Family: John Robert Cousins / Susan Melissa Teston (F11613)

• Father | Male John Robert Cousins

  
  

  Born	10 Jan 1856	Newton County, Texas
  Died	3 May 1925	Newton County, Texas
  Buried
  Married	28 Oct 1876  [1, 2]	Newton County, Texas  [1, 2]
  Father	Robert L. Cousins | F11609 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Jane Jordan | F11609 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Susan Melissa Teston

  
  

  Born	23 Apr 1854	Alabama
  Died	16 May 1946	Newton County, Texas
  Buried		Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Robert Clark Cousins

  
  

  Born	Sep 1877	Newton County, Texas
  Died	22 Jun 1895
  Buried		Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Miles Jefferson Cousins

  
  

  Born	21 Jul 1878	Newton County, Texas
  Died	5 Apr 1944	Newton, Newton County, Texas
  Buried		Ford Cemetery, Bon Wier, Jasper County, Texas
  Spouse	Ida Eugenia "Jennie" West | F12642
  Married	21 Feb 1899	Newton County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Robert "Bob" Cousins

  
  

  Born	Abt 1881	Newton County, Texas
  Died	Aft 1881	Newton County, Texas
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Eva "Evie" Mae Cousins

  
  

  Born	2 May 1885	Newton County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Archie A. Miller, Sr. | F12632
  Married	Bef 1903

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Rufus Lee Cousins

  
  

  Born	14 Apr 1887	Newton County, Texas
  Died	13 Feb 1943	Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried		Burkeville City Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas
  Spouse	Alice A. Campbell | F12652
  Married	Abt 1910

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Mellie Miranda Cousins

  
  

  Born	1 Feb 1889	Newton County, Texas
  Died	15 May 1958	Houston, Harris County, Texas
  Buried		Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas
  Spouse	William Edward Becton | F10943
  Married	3 May 1911	Newton County, Texas

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Sidney Bryant Cousins

  
  

  Born	23 Apr 1891	Burkeville, Newton County, Texas
  Died	29 Mar 1936	Newton County, Texas
  Buried
  Spouse	Edna Eugenia Wilson | F12654
  Married	Abt 1915

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Minnie Viola Cousins

  
  

  Born	10 Dec 1893	Newton County, Texas
  Died	7 Jun 1969	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried		Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas
  Spouse	Joshua Floyd Miller | F12641
  Married	28 Jun 1913

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Elvie Alice Cousins

  
  

  Born	14 Sep 1898	Newton County, Texas
  Died	1 Jul 1944	Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas
  Buried		Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas
  Spouse	General Ottis Gunter | F12630
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX3C-DLS groom's name: John R. Cousins groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Susan M. Teston bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 28 Oct 1876 marriage place: , Newton, Texas groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M59128-1 system origin: Texas-VR source film number: 1005596 reference number: 2:1GXJ09X Collection: John R. Cousins, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"

  
  

• Sources

  [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973. [S1592] Newton Historical Commission, Pauline Hines, Compiler "Newton County Nuggets: A Collection of True Stories By Newton County Folk" (Nortex Press, A Division of Eakin Publications, Inc, Austin, Texas, published in 1986), p. 197 (Reliability: 3).