1862 - 1920 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Judge Daniel Cordray was born on 18 Apr 1862 in Georgia (son of Daniel C. Cordray and Louisa Melvine Williams); died on 20 Dec 1920; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
(Research):
Census Listings:
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 8
Enumerated 11 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 12B
162-162
Cordray, Judge D Head M W Apr 1862 38 m 2 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
Cordray, Emma R Wf W F Sept 1868 31 m 2 1/1 Ga Ga Ga
Cordray, Martha A Dtr W F Mar 1885 15 S Tx Ga Ga
Cordray, Clara B Dtr W F Jan 1888 12 S Tx Ga Ga
Cordray, Henry E Son W M Sept 1890 9 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Cordray, Zilla E Dtr W F Oct 1899 7/12 S Tx Ga Ga
Layfield, Landy D Servant W M Nov 1872 27 S Ga Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Weatherred Mack B M Oct 1877 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 23 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 8A
119-123
Cordray, Judge D Head M W 47 m1 11 Ga Ga Ala Farmer
Cordray, Emma Wf F W 41 m1 11 Ga Ga Ga
Cordray, Eugene Son M W 19 m1 1 Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Cordray, Lillian Dtr-in-law F W 16 m1 1 0/0 Tx Tx Tx
Cordray, Zilla Dtr F W 10 S Tx Ga Ga
Cordray, Judge Jr Son M W 8 S Tx Ga Ga
Cordray, Aremel Son M W 5 S Tx Ga Ga
Judge married Caroline M. Jones on 19 Nov 1881 in Sabine County, Texas. Caroline was born on 10 Mar 1866; died on 4 Aug 1899 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Martha Abbie Cordray was born on 21 Mar 1886 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Apr 1946 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas.
- Clara B. Cordray was born in Jan 1888 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Henry Eugene Cordray was born on 18 Sep 1890 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jul 1976 in Sabinal, Uvalde County, Texas.
Judge married Emma Louise Layfield about 1898. Emma was born in Sep 1868 in Georgia; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Zilla E. Cordray was born in Oct 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Judge Sidney Cordray, Sr. was born on 16 Apr 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Apr 1981 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Aremel Cordray was born on 25 Jul 1903 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jan 1972 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 2
2. | Daniel C. Cordray was born in Jul 1834 in Georgia; died on 30 Aug 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
White and Toole refer to him as Daniel Cordray, however on the 1870 Sabine County census he is listed as David, but as Daniel in 1880. His first wife died in 1878 (according to her headstone at the Cordray Cemetery), and he is listed with his second wife, Martha, age 44, born ca 1836 in Alabama, at the time of the 1880 census.
Could he have married third Dollie Wilson, sometime prior to 1884?
Dollie Cordray, a widow, age 33, can be found in the 1900 Sabine County, Texas Census with three minor children. The Texas Death certificate of the eldest son of the widowed Dollie Wilson Cordray, namely Cleveland Cordray, lists his father as Dan Cordray. Census records for the children show that their father was born in Texas, however, versus Georgia.
This does not appear likely, as at the time of the 1900 Sabine County, Texas census, Daniel and his second wife, Martha appear together.
Additionally, his widow, Mrs. Martha Cordray applied for a Civil War pension as the widow of D. C. Cordray on 8 May 1915 in Sabine County. She indicated that she married him on 10 Oct 1878 in Sabine County. Martha further indicated she was age 82, and was born in Dallas County, Alabama. having resided in Texas for 42 years. Her late husband, Daniel C. Cordray, was shown as dying on 30 Aug 1905. He was shown to have served the C.S.A. in the state of Georgia, for a period of five months, being discharged in April 1865. He was in the Infantry, Company A, Regiment 29.
On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, he is shown as the Uncle of Mary Emma Cordray McGown (1885-1973), her father John Lawrence Cordray also being a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson. He is likely related to her in some other fashion, perhaps a cousin, as Georgia Marriage records on Ancestry.com show that Elizabeth Tomlinson and Jonathan Cordray were not married until 2 Apr 1846 in Muscogee County, Georgia, eight years after Daniel was born. DM Veitch instead shows him as a son of Daniel and Celia Cordray of Muscogee County, Georgia. Veitch shows that his second wife was Martha Williams Honeycutt, a widow, no issue by Daniel.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, Sabine Town
Enumerated 25 July 1870
Pages 7 and 8 Stamped 10
372-372
Cordray, David/Daniel? 37 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Ga
Cordray, Laura 32 F W Keeping House Ga
Cordray, Zella 12 F W Ga
Cordray, Judge 8 M W Ga
Cordray, John W 5 M W Ga
Cordray, Charles 1/12 M W Tx Dec
Cordray, Lewis 19 M B Servant Ga
1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fourth Precinct
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2B SD 1 ED 86
12-12
Cordrie, Daniel W M 45 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, Martha W F 44 Wf Keeping House Ala Ga Ga
Cordrie, Judge D W M 18 Son Works on Farm Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, John W M 15 Son Works on Farm Ga Ga Ga
Cordrie, Charlie H W M 10 Son Tx Ga Ga
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 11A Stamped 151
143-143
Cordray, Dan??l Head M W July 1834 65 M 20 Ga Ga SC Faerm
Cordray, Martha Wf W F Jun 1836 63 m 20 5/5 Ala Ga Ga
Daniel + Louisa Melvine Williams. Louisa was born on 24 May 1839 in Georgia; died on 24 Feb 1878; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Louisa Melvine Williams was born on 24 May 1839 in Georgia; died on 24 Feb 1878; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The daughter of Hillery Judge Williams.
Children:
- Zilla Cordray was born on 3 Jan 1858 in Georgia; died on 22 Aug 1955 in Orange, Orange County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.
- 1. Judge Daniel Cordray was born on 18 Apr 1862 in Georgia; died on 20 Dec 1920; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- John W. Cordray was born about 1865 in Georgia; and died.
- Charles H. Cordray was born in Dec 1879 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
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