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



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  • Male
    John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray

    Birth  13 Jan 1854  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1 Mar 1896   
    Burial    Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Female
    Mary "Mollie" E. Payne

    Birth  Nov 1859  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  9 Apr 1921   
    Burial    Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Benjamin William Payne | F7868 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Ursa Ann Roberts | F7868 Group Sheet 

    Male
    William Emmett Cordray

    Birth  22 Nov 1876  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  22 Sep 1962  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Della Baldree | F7692 
    Marriage  Abt 1905  [1, 2]   

    Male
    Benjamin William Cordray

    Birth  27 Mar 1879  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Abt 1929   
    Burial    Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    Sallie Florence Cordray

    Birth  22 Mar 1880  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  13 May 1956  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lewis Corbin Gray | F12721 
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    Male
    John "Jack" Randolph Cordray

    Birth  26 Mar 1884  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  9 Jan 1968  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  10 Jan 1968  San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Estella Baldree | F12719 
    Marriage  Bef 1910   

    Female
    Mary Emma Cordray

    Birth  7 Dec 1885  Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  15 Oct 1973  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Houston Everett McGown | F8747 
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    Female
    Annie Elizabeth Cordray

    Birth  1 Dec 1888  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  21 May 1978  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Laurie L. Ford | F12724 
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    Male
    Lowry Lawrence Cordray

    Birth  16 Dec 1892  Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  16 May 1973  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location

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

    2. [S1985] .