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Sallie Florence Cordray

Female 1880 - 1956  (76 years)


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  • Name Sallie Florence Cordray  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 22 Mar 1880  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 May 1956  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Buried Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Notes 
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXHF-73X
      name: Sallie Florence Gray
      death date: 13 May 1956
      death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
      gender: Female
      race: White
      death age: 76 years 1 month 21 days
      estimated birth date:
      birth date: 22 Mar 1880
      birthplace: Texas
      marital status: Married
      spouse's name:
      father's name: John Cordray
      father's birthplace: Ala.
      mother's name: Mary Elizabeth Payne
      mother's birthplace: Texas
      occupation: Housewife & Mother
      place of residence: Milam, Sabine, Texas
      cemetery: Cordray Cemetery [actually Payne-Williams]
      burial place: Milam, Texas
      burial date: 15 May 1956
      additional relatives:
      informant Mrs. Buna McNaughten
      film number: 2114670
      digital film number: 4165424
      image number: 3396
      reference number: cn 27421
      Collection: Sallie Florence Gray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

      Gravestone inscribed with "Not my will but Thy will be done."
    Person ID I42566  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  [3, 5
    • 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 Lewis Corbin Gray,   b. 29 May 1881, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1959  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Y  [5
    • Presumed, but not proven, to be the parents of the two children buried at the Payne Williams Cemetery also having the surname GRAY. Earnis Laurie, 11 Mar 1913-11 Oct 1915 "Darling we will miss thee" and Johnnie Marlow Gray, 24 Aug 1915-7 Jul 1930 "Our Beloved Boy."
    Children 
     1. Annie Pearl Gray,   b. 22 May 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1962, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     2. Lydia Buna Gray,   b. 21 May 1911, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1981  (Age 70 years)
     3. Johnnie Gray,   b. 24 Aug 1915, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1930, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2020 
    Family ID F12721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Mar 1880 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 May 1956 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    2. [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).

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

    4. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 8 Enumerated 2 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 184 6-6 (Reliability: 3).

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    6. [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 1882 (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/, shown as 1881 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/, shown as 1956 (Reliability: 3).