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Mellie Miranda Cousins

Female 1889 - 1958  (69 years)


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  • Name Mellie Miranda Cousins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 1 Feb 1889  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 May 1958  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • A digital image of her actual Texas Death certificate is viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. At the time of her death she was widowed with a home address of 8132 Milredge Drive, Houston, Texas. Her father was shown as John R. COUSINS, with "no record" listed under her mother's name. The informant was W. A. Becton, presumably her eldest son. Barbara Yancey Dore shows that she was the daughter of John Robert COUSINS and Susan "Melissa" E. TESTON of Newton County, Texas.

      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXCL-LV1
      name: Mellie M. Cousins Becton
      death date: 15 May 1958
      death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
      gender: Female
      race: White
      death age: 69 years
      estimated birth date:
      birth date: 07 Feb 1889
      birthplace: Burkeville, Texas
      marital status: Widowed
      spouse's name:
      father's name: John R. Cousins
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      occupation: Retired Housewife
      place of residence: Houston, Harris, Texas
      cemetery: Tanner Cemetery
      burial place: Burkeville, Texas
      burial date: 20 May 1958
      additional relatives:
      film number: 2115363
      digital film number: 4163853
      image number: 2150
      reference number: 27982
      Collection: Mellie M. Cousins Becton, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
    • (Medical):See attached sources. [2]
    Person ID I34882  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Robert Cousins,   b. 10 Jan 1856, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1925, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Susan Melissa Teston,   b. 23 Apr 1854, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1946, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1876  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX3C-DLS
      groom's name: John R. Cousins
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      bride's name: Susan M. Teston
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      marriage date: 28 Oct 1876
      marriage place: , Newton, Texas
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      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"
    Family ID F11613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Edward Becton,   b. 6 Jan 1891, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1952, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 3 May 1911  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. William Arlis Becton,   b. 16 Feb 1912, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1988, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Artie May Becton,   b. 27 Oct 1914, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1976, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. Raymond Edward Becton,   b. 27 Mar 1916, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1992, Victoria County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Verda Melissa Becton,   b. 6 Jun 1918, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 2002, San Jacinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. Hiram Andrew Becton,   b. 12 Feb 1920, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 2006, Hempstead, Waller County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     6. Winford Virgil Becton,   b. 19 Mar 1923, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 2006, Wylie, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F10943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Feb 1889 - Newton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 May 1911 - Newton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 May 1958 - Houston, Harris County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S694] Westfall, Lewis "Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton Co., Cemeteries of TX", (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Newton/cemetery/tanner.htm).

    4. [S296] Buckmaster, Laura (laurabuckmaster@sbcglobal.net) "Buckmaster, Holmes, Lanier & Thurber Family Tree" Ver. 2009-07-27 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=laura47.

    5. [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, Newton County, Pr 3 Enumerated 13 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 53 Sheets 6B and 7A 106-106 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973.

    7. [S1592] Newton Historical Commission, Pauline Hines, Compiler "Newton County Nuggets: A Collection of True Stories By Newton County Folk" (Nortex Press, A Division of Eakin Publications, Inc, Austin, Texas, published in 1986), p. 197 (Reliability: 3).