John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray

Notes:

On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, he is shown as a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson


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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
Enumerated 25 and 26 Jun 1880
Page 17A SD 1 ED 86 Stamp 245
143-143
Cordray, John J W M 25 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Cordray, Mary W F 21 Wf Keeping House Tx Ga La
Cordray, William E W M 3 Son Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Ben W W M 1 Son Tx Ga Tx

Family/Spouse: Mary "Mollie" E. Payne. Mary (daughter of Benjamin William Payne and Ursa Ann Roberts) was born in Nov 1859 in Texas; died on 9 Apr 1921; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Their double tombstone at the Payne-Williams Cemetery is inscribed "Having finished life's duty They now sweetly rest."

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, He showed his youngest sibling, Mollie E. Payne was the wife of J. L. Cordray. She was only married once...(and) has been dead about tens years, She laft the following children.

a) Emmett Cordray, near Bronson, Texas
b) Ben W. Cordray, near San Augustine, Texas
c) Emma (Cordray) McGown, wife of E. H. McGown, Geneva.
d) Florence (Cordray) Gray, wife of L. C. Gray, Geneva.
e) J. R. Cordray (Jack)
f) Lowery Cordray
g) Annie (Cordray) Ford, wife of Laurie Ford, at San Augustine.

1. William Emmett Cordray was born on 22 Nov 1876 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Sep 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Benjamin William Cordray was born on 27 Mar 1879 in Texas; died about 1929; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Sallie Florence Cordray was born on 22 Mar 1880 in Texas; died on 13 May 1956 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
4. John "Jack" Randolph Cordray was born on 26 Mar 1884 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1968 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 10 Jan 1968 in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
5. Mary Emma Cordray was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1973 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Annie Elizabeth Cordray was born on 1 Dec 1888 in Texas; died on 21 May 1978 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Lowry Lawrence Cordray was born on 16 Dec 1892 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 May 1973 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas.