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Susan Melissa Teston

Female 1854 - 1946  (92 years)


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  • Name Susan Melissa Teston  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 23 Apr 1854  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 May 1946  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Burial Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 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) 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1876  Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
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      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"
    Children 
     1. Robert Clark Cousins,   b. Sep 1877, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1895 (Age ~ 17 years)
     2. Miles Jefferson Cousins,   b. 21 Jul 1878, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1944, Newton, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     3. Robert "Bob" Cousins,   b. Abt 1881, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1881, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Eva "Evie" Mae Cousins,   b. 2 May 1885, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Rufus Lee Cousins,   b. 14 Apr 1887, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1943, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     6. Mellie Miranda Cousins,   b. 1 Feb 1889, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1958, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     7. Sidney Bryant Cousins,   b. 23 Apr 1891, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1936, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     8. Minnie Viola Cousins,   b. 10 Dec 1893, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1969, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     9. Elvie Alice Cousins,   b. 14 Sep 1898, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1944, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F11613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Apr 1854 - Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Oct 1876 - Newton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 May 1946 - Newton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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, Newton County, JP 3 and 2 Enumerated 8 and 9 Jun 1880 Page 9 SD 1 ED 56 Stamped 559A 78-78 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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).

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

    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 DOB shown as Apr 1855 (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).