhaps a cousin, as Georgia Marriage records on Ancestry.com show that Elizabeth Tomlinson and Jonathan Cordray were not married until 2 Apr 1846 in Muscogee County, Georgia, eight years after Daniel was born. DM Veitch instead shows him as a son of Daniel and Celia Cordray of Muscogee County, Georgia. Veitch shows that his second wife was Martha Williams Honeycutt, a widow, no issue by Daniel.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, Sabine Town
Enumerated 25 July 1870
Pages 7 and 8 Stamped 10
372-372
Cordray, David/Daniel? 37 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Ga
Cordray, Laura 32 F W Keeping House Ga
Cordray, Zella 12 F W Ga
Cordray, Judge 8 M W Ga
Cordray, John W 5 M W Ga
Cordray, Charles 1/12 M W Tx Dec
Cordray, Lewis 19 M B Servant Ga

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fourth Precinct
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2B SD 1 ED 86
12-12
Cordrie, Daniel W M 45 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, Martha W F 44 Wf Keeping House Ala Ga Ga
Cordrie, Judge D W M 18 Son Works on Farm Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, John W M 15 Son Works on Farm Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, Charlie H W M 10 Son Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 11A Stamped 151
143-143
Cordray, Dan??l Head M W July 1834 65 M 20 Ga Ga SC Faerm
Cordray, Martha Wf W F Jun 1836 63 m 20 5/5 Ala Ga Ga

Daniel married Louisa Melvine Williams. Louisa was born on 24 May 1839 in Georgia; died on 24 Feb 1878; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Hillery Judge Williams.