Mellie Miranda Cousins

1889 - 1958  (69 years)

• Name	Mellie Miranda Cousins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	1 Feb 1889	Newton County, Texas   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 May 1958	Houston, Harris County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	A digital image of her actual Texas Death certificate is viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. At the time of her death she was widowed with a home address of 8132 Milredge Drive, Houston, Texas. Her father was shown as John R. COUSINS, with "no record" listed under her mother's name. The informant was W. A. Becton, presumably her eldest son. Barbara Yancey Dore shows that she was the daughter of John Robert COUSINS and Susan "Melissa" E. TESTON of Newton County, Texas. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXCL-LV1 name: Mellie M. Cousins Becton death date: 15 May 1958 death place: Houston, Harris, Texas gender: Female race: White death age: 69 years estimated birth date: birth date: 07 Feb 1889 birthplace: Burkeville, Texas marital status: Widowed spouse's name: father's name: John R. Cousins father's birthplace: mother's name: mother's birthplace: occupation: Retired Housewife place of residence: Houston, Harris, Texas cemetery: Tanner Cemetery burial place: Burkeville, Texas burial date: 20 May 1958 additional relatives: film number: 2115363 digital film number: 4163853 image number: 2150 reference number: 27982 Collection: Mellie M. Cousins Becton, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976" (Medical):See attached sources. [2]
  Person ID	I34882	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Robert Cousins,   b. 10 Jan 1856, Newton County, Texas ,   d. 3 May 1925, Newton County, Texas  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Susan Melissa Teston,   b. 23 Apr 1854, Alabama ,   d. 16 May 1946, Newton County, Texas  (Age 92 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1876	Newton County, Texas   [6, 7]
  	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX3C-DLS groom's name: John R. Cousins groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Susan M. Teston bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 28 Oct 1876 marriage place: , Newton, Texas groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: 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"
  Family ID	F11613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Edward Becton,   b. 6 Jan 1891, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 14 Apr 1952, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 61 years)
  Married	3 May 1911	Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. William Arlis Becton,   b. 16 Feb 1912, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 27 Dec 1988, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 76 years)   2. Artie May Becton,   b. 27 Oct 1914, Texas ,   d. 19 Sep 1976, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 61 years)   3. Raymond Edward Becton,   b. 27 Mar 1916, Texas ,   d. 6 Feb 1992, Victoria County, Texas  (Age 75 years)   4. Verda Melissa Becton,   b. 6 Jun 1918, Newton County, Texas ,   d. 20 Sep 2002, San Jacinto County, Texas  (Age 84 years)   5. Hiram Andrew Becton,   b. 12 Feb 1920, Texas ,   d. 25 Feb 2006, Hempstead, Waller County, Texas  (Age 86 years)   6. Winford Virgil Becton,   b. 19 Mar 1923, Texas ,   d. 25 Jul 2006, Wylie, Dallas County, Texas  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F10943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Feb 1889 - Newton County, Texas Married - 3 May 1911 - Newton County, Texas Died - 15 May 1958 - Houston, Harris County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!). [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/). [S694] Westfall, Lewis "Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton Co., Cemeteries of TX", (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Newton/cemetery/tanner.htm). [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. [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). [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973. [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).