Individual Details
James Robert Coursey
(19 Feb 1870 - 16 Feb 1938)
Events
| Birth | 19 Feb 1870 | Purdon, Navarro County, Texas |  | ||
| Census | 1880 | Navarro County, Texas |  | | |
| Marriage | 14 Apr 1892 | Menard, Menard County, Texas - Cynthia Elizabeth Farris | | | |
| Census | Feb 1900 | 7 J-pct, Coleman County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1910 | Coleman, Coleman County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1930 | Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 16 Feb 1938 | Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas | | ||
| Burial | 17 Feb 1938 | County Farm Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Cynthia Elizabeth Farris (1875 - 1953) |
| Child | Mattie Lavina "Willie Mae" Coursey (1894 - 1979) |
| Child | Albert Edward Coursey (1896 - 1980) |
| Child | Cleo Patria Coursey (1898 - 1975) |
| Child | Lillian Viola "Lilly" Coursey (1900 - 1982) |
| Child | Coveda Coursey (1902 - 1902) |
| Child | James Ruben Coursey (1904 - 1904) |
| Child | Pauline Ina Aline Coursey (1906 - 1998) |
| Child | Ernest Raymond Coursey (1911 - 1997) |
| Child | Alvin Roy Coursey (1913 - 1991) |
| Child | Lee Chester Granville "Lg" Coursey (1916 - 1994) |
| Father | Richard A. "Emmett" Coursey (1847 - ) |
| Mother | Lucinda Elizabeth Parker (1844 - 1899) |
| Sibling | John Jackson Coursey (1868 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Thomas Allen Coursey (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Wesley Coursey (1876 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Charles Leonard "Giles" Coursey (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann Coursey (1884 - 1899) |
Notes
Census
Emett Coursey age 33 farmer born Georgia, father born Tennessee and mother born TennesseeElizabeth Age 25 wife, born Mississippi, parents born Tennessee
Jackson age 11 born Arkansas
Robert Age 10 born Arkansas
Allen Age 8 born Texas
Wesley age 3 born Texas
Leonard age 11 monthes born Texas
Marriage
The birth of their son Lee states Cynthia Farris as the motherCensus
James R Coursen(sic) born February 1871, married 8 years, born Texas father born Tennessee, mother Arkansas, rent home is a farm laborer, can read and writeCynethis E, wife, born June 1876, ha had 4 children all alive, born Texas, father born Tennessee and mother in Georgia
Mattie L --, daughter born February 1893, Indian Territory,
Albert E, born March 1896, in Texas
Cleopatria daughter born January 1898 in Texas
Lilly O May 1900 born in Texas
Census
James Carsey(sic) age 34 married 19 years, born Texas parents born ArkansasCynthia wife age 32 has had 7 children and 5 alive, born Texas, father Tennessee and mother in Kentucky
Willie daughter age 16 born Indianreservation, Oklahoma]
Edward age 14 born Texas
Cleo daughter age 12 born Texas
Lilly daughter age 10 born Texas
Pauline daughter age 4 born Texas
Faril, Jamie mother-in-law age 64 widow has had 6 children all alive, born Kentucky, and parents born Alabama
Census
402 16th StreetJames R Coursey Rents home at $7/month, age 60 married at age 22, born Texas, father born Georgia mother born Arkansas, is not working
Cynthia, wife, age 54 married at age 17, Bron Texas, father born Tennessee, mother born Texas,
Ernest, son age 18, born Texas, is a laborer at gravel hauler
Alvin, son age 16, born Texas
Chester G, age 16 born Texas
Endnotes
1. 1880 US Census, Navarro County, Texas, population schedule, 133 dist, ED 133, family 65, line 5, page 408, Emett Coursey, NARA micropublication T9, roll 1321.
2. 1880 US Census, Navarro County, Texas, population schedule, 133 dist, ED 133, family 65, line 5, page 408, Emett Coursey, NARA micropublication T9, roll 1321.
3. Familysearch.org, online \<[Url]\\><, [Cd]><. Hereinafter cited as [ShortTitle]>.
4. 1920 US Census, Coleman County, Texas, populstion schedule, Coleman, ED 48, family 331, line 37, page 44, James R Coursey, NARA micropublication T625, roll 1788.
5. 1930 US Census, Runnels County, Texas, population schedule, Ballinger city, ED 200-2, family 484, line 7, page 44, James R Coursey, NARA micropublication T626, roll 2389.
6. 1900 US Census, Coleman County, Texas, population schedule, 7 J-pct, ED 25, family 147, line 20, page 258, James Coursen, NARA micropublication M623, roll 1620.
7. 1910 US Census, Coleman County, Texas, population schedule, Coleman, ED 125, family 57, line 56, page 52, James Coursey, NARA micropublicaion M624, roll 1539.
8. 1930 US Census, Runnels County, Texas, population schedule, Ballinger city, ED 200-2, family 484, line 7, page 44, James R Coursey, NARA micropublication T626, roll 2389.
9. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 13 July 2015), Memorial# 61405931.