Elray Conn

Notes:

Obituary, copied from his FindAGrave memorial page maintained by K. Todd Sherer.

Elray Conn, of Wildwood, formerly of Nederland, Texas passed away at M.D. Anderson Hospital after a brave battle with cancer.

He graduated from Burkeville High School in 1950, attended Stephen F. Austin University and Lamar University.

He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He retired from Dupont Beaumont Works after 42 years. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed raising his show cattle.

He was survived by his wife of 53 years, Veigh, his son, Tim Conn and wife, Angela, daughter, Suzanne Conn Brown and husband, Rick, five grandchildren, Jacob and Joshua Conn, Hank, Audrey and Phoebe Brown, brother, Lloyd Conn and wife, Jean, brother-in-law Rush Dickerson and wife, Rose, nephew, Bill Conn and wife, Beth, nieces, Krisi Monsiviaz and husband, Gerard, Juli Anderson and husband, Jay.

Family/Spouse: Helen Veigh Dickerson. Helen was born on 29 Jul 1938 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 6 Jan 2010 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; was buried in Burkeville City Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Son of A. Frank CONN and Martha E. BOYD, Shriner, Cpl US Army WWI

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 22A Stamped 44
25-27
Conn, Martin F Head M M W 34 M 25 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Logwood
Conn, Effie Wf F W 25 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, D S W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Frank Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Cecil Son M W S Tx Tx Tx

Martin married Minnie Effie Tilley on 30 Apr 1921 in Newton County, Texas. Minnie (daughter of William Robert Tilley and Margaret Ann Ellen Smith) was born on 19 Aug 1904 in Texas; died on 12 May 1991 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp
Enumerated 9 Jun 1880
Page 11 SD 1 ED 45 Stamped 233
82-82
Conn, Sarah W F 40 Keeping House Miss Ga Miss
Conn, Frank W M 17 Son Works on Farm Ark Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Precinct No 4
Enumerated 7 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 4A
57-57
Conn, Anderson Head W M Dec 1862 38 m 6 Ark Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Mattie Wf W F May 1878 22 m 6 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Martin Son W M Dec 1895 4 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Bessie Dtr W F Apl 1898 2 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Sarah Mother W F Jun 1836 63 Wd Miss Miss Miss
58-58
Boyd, William and Sarah and family

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheets 15B and 16A
231-236
Boyd, William H and Sarah Family
232-237
Conn, Anderson F Head M W 47 m1 16 Akr Miss Miss Farmer
Conn, Mattie Wf F W 32 M1 16 5/4 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Conn, Martin F Son M W 14 S Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
Conn, Bessie P Dtr F W 12 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, William P Son M W 7 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Elijah G Son M W 4 S Tx Ark Tx
Conn, Sarah Mother F W 72 Wd Miss Miss US

1920 Census
Not Located

Anderson married Martha "Mattie" Elizabeth Boyd on 29 May 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 5 May 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Mar 1938 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3M3-CXL
name: Martha Elizabeth Conn
event: Death
event date: 23 Mar 1938
event place: , San Augustine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date:
birthplace: Milam, Texas
father's name: W H Boyd
mother's name: Sallie Mcgwen
certificate number: 15108
film number: 2117658
digital folder number: 005144925
image number: 03081
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Martha Elizabeth Conn, 1938

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated April 12 through 14, 1930
SD 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 6B
124-127
Horn, Robert Head M W 38 M 24 Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Horn, Bessie Wf F W 32 m 18 Tx Miss Tx None US Govt Worker
Conn, Mattie Mother-in-law F W 52 M 24 Tx Ga Tx

William married Margaret Ann Ellen Smith. Margaret (daughter of Rev. William Harrison Smith and Susan Elizabeth Love) was born on 8 Apr 1885; died on 13 Jul 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the "Johnson Family Tree" at Ancestry, he is shown as a son of James CONN and Martha Ann GIBSON. At the time of the 1850 Federal Census, a 21 year old John Conn was living in the home of Thos and Anne Gibson in Marion County, Mississippi. John was listed as farming. Thomas, age 48, was a Baptist Parson born in North Carolina, and Anne, age 24 was born in Mississippi. Thomas and Anne were presumably the parents of the 10 Gibson children also in this household, ranging in age from 17 to 1. They were John, H., Elijah, Elisha, N., C., S., M., E., and Abi.

Not able to locate John on the 1860 census with his wife or children.

John married Sarah Jones on 9 Jan 1856 in Columbia County, Arkansas. Sarah was born in Jun 1836 in Mississippi; died on 5 Oct 1917 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 and 1910 Sabine County, Texas census, the widowed Sarah was living in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Anderson and Mattie Conn.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp, PO Gibsons Store
Enumerated 15 July 1870
Page 6
47-47
Conn, Sarah 34 F W Keeping House $--- $100 Miss
Conn, Elijah 11 M W Ark
Conn, John T 9 m W Ark
Conn, Anderson T 7 M W Ark

1880 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp
Enumerated 9 Jun 1880
Page 11 SD 1 ED 45 Stamped 233
82-82
Conn, Sarah W F 40 Keeping House Miss Ga Miss
Conn, Frank W M 17 Son Works on Farm Ark Miss Miss

Notes:

Virgie Speights, in a biography of Imboden Boyd written September, 1966, stated that he was a grandson of Joseph Boyd, and great grandson of John Boyd, who came from Nashville, Tennessee in 1835, to settle at Milam, to serve as a Senator in the Republic of Texas, as a sheriff of Sabine County, as well as holding other important positions in early Texas.

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Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
115-116
Boyd, William H W M 24 Farmer Tx Ala Ala
Boyd, Sarah E W F 20 F Wf Keeping House Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mattie E W F 2 Dt Tx
Boyd, George W M 8/12 Oct Son Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam No. 4
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 4A Stamped 132
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
Note: Microfilm image was faint and hard to read
Boyd, William Age 44 Texas
Boyd, Sarah Age 38 Texas
Boyd, George Age 19 Texas
Boyd, William H Age 17 Texas
Boyd, Sarah E Age 12 Texas
Boyd, Anna M Age 9 Texas
Boyd, Mary F Age 6 Texas
Boyd, Bradford D Age 4 Texas
Boyd, Maud E Age 10/12 Texas


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Page 12B
230-235
Boyd, William H. Jr Head m W 27 M1 3 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Mary E. Wf F W 23 M2 3 0/0 Tx Ga Tx
231-236
Boyd, William H Sr Head M W 54 m1 33 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Boyd, Sarah E. Wf F W 49 m1 33 9/8 Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mary F Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Bradford I Son M w 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Boyd, Maud E. Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
232-237
Madison and Mattie Conn family

William married Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown before 1880. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 23 Aug 1860 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Alexander Henderson McGOWN and Elizabeth STOVALL, both born in Tennessee and died in Sabine County, Texas.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Bob-Moon/GENE10-0005.html

William married Susan Elizabeth Love on 6 Jan 1875 in Sabine County, Texas. Susan was born on 11 May 1856 in Newton County, Texas; died on 4 Oct 1888 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in Mill Creek Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]