Novie Laura McGown

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3S2-THD
name: Houston Everett Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 05 Jan 1958
Residence Rt 2, Box 161 Bronson TX
usual occupation Farmer
event place: Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 15 Jul 1881
birthplace: Sabine, Texas
father's name: Sam H Mcgown
mother's name: Mary E Conn
certificate number: 3962
film number: 2115164
digital folder number: 005145114
image number: 01453
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Houston Everett Mcgown, 1958

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Census Information:

1920 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine, Justice Precinct 4
Enumerated 12 & 13 Janaury 1920 by Napolon B. Mason
SD 326 DE 171 Sheet 6B & 7A
120-128
McGown Houston E Head M W 38 M Tx Tx Unk Farmer
McGown, Mary E Wife F W 34 M Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Edward R Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Clarissa L Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, William L Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Mary A Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Dicy Dtr F W 2 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McGown, Mary E Mother F W 6o Wd Unk Miss Miss

Houston married Mary Emma Cordray. Mary (daughter of John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray and Mary "Mollie" E. Payne) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ
name: Mary Emma Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 15 Oct 1973
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 07 Dec 1885
birthplace: Geneva, Texas
father's name: John L Cordray
mother's name: Mary Payne
certificate number: 78696
film number: 2242914
digital folder number: 005145841
image number: 03277
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973

On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, she is shown as a niece of Daniel C. Cordray (1834-1905), also of Sabine County, her father John Lawrence Cordray also being a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne, therefore a brother of Mary Cordray McGown.

Notes:

"Killed in an accident in which his team ran away with the wagon." (White and Toole, p 52).

His tombstone at McGown Cemetery is inscribed Sam Houston McGown, March 22, 1858 - July 15, 1896, Husband of Mary Elizabeth Conn McGown, "Be Still, and Know That I Am God:" Psalm 46:10

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Census Information:


1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
Page 9 SD 1 ED 85 Stamped 228A
85-86
McGown, Sam H W M 22 Farmer Tx Miss Tx
McGown, Mary E W F 21 Wf Keeping House Ark Miss Miss
McGown, Mary E Jr W F 2 Dtr Tx
86-87
McGown, George W M W 30 Farmer Tx Miss Tenn
McGown, Ida H W F 30 Wf Keeping House Ga -- --
McGown, Anna D W F 7 Dtr Tx
McGown, Ida G W F 4 Dt Tx
McGown, Idell H Jr W M 10 Son Farm Laborer Tx
Parish, Kit B M 8 Servant Tx

Samuel married Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Conn on 22 Dec 1875 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Henry Patrick Conn and Clarissa "Clarrisee" Gibson) was born on 13 Sep 1859 in Arkansas; died on 23 Mar 1928; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

John married 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]

Notes:

Middle name shown as both Emma or Elizabeth. She appears to have married second a McGown, as she is listed as Mollie McGown, widowed and age 60, at the time of the 1920 Census enumeration. She was living with her son William Benjamin Cordray in JP 8, Sabine County at the time.

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Census Listings:


1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B
Cordray, Mollie Head Hd W F Nov 1859 41 Wd 7/7 Tx --- ---
Cordray, William E Son W M Nov 1876 23 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Cordray, John R Son W M Mar 1883 16 3 Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Florence Dtr W F Mar 1882 18 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Emma M Dtr W F Dec 1885 14 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Annie E Dtr W F Dec 1889 10 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Lowrey Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Ga Tx

Notes:

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.

Notes:

Listed as Alexander on the 1850 census; as A. H. in 1860 and 1870, and as Andrew in 1880 and 1900. Steve McCalip emailed, in August 2015, that his name "...should be "Andrew Henderson McGown" This is what is on the Bible page of his birth, his father's bible (George W. McGown). I have many other documents supporting this...."

"Received a land grant from the Republic of Texas (bro. of John Franklin McGown). Alex H. McGown was sherriff of Sabine County for many years. All these McGowns are buried in the Browning Cemetery on the Camino Real near Milam." (White and Toole, p 52).

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Census Data:

The 1850 U. S. Census for Sabine, Sabine Co., TX taken on October 11, 1850, lists residing in household 86
Alexander H. McGown-Head Age 25 (Farmer), Tenn
Elizabeth-Wife Age 22, Tenn
George W.-Son Age 5 months. Tx

The 1860 U. S. Census for Redland, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 30, 1860, lists residing in household 181
A. H. McGown-Head Age 34 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 30,
George W.-Son Age 10,
John T.-Son Age 7,
Andrew J.-Son Age 5,
S. H.-Son Age 2.

The 1870 U. S. Census for Hemphill, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 28, 1870, lists residing in household 34
A. H. McGown-Head Age 46 (Farmer),
Elizabeth-Wife Age 42,
George W.-Son Age 20,
John T.-Son Age 17,
Andrew J.-Son Age 14,
Sam H.-Son Age 11,
Sarah E.-Daughter Age 9,
Jefferson H.-Son Age 7,
Susan B.-Daughter Age 3.

The 1880 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on June 23, 1880, lists residing in household 107
Andrew H. McGown-Head Age 56 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 51,
Jeff H.-Son Age 18 (Farm Laborer),
Susan B.-Daughter Age 14,
William C.-Son Age 10 (Farm Laborer).

The 1900 U. S. Census for Milam, Sabine Co., TX taken on Junel 4, 1900, lists residing in household 33
Andrew McGown-Head Age 76,
Elizabeth-Wife Age 72,
Peyton-Grand Son Age 13.

Transcribed by Larry Sidebottom, and copied from his tree at WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=larrymelkel

Andrew married Elizabeth Burton Stovall in 1849. Elizabeth was born on 30 May 1830 in Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, show her as a daughter of Thomas S. Stovall (FAG #82232361) and Sarah Day (FAG #82231992).

Notes:

Married:
White and Toole also show that they had a son named John Franklin McGown.

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes: "Born in Jefferson Co. Miss. Moved to Copiah Co in 1833, Moved to Arkansas in 1854, Married to Miss Clarrissa Gibson 2 Jan 1859, Moved to Texas in 1869 - Only sleeping [FS: H. P. C.] (Henry Patrick Conn - Son of James Conn & Martha A. Gibson - CSA - Originally this grave & his wife Clarissa Conn's grave were surrounded by a wrought iron fence)."

At the time of the 1850 Federal census, an 18 year old Henry Conn, born in Mississippi and working as a laborer, was living in the home of Farrish and Martha Kendrick of Copiah County, Mississippi.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 3, PO Brookeland
Enumerated 14 Aug 1870
Page 14
603-603
Conn, H P 38 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Miss
Clarissa 29 F W Keeping House Miss
Mary E 10 F W Ark
Elisha 3 M W Ark
Martha A 1/2 F W Tx
Gleason M 22 F W La

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 26 Jun 1880
Page 16 SD 1 ED 85
162-163
Conn, Henry P W M 49 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Conn, Clarissa W F 39 Wf Keeping House Miss SC SC
Conn, Elisha L W M 11 Son At School Ark
Conn, Martha W F 10 Dtr At School Tx
Conn, Willie H W M 9 Son At School Tx
Conn, George W M 7 Son At School Tx
Conn, Clarissa A W F 2 Dtr Tx
Conn, Abbie W F 5/12 Jan Dtr Tx
Travis, Martha W F 29 Servant Miss Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2B
29-30
Conn, Henry Head M M Mar 1832 68 M 40 Miss Miss Tenn Farmer
Cobb, Clarcy Wf W F Mar 1841 59 M 40 10/7 Miss Miss Miss
Cobb, Abbie E Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Tx Miss Miss

Henry married Clarissa "Clarrisee" Gibson on 2 Jan 1859 in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Clarissa was born on 12 Mar 1841 in Marion County, Mississippi; died on 30 Jan 1932 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes: "Born Marion Co, Miss. Moved to Arkansas 1854, Married H. P. Conn 2 Jan 1859, Moved to Sabine Co. Tex 1869, Daughter of Thomas Gibson & Anna Adams"

Did she marry second a DICKERSON? The death certificate of daughter Martha Conn Boyett lists her mother as Clarrisa Dickerson. She is also shown as Clarissa (Dickerson) CONN on the FindAGrave memorial for Martha Conn Boyett.

FindAGrave instead lists her date of death as 30 Jan 1902, but there is not a photo of the tombstone to verify this earlier date.

Notes:

Married:
The transcription of this Arkansas Marriage record on Ancestry.com shows him as Henry P. COMEY.

Notes:

Mortality Schedule for 1860 Sabine County "Benjamin W. Payne, farmer, age 42, male born in Georgia, died July 1859 of drunkness, sick 42 days" No dates are inscribed on his tombstone.

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, and son of B. W. Payne. He stated his father died in the early sixties.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850
Stamped 316
87-87
Margaret Payne 62 F $400 NC
Scott Ganntt 49 M Ga
88-88
Louisa Holoway and family
89-89
Benjamin W Payne 32 M Farmer Ga
Ursa Ann Payne 27 F La
Amanda Payne 5 F Tx
Epps Payne 3 M Tx
Sarah Agnes Payne 1 F Tx

Benjamin married Ursa Ann Roberts. Ursa (daughter of William Roberts and Sarah) was born on 20 Apr 1824 in Louisiana; died on 18 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gravestone inscribed with "Remember youth as you pass by. As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me, Come to see Mammy."

On the annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Willam and Sarah Roberts. It was also shown that she had been married three times, first to Benjamin William Payne, second to Judson M. Meador, and last to John N. Lowery.

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, and son of Ursa Ann. He also indicated that his mother later married J. N. Lowery by whom she had no children. He added that Lowery survived his mother by several years, and he did not know who his heirs were. B. R. Payne did not report the marriage to Judson M. Meador noted on the Payne-Williams Cemetery transcription.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
UA Payne 36 F Farmer 7500 15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Tx
Sarah A Payne 10 F Tx
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Tx
William E Payne 5 M Tx
Mary R Payne 2 F Tx
G B Batchtlor 18 M Overseer Ga

Notes:

Married:
On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, they are shown as the grandparents of Mary Emma Cordray McGown, a daughter of their daughter, Mary "Molly" Payne and John Cordray. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne.


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ
name: Mary Emma Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 15 Oct 1973
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 07 Dec 1885
birthplace: Geneva, Texas
father's name: John L Cordray
mother's name: Mary Payne
certificate number: 78696
film number: 2242914
digital folder number: 005145841
image number: 03277
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973