Person:Penelope Davis (2)

The Children & Descendants of Bennett Hiram Zachary and Penelope Davis Edited by Clovis LaFleur, Jan 2000 Mary Matilda Zachary (This account was published in the 1983 Asa Stark Newsletter and written by Pauline Moore, the granddaughter of Mary Matilda Zachary.) John Lawhorn "Jack" Stark's Family John Lawhorn “Jack” Stark was the third child of Asa Lafitte Stark. He was born July 20, 1848, probably in the Belgrade community in Newton County, Texas. His mother, Matilda Donaho Stark died when he was only 9 years old. In 1857 his father married Miss Hester M. Ford in Newton County.

When Jack was nineteen years old he married Miss Mary Matilda Zachary. The ceremony was held at her mother's (Penelope Davis) home, October 15, 1867 with the Reverend Mc Mayhand officiating. The family moved from Newton County to the central part of the state around 1869. Jack and Mary Matilda acquired property in Franklin, Texas. This property was sold in 1883.

Eight children were born to this marriage. Two died in infancy, and one little girl, Hettie May died when she was 7 years old of snake bite Other children were;

William Oscar Stark, born October 1869, married Ada May Bush 12 Dec. 1889 Rachael Penelope Stark, born 15 March 1873, married William Bollen Cox 1 March 1888 Oliver Eugene Stark, born 7 Feb. 1875, married 1. Cynthia Malinda Marlow 23 Dec. 1892, 2. Marquerite R. Fisch 20 April, 1917 Asa Carrington ( Kank) Stark, born 18 July 1881, married Carrie White 17 October 1916 Henry Edward ( Ed) Stark, born 3 Feb. 1885, married Martha Ann Welbourn 20, Dec. 1903

Jack was a carpenter and cabinet maker and had a shop in Normangee, Texas. He preached in the area around Wheelock and Macy, Texas, where the family lived until shortly before he died. Family tradition says that Jack served in the Confederate Army and was mustered in under Captain Rice in 1865. We have not been able to authenticate this. Jack also helped to lay the cornerstone for the Robertson County Court House at Franklin.

Mary Matilda was paralyzed when Carrington was born. She spent the rest of her life crippled and unable to walk, however when Oliver's wife Cynthia became very ill and later died , she and Jack took the young family and cared for the children. Mary Matilda died 29 December 1917 at Macy, Texas. John wrote a very moving poem about his wife and his love for her. He died 20 December 1926 at Jacksonville, Texas. The love he and his loving wife shared will be passed on to his family for generations to come. Frances Jane Zachary

(This was taken from the Article titled, "Daniel Family", by Russell Olds Faulkner. Collected by Gladys Zachary Skinner, From the Book Titled, "Walker County History".) DANIEL FAMILY, by Russell Olds Faulkner

Quote: "William Daniel Faulkner married Josephine Duncan on March 25, 1852, in Walker County. Josephine had been born in Alabama in March of 1836. Although the family is unsure of the given name of her father, her mother's name was Manuerah (or, Maneuvah), and later married a Harrison in Alabama, then J. W. Rhodes, in Walker County.

"The second child of W. D. and Josephine was a son, Thomas Milton, born November 26, 1854. "Tom", as he was known, was born in the Gourd Creek vicinity, but later moved with the family to Robertson County where he married Frances Jane Zachary, the daughter of Bennett Hiram and Penelope (Moore-"Davis") Zachary, on January 27, 1876. Tom and Jane moved back to Walker County, near New Waverly, and to them there was born Joseph William on October 13, 1877; George Oscar, born November 16, 1879 who married Minnie Barrett, and died in Houston in the 1960's; Lee Onidias, born July 1, 1882, followed the sawmills into Louisiana where he met and married Laura Ann Green on December 22, 1906, in De Ridder, Beauregard Parish (County), and died October 16, 1962, issue: a little girl, born sometime around 1884 or 1885, who died as an infant; and a little girl named Lener, born November, 1888, after the family had moved to Brazos County, up near Macy, and died (The Author is referring to Frances Jane Zachary in the Passage, CLL) in Corrigan on catching her clothing afire and severely burning her and a child."

"John David Zachary Family by Gladys Zachary Skinner, daughter of John David Zachary My dad, John David, was a contractor. He built homes as well as the Spudders Ball Park in Wichita Falls, The Coyote Football Stadium which, at that time, was the biggest in the state. He built most of the buildings at the 666 Ranch. He was an outstanding builder of North Texas. His sons, John and James and son-in-law Emmett Wright all worked for him.

"John and James worked together in Ft. Worth (In Construction. John moved his business to El Paso and James went to work for Georgia Pacific and retired from there as General Manager. He served in the Air Force in Europe during World War II. Jame's son, Chris Zachary, owns his own Machine Shop.

"My sister, Winona Zachary, married Emmett Wright, who worked for my Dad for a while. He and Winona moved to Los Angeles and started his own construction Company called Wright Roofing Company. His son, Ross Wright, now owns Wright Roofing in Long Beach and his other son, Terry Wright, owns Wright Construction in Santa Barbara. both have been quite successful in their business ventures.

"Catherine married Clifford Bruce. Their son, Jimmy Bruce has a construction company in Scottsdale, Arizona and the other son, Standley Bruce, has a construction company in Los Angles.

"My husband, Milton Skinner, was a Supervisor of Industrial Engineering at General Dynamics. He worked for them for 38 years.

"World War II Service

"John T. Zachary served in the Navy. He was on Ford Island when it was bombed on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese. He had a Government Contract with the Navy at that time. He bought it back and came home and requested duty in the Pacific. He served aboard the USS Randolph. James was in the Air Force and served in Europe. He was a Glider Pilot and was in Normandy on D- Day. Milton Skinner was in the Air Force for four years, serving state side for the duration of the war."

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   From clafleur1@@austin.rr.com:
   He [Winfield Moore] came to what is now Newton County in 1834 as a fugitive from Ga. He changed his name to William M. Davis. His wife Nancy's slaves brought her & Turner, Martha, Penelope and Cynthia to join him. He brought Pleasant B. Moore/Davis with him when he came. They lived a good life here and had four other children born in Newton Co on DAVIS CREEK. The Davis Community was named for him. Bennet Hiram Zachary & Penelopoe Davis were married 19 August, 1847 in Newton County. Later, Winfield/William fought in the war for Texas Independence. Also his son Pleasant. The family moved to Texas in 1834. Memorial Bench placed in Davis Cemetery on FM Road 363 for Winfield and Nancy. Placques attached: "Citizens of the Republic of Texas"