Annie Pearl Gray

Notes:

Tricia Williams emailed that "Annie Pearl Gray's parents are Lewis Corbin Gray (father) born on May 29, 1881 in Louisiana, USA died on Feb. 4, 1959 in Sabine County, Texas, USA buried in Payne-Williams Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas USA and Sally (Sallie) Florence Cordray (mother) born on March 22, 1881 in Texas, USA died on May 18, 1956 in Sabine County, Texas, USA buried in Payne-Williams Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas, USA. "

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name: Annie Pearl Mcnaughten
death date: 11 Feb 1962
death place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
gender: Female
race: Whie
death age: 53 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 May 1908
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Lewis Gray
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Florence Cordray
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: Rural Pct. 3, Jasper, Texas
cemetery: Fairmount
burial place: Sabine County, Texas
burial date: 12 Feb 1962
additional relatives:
film number: 2116932
digital film number: 4028430
image number: 2266
reference number: cn 09870
Collection: Lewis Gray in entry for Annie Pearl Mcnaughten, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Family/Spouse: William Ross McNaughten. William (son of William Jesse McNaughten and Georgia Ella Beckcom) was born on 14 Nov 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1988 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wilma Ruth McNaughten was born on 21 May 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Aug 1959; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Living
3. William Allen McNaughten was born on 22 Apr 1939 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Sep 2012 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper County, Texas.
4. Thomas Donald McNaughten was born on 2 Jun 1941 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1970 in Harris County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Living
6. John Nelson McNaughten was born on 30 Jun 1944 in Jefferson County, Texas; died on 13 Apr 1992 in Harris County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Living
8. Living
9. Living
10. Living

Notes:

Gravestone inscribed with "Gone to be with Jesus."

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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 married 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]

Notes:

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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."

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 married 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]

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.

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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.

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.

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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 married 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]

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.

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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.


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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