Mary Emma Cordray

1885 - 1973  (87 years)

• Name	Mary Emma Cordray  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Dec 1885	Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Oct 1973	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ name: Mary Emma Mcgown event: Death event date: 15 Oct 1973 event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States gender: Female marital status: Widowed birth date: 07 Dec 1885 birthplace: Geneva, Texas father's name: John L Cordray mother's name: Mary Payne certificate number: 78696 film number: 2242914 digital folder number: 005145841 image number: 03277 Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973 On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, she is shown as a niece of Daniel C. Cordray (1834-1905), also of Sabine County, her father John Lawrence Cordray also being a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne, therefore a brother of Mary Cordray McGown.
  Person ID	I26463	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray,   b. 13 Jan 1854, Georgia d. 1 Mar 1896 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Mary "Mollie" E. Payne,   b. Nov 1859, Texas d. 9 Apr 1921 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 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	Houston Everett McGown,   b. 15 Jul 1881, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 Jan 1958, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Children	1. Ralph Edward McGown,   b. 15 Dec 1904, Sabine County, Texas d. 31 Aug 1973, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 68 years)   2. Leonard Everett McGown,   b. 13 Sep 1906, Texas d. 17 Jun 1909, Sabine County, Texas (Age 2 years)   3. Novie Laura McGown,   b. 16 Jan 1909, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Jan 1909, Sabine County, Texas (Age 0 years)   4. Clarissa Lucille McGown,   b. 12 Sep 1910, Sabine County, Texas d. 8 Dec 1987, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 77 years)   5. William Leroy McGown, Sr.,   b. 20 Sep 1912, Sabine County, Texas d. 6 Sep 1987, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 74 years)   6. Mary Ann McGown,   b. 17 Oct 1914, Milam, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Jan 2005, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 90 years)   7. Dicy Faye McGown,   b. 12 Mar 1917, Milam, Sabine County, Texas d. 27 Apr 1975, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F8747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Dec 1885 - Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Death - 15 Oct 1973 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Burial - - McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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, Justice Precinct 4 Enumerated 12 & 13 Janaury 1920 by Napolon B. Mason SD 326 DE 171 Sheet 6B & 7A 120-128 (Reliability: 3). [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/). [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). [S1985] . [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.