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John "Jack" Randolph Cordray

Male 1884 - 1968  (83 years)


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  • Name John "Jack" Randolph Cordray  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Jack 
    Born 26 Mar 1884  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Jan 1968  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Buried 10 Jan 1968  San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFNZ-9VL
      name: John Randolph Cordray
      death date: 09 Jan 1968
      death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
      gender: Male
      race: White
      death age: 83 years
      estimated birth date:
      birth date: 26 Mar 1884
      birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
      marital status: Married
      spouse's name: Estella Cordray
      father's name: John Cordray
      father's birthplace:
      mother's name: Mary Payne
      mother's birthplace:
      occupation: Farmer, Ret.
      place of residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
      cemetery: City
      burial place: San Augustine, Texas
      burial date: 10 Jan 1968
      additional relatives:
      film number: 2138887
      digital film number: 4027197
      image number: 2982
      reference number: cn 06334
      Collection: John Randolph Cordray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
    Person ID I42559  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2020 

    Father John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray,   b. 13 Jan 1854, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1896  (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Mary "Mollie" E. Payne,   b. Nov 1859, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1921  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married Y  [4, 7
    • 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.
    Family ID F12720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Estella Baldree,   b. 25 Dec 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1972, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Bef 1910 
    Children 
     1. Looman Earl Cordray,   b. 31 Aug 1910, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1957, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2013 
    Family ID F12719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Mar 1884 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jan 1968 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Jan 1968 - San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1422] San Augustine City Cemetery Index , San Augustine County, Texas ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/cemeteries/sa_city_cemetery.htm, (This cemetery was originally the family cemetery of J. C. Anderson. His home was located on a nearby lot. There is estimated to be between 500 and 700 graves dating back to the 1830. The cemetery was purchased by the City of San Augustine in 1911 and is maintained by an Association formed in 1921. The cemetery was originally indexed in 1982 by Mrs. Annie Mae McEver McMillan. Additional genealogical data was contributed by Mrs. Sallie Richards Whitton, Mrs. McXie Whitton Martin, and Mrs. Exa Doggett Clark. Information was updated in 2009 by Connie Sanders Owens. Located one block north of down-town San Augustine at the intersection of North Harrison and West Livingston.).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1985] .

    5. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B Shows DOB as Mar 1883 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1422] San Augustine City Cemetery Index , San Augustine County, Texas ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsanaug/cemeteries/sa_city_cemetery.htm, (This cemetery was originally the family cemetery of J. C. Anderson. His home was located on a nearby lot. There is estimated to be between 500 and 700 graves dating back to the 1830. The cemetery was purchased by the City of San Augustine in 1911 and is maintained by an Association formed in 1921. The cemetery was originally indexed in 1982 by Mrs. Annie Mae McEver McMillan. Additional genealogical data was contributed by Mrs. Sallie Richards Whitton, Mrs. McXie Whitton Martin, and Mrs. Exa Doggett Clark. Information was updated in 2009 by Connie Sanders Owens. Located one block north of down-town San Augustine at the intersection of North Harrison and West Livingston.), shows 9 Mar 1968, assumed that death certificate was more accurate and used that instead (Reliability: 3).

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