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Submitted: 5/16/22 • Approved: 5/16/22 • Last Updated: 5/19/22 • R513503-G513503-S3
William M. Cocanougher
August 19, 1867-November 22, 1910
Bettie Curtsinger Cocanougher
May 10, 1865-July 4, 1936
His Wife
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*William M.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: William McGe Cocanougher
Gender: Male
Birth Place: KY
Birth Year: 1867
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Curtsinger
Spouse
Birth Place: KY
Spouse Birth Year: 1865
Marriage
Year: 1888
Marriage State: TX
Number Pages: 1
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: W M Cocanougher
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1888
Marriage Place: Collin, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bettie Curtsinger
*Obituary Bettie
Mrs. Betty Cocanougher, resident of this section for nearly 30 years, ended an active life of 71 years when she succumbed to a six-months illness last Saturday at the Godwin hospital.
Funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. R.N. Shepherd, pastor, with burial in West Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Nester Gass, Ezra Norton, Edgar Mosley, Carl Frye, Bob Higgins and Miles Roberson.
Born in Kentucky on May 10, 1865, Mrs. Cocanougher removed to Collin county, Texas, in 1876. She came to Deaf Smith county in 1907, and for the past two years resided in Castro county, about 18 miles southeast of Hereford. She was a member of the Baptist church for 22 years.
Survivors, all of whom were present for the services, include a daughter, Miss Maggie Cocanougher of Hereford, seven sons, Lee, W.O., H.R., J.B., and Royce, all of Hereford; Claude of Goodland, and S.A. Cocanougher, of Scholle, New Mexico, and a number of grand children.
Out-of-town relatives who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Cocanougher, son and three daughters , of Sudan; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cocanougher and Mrs . Lonnie Teal of Lubbock; J.N. Pipes, son, Floyd, and daughters, Mrs. Ella Powers and Mrs. Lula Wells, of White Deer; Rev. and Mrs. Vernie Pipes of Sudan, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cocanougher of Goodland, and Andrew Cocanougher of Mountainair, N.M.
(Published in The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex), Vo. 36TH YEAR, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1936, Page 1)
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Collin County, Texas, Marriage Index, 1800-2010
Name: Bettie Curtsinger
Gender: Female
Spouse: W M Cocanougher
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1888
Marriage Place: Collin, Texas, USA
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mrs. Bettie Cocanougher
Death Date: 4 Jul 1936
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 35292
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Bettie Cocanougher
[Mrs Bettie Curtsinger]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 71
Birth Date: 10 May 1865
Birth Place: Kentucky
Residence: Castro, Texas, USA
Death Date: 4 Jul 1936
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: S A Curtsinger
Mother: Mary White
Contributed on 5/16/22 by neldapat
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