Family: John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray / Mary "Mollie" E. Payne (F12720)

• Father | Male John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray

  
  

  Born	13 Jan 1854	Georgia
  Died	1 Mar 1896
  Buried		Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Married
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary "Mollie" E. Payne

  
  

  Born	Nov 1859	Texas
  Died	9 Apr 1921
  Buried		Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Benjamin William Payne | F7868 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ursa Ann Roberts | F7868 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male William Emmett Cordray

  
  

  Born	22 Nov 1876	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	22 Sep 1962	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried		McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Della Baldree | F7692
  Married	Abt 1905  [1, 2]

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Benjamin William Cordray

  
  

  Born	27 Mar 1879	Texas
  Died	Abt 1929
  Buried		Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Sallie Florence Cordray

  
  

  Born	22 Mar 1880	Texas
  Died	13 May 1956	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Lewis Corbin Gray | F12721
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male John "Jack" Randolph Cordray

  
  

  Born	26 Mar 1884	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	9 Jan 1968	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Buried	10 Jan 1968	San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas
  Spouse	Estella Baldree | F12719
  Married	Bef 1910

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Mary Emma Cordray

  
  

  Born	7 Dec 1885	Geneva, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	15 Oct 1973	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
  Buried		McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Houston Everett McGown | F8747
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Annie Elizabeth Cordray

  
  

  Born	1 Dec 1888	Texas
  Died	21 May 1978	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Buried		Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Laurie L. Ford | F12724
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Lowry Lawrence Cordray

  
  

  Born	16 Dec 1892	Geneva, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	16 May 1973	Houston, Harris County, Texas
  Buried		San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1985] .