Benjamin William Cordray

1879 - Abt 1929  (49 years)

• Name	Benjamin William Cordray  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	27 Mar 1879	Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1929  [3]
  Burial	Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	His tombstone was inscribed with "In Gad We Trust." (Research): Census Listings: 1920 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 8 Enumerated 2 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 184 1-1 Albert and Fannie McGown family 2-2 Ben R. Payne 3-3 L. L. and Dollie Cordray 4-4 BW Cordray Head M W 40 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer Bertie Cordray Wf F W 30 M Tx Al La Clara Cordray Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx Ramsdel Cordray Son M W 4 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx Thee Cordray Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx Liddie Cordray Dtr F W 1 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx LaFayette Cordray Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx Mollie McGown Mother F W 60 Wd Tx Ga La
  Person ID	I42563	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  [3, 4]
  	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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Mar 1879 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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). [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S1514] McCary, Mackie & Kay, Fussell, and Toole "Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1985] .