Mary "Mollie" E. Payne

1859 - 1921  (61 years)

• Name	Mary "Mollie" E. Payne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Nickname	Mollie
  Birth	Nov 1859	Texas   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Apr 1921  [3]
  Burial	Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	Middle name shown as both Emma or Elizabeth. She appears to have married second a McGown, as she is listed as Mollie McGown, widowed and age 60, at the time of the 1920 Census enumeration. She was living with her son William Benjamin Cordray in JP 8, Sabine County at the time. (Research): Census Listings: 1900 Census Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B Cordray, Mollie Head Hd W F Nov 1859 41 Wd 7/7 Tx --- --- Cordray, William E Son W M Nov 1876 23 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer Cordray, John R Son W M Mar 1883 16 3 Tx Ga Tx Cordray, Florence Dtr W F Mar 1882 18 S Tx Ga Tx Cordray, Emma M Dtr W F Dec 1885 14 S Tx Ga Tx Cordray, Annie E Dtr W F Dec 1889 10 S Tx Ga Tx Cordray, Lowrey Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Ga Tx
  Person ID	I42562	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Benjamin William Payne,   b. Abt 1817, Georgia d. Jul 1859, Sabine County, Texas (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Ursa Ann Roberts,   b. 20 Apr 1824, Louisiana d. 18 Feb 1895 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  	On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, they are shown as the grandparents of Mary Emma Cordray McGown, a daughter of their daughter, Mary "Molly" Payne and John Cordray. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ name: Mary Emma Mcgown event: Death event date: 15 Oct 1973 event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States gender: Female marital status: Widowed birth date: 07 Dec 1885 birthplace: Geneva, Texas father's name: John L Cordray mother's name: Mary Payne certificate number: 78696 film number: 2242914 digital folder number: 005145841 image number: 03277 Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973
  Family ID	F7868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray,   b. 13 Jan 1854, Georgia d. 1 Mar 1896 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3, 5]
  	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.
  Children	1. William Emmett Cordray,   b. 22 Nov 1876, Sabine County, Texas d. 22 Sep 1962, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 85 years)   2. Benjamin William Cordray,   b. 27 Mar 1879, Texas d. Abt 1929 (Age 49 years)   3. Sallie Florence Cordray,   b. 22 Mar 1880, Texas d. 13 May 1956, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 76 years)   4. John "Jack" Randolph Cordray,   b. 26 Mar 1884, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Jan 1968, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 83 years)   5. Mary Emma Cordray,   b. 7 Dec 1885, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 Oct 1973, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 87 years)   6. Annie Elizabeth Cordray,   b. 1 Dec 1888, Texas d. 21 May 1978, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 89 years)   7. Lowry Lawrence Cordray,   b. 16 Dec 1892, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 May 1973, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F12720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Nov 1859 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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