John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray

1854 - 1896  (42 years)

• Name	John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	J. L.
  Born	13 Jan 1854	Georgia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Mar 1896  [2]
  Buried	Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, he is shown as a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson (Research): 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
  Person ID	I42561	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary "Mollie" E. Payne,   b. Nov 1859, Texas ,   d. 9 Apr 1921  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	Y  [2, 3]
  	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.
  Children	1. William Emmett Cordray,   b. 22 Nov 1876, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 22 Sep 1962, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas  (Age 85 years)   2. Benjamin William Cordray,   b. 27 Mar 1879, Texas ,   d. Abt 1929  (Age 49 years)   3. Sallie Florence Cordray,   b. 22 Mar 1880, Texas ,   d. 13 May 1956, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 76 years)   4. John "Jack" Randolph Cordray,   b. 26 Mar 1884, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 9 Jan 1968, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 83 years)   5. Mary Emma Cordray,   b. 7 Dec 1885, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 15 Oct 1973, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas  (Age 87 years)   6. Annie Elizabeth Cordray,   b. 1 Dec 1888, Texas ,   d. 21 May 1978, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 89 years)   7. Lowry Lawrence Cordray,   b. 16 Dec 1892, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 16 May 1973, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F12720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jan 1854 - Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct Enumerated 25 and 26 Jun 1880 Page 17A SD 1 ED 86 Stamp 245 143-143 (Reliability: 3). [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1985] .