Susan Melissa Teston

1854 - 1946  (92 years)

• Name	Susan Melissa Teston  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	23 Apr 1854	Alabama   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 May 1946	Newton County, Texas   [1, 4]
  Burial	Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [4]
  Notes	Said to be a daughter of Duncan TESTON and Lucinda HINSON. In 1930, she was living in the home of son and daughter-in-law, Sidney and Edna Cousins. At the time of the 1940 Federal census, she was living with her youngest daughter and son-in-law, Alice and G. Ott Gunter, in Newton County, Texas. She appears to have been living with them since at least 1935. She is shown as Edna, born in Belgrade, Texas, on the death certificate of her youngest son, Sidney Bryant Cousins. This was likely just an error, as Sidney's wifes name was Edna. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXBN-8VC name: Melissa Cousins death date: 16 May 1946 death place: Burkeville, Newton, Texas gender: Female race: White death age: 92 years 24 days estimated birth date: birth date: 23 Apr 1854 birthplace: Alabama marital status: Widowed spouse's name: father's name: Teston father's birthplace: Alabama mother's name: mother's birthplace: Alabama occupation: None place of residence: Burkeville, Newton, Texas cemetery: Tamer Cem. burial place: Burkeville, Texas burial date: 17 May 1946 additional relatives: film number: 2218376 digital film number: 4030558 image number: 647 reference number: cn 23831 Collection: Melissa Cousins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
  Person ID	I37835	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family	John Robert Cousins,   b. 10 Jan 1856, Newton County, Texas d. 3 May 1925, Newton County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1876	Newton County, Texas   [6, 7]
  	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX3C-DLS groom's name: John R. Cousins groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Susan M. Teston bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 28 Oct 1876 marriage place: , Newton, Texas groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M59128-1 system origin: Texas-VR source film number: 1005596 reference number: 2:1GXJ09X Collection: John R. Cousins, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"
  Children	1. Robert Clark Cousins,   b. Sep 1877, Newton County, Texas d. 22 Jun 1895 (Age ~ 17 years)   2. Miles Jefferson Cousins,   b. 21 Jul 1878, Newton County, Texas d. 5 Apr 1944, Newton, Newton County, Texas (Age 65 years)   3. Robert "Bob" Cousins,   b. Abt 1881, Newton County, Texas d. Aft 1881, Newton County, Texas (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Eva "Evie" Mae Cousins,   b. 2 May 1885, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rufus Lee Cousins,   b. 14 Apr 1887, Newton County, Texas d. 13 Feb 1943, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 55 years)   6. Mellie Miranda Cousins,   b. 1 Feb 1889, Newton County, Texas d. 15 May 1958, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 69 years)   7. Sidney Bryant Cousins,   b. 23 Apr 1891, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. 29 Mar 1936, Newton County, Texas (Age 44 years)   8. Minnie Viola Cousins,   b. 10 Dec 1893, Newton County, Texas d. 7 Jun 1969, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 75 years)   9. Elvie Alice Cousins,   b. 14 Sep 1898, Newton County, Texas d. 1 Jul 1944, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F11613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Apr 1854 - Alabama Marriage - 28 Oct 1876 - Newton County, Texas Death - 16 May 1946 - Newton County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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