Wife of James M. Cosstephens

Name Margaret Cosstephens
Death Date 11 Jun 1933
Death Place Stamford, Jones, Texas
Gender Female
Race White
Death Age 72 years
Estimated Birth Date
Birth Date 11 Jun 1861
Birthplace Texas
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name
Father's Name Sowell
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name
Mother's Birthplace
Occupation Housewife
Cemetery Fairview
Burial Place
Burial Date 12 Jun 1933
taken from Family Search records - December, 2010
by Carla

Services for James Cosstephens, 76, were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Stamford with Rev. Stevens and Rev. Harris officiating. Mr. Cosstephens was a member of the Methodist Church.

Kinney Funeral Home Records
contributed by Dorman Holub - May, 2014
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Margaret Cosstephens (42402173)

Mrs. Cosstephens, Pioneer of Jones county, dies here.

Funeral services of Mrs. J.M.Cosstephens, 72, pioneer of Jones County, who died on her birthday, Sunday morning at 4:00, in the Stamford Sanitarium, were conducted by Rev. C.R. Hooton at the St. John’s Methodist church at 3 p.m. Monday. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery at Tuxedo. Kinney Funeral home was in charge.

Mrs. Cosstephens was born in Erath county near Stephenville June 11, 1861. She moved to Jones county with her family 30 years ago and lived on a farm near Tuxedo until 1908 when she moved to Stamford. She had been active in St. John’s Methodist church of which she was a member. There were six children born and two survive. Her husband preceded her to the grave by four years.

Surviving: two daughters - Mrs. W.J. Buie of Stamford; Mrs. W.H. Peters of Pampa; six grandchildren - Mrs. Bill Braymer of Hamlin, Martell and Earline Peters, Billie Buie, Garland Cosstephens of San Bernadino, CA; Claudius Cosstephens of Hanford, CA.

The Stamford American
Volume 10, Number 10
Friday, June 16, 1933

Contributor: Searchers of our Past - January, 2020