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Lydia Buna Gray

Female 1911 - 1981  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lydia Buna Gray was born on 21 May 1911 in Texas (daughter of Lewis Corbin Gray and Sallie Florence Cordray); died on 24 Dec 1981; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.

    Lydia married Thomas Benton McNaughten after 1930. Thomas (son of William Jesse McNaughten and Georgia Ella Beckcom) was born on 14 Nov 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Oct 1976 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Bennie Lewis McNaughten was born on 22 Jul 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 May 2019; was buried in Franks Branch Cemetery, Fred, Tyler County, Texas.
    2. James Wendell "Joe" McNaughten was born on 23 Sep 1936 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jun 2024 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 6 Jun 2024 in Bethany Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lewis Corbin Gray was born on 29 May 1881 in Louisiana; died about 1959; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Gravestone inscribed with "Gone to be with Jesus."

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1920 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
    Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
    SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 184
    6-6
    Gray, L. C. Head M W 38 M La Ala La Farmer
    Gray, Florence Wf F W 36 M Tx Ga Tx
    Gray, Pearl Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx La
    Gray, Buna Dtr F W 8 S Tx La Tx
    Gray, John Son M W 4 6/12 S Tx La Tx

    Lewis + Sallie Florence Cordray. Sallie (daughter of John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray and Mary "Mollie" E. Payne) was born on 22 Mar 1880 in Texas; died on 13 May 1956 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sallie Florence Cordray was born on 22 Mar 1880 in Texas (daughter of John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray and Mary "Mollie" E. Payne); died on 13 May 1956 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXHF-73X
    name: Sallie Florence Gray
    death date: 13 May 1956
    death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
    gender: Female
    race: White
    death age: 76 years 1 month 21 days
    estimated birth date:
    birth date: 22 Mar 1880
    birthplace: Texas
    marital status: Married
    spouse's name:
    father's name: John Cordray
    father's birthplace: Ala.
    mother's name: Mary Elizabeth Payne
    mother's birthplace: Texas
    occupation: Housewife & Mother
    place of residence: Milam, Sabine, Texas
    cemetery: Cordray Cemetery [actually Payne-Williams]
    burial place: Milam, Texas
    burial date: 15 May 1956
    additional relatives:
    informant Mrs. Buna McNaughten
    film number: 2114670
    digital film number: 4165424
    image number: 3396
    reference number: cn 27421
    Collection: Sallie Florence Gray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

    Gravestone inscribed with "Not my will but Thy will be done."

    Notes:

    Married:
    Presumed, but not proven, to be the parents of the two children buried at the Payne Williams Cemetery also having the surname GRAY. Earnis Laurie, 11 Mar 1913-11 Oct 1915 "Darling we will miss thee" and Johnnie Marlow Gray, 24 Aug 1915-7 Jul 1930 "Our Beloved Boy."

    Children:
    1. Annie Pearl Gray was born on 22 May 1908 in Texas; died on 11 Feb 1962 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. 1. Lydia Buna Gray was born on 21 May 1911 in Texas; died on 24 Dec 1981; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. Johnnie Gray was born on 24 Aug 1915 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 7 Jul 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Cordray Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray was born on 13 Jan 1854 in Georgia; died on 1 Mar 1896; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, he is shown as a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson


    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1880 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
    Enumerated 25 and 26 Jun 1880
    Page 17A SD 1 ED 86 Stamp 245
    143-143
    Cordray, John J W M 25 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
    Cordray, Mary W F 21 Wf Keeping House Tx Ga La
    Cordray, William E W M 3 Son Tx Ga Tx
    Cordray, Ben W W M 1 Son Tx Ga Tx

    John + Mary "Mollie" E. Payne. Mary (daughter of Benjamin William Payne and Ursa Ann Roberts) was born in Nov 1859 in Texas; died on 9 Apr 1921; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary "Mollie" E. Payne was born in Nov 1859 in Texas (daughter of Benjamin William Payne and Ursa Ann Roberts); died on 9 Apr 1921; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    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

    Notes:

    Married:
    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 was born on 22 Nov 1876 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Sep 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Benjamin William Cordray was born on 27 Mar 1879 in Texas; died about 1929; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. 3. Sallie Florence Cordray was born on 22 Mar 1880 in Texas; died on 13 May 1956 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. John "Jack" Randolph Cordray was born on 26 Mar 1884 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1968 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 10 Jan 1968 in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
    5. Mary Emma Cordray was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Oct 1973 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Annie Elizabeth Cordray was born on 1 Dec 1888 in Texas; died on 21 May 1978 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
    7. Lowry Lawrence Cordray was born on 16 Dec 1892 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 May 1973 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Benjamin William Payne was born about 1817 in Georgia (son of John M. Payne and Margaret Rush Williams); died in Jul 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Mortality Schedule for 1860 Sabine County "Benjamin W. Payne, farmer, age 42, male born in Georgia, died July 1859 of drunkness, sick 42 days" No dates are inscribed on his tombstone.

    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, and son of B. W. Payne. He stated his father died in the early sixties.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
    Enumerated 11 and 12 Oct 1850
    Stamped 316
    87-87
    Margaret Payne 62 F $400 NC
    Scott Ganntt 49 M Ga
    88-88
    Louisa Holoway and family
    89-89
    Benjamin W Payne 32 M Farmer Ga
    Ursa Ann Payne 27 F La
    Amanda Payne 5 F Tx
    Epps Payne 3 M Tx
    Sarah Agnes Payne 1 F Tx

    Benjamin + Ursa Ann Roberts. Ursa (daughter of William Roberts and Sarah) was born on 20 Apr 1824 in Louisiana; died on 18 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Ursa Ann Roberts was born on 20 Apr 1824 in Louisiana (daughter of William Roberts and Sarah); died on 18 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Gravestone inscribed with "Remember youth as you pass by. As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me, Come to see Mammy."

    On the annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Willam and Sarah Roberts. It was also shown that she had been married three times, first to Benjamin William Payne, second to Judson M. Meador, and last to John N. Lowery.

    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, and son of Ursa Ann. He also indicated that his mother later married J. N. Lowery by whom she had no children. He added that Lowery survived his mother by several years, and he did not know who his heirs were. B. R. Payne did not report the marriage to Judson M. Meador noted on the Payne-Williams Cemetery transcription.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1860 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat, PO Milam
    Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
    Page 23
    167-167
    UA Payne 36 F Farmer 7500 15782 La
    Margaret A Payne 15 F Tx
    Sarah A Payne 10 F Tx
    Benjamin R Payne 6 M Tx
    William E Payne 5 M Tx
    Mary R Payne 2 F Tx
    G B Batchtlor 18 M Overseer Ga

    Notes:

    Married:
    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

    Children:
    1. Margaret Amanda Payne was born about 1845 in Texas; and died.
    2. Epperson Duke Payne was born about 1847 in Texas; died after 1 Jun 1850; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. Sarah "Sallie" Agnes Payne was born before 1849 in Texas; died before 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    4. Benjamin Rush Payne was born on 2 Jul 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Feb 1939; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    5. William E. Payne was born about 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    6. 7. Mary "Mollie" E. Payne was born in Nov 1859 in Texas; died on 9 Apr 1921; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.