TX Family Groupsheet: Family of Francis Edward Zellner *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Contributor: Michele H. Mills mailto: HUSBAND: Francis Edward ZELLNER Birthdate: 11 Jul 1812 Birth place: Lincoln County, Georgia Death date: 18 Dec 1894 Death place: Cameron, Milam County, Texas Burial place: Salem-Wilson Cemetery, Milam County, Texas Father: Arnold Zellner Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Holmes WIFE: Sirena MYERS Birthdate: 25 Dec 1821 Birth place: Louisiana Death date: 21 Nov 1893 Death place: Cameron, Milam County, Texas Burial place: Salem-Wilson Cemetery, Milam County, Texas Father: Charles Myers Mother: ? Marriage date: 22 Dec 1839 Marriage place: Jefferson County, Texas CHILD 1: Margaret Zellner Birthdate: 8 Oct 1841 Birth place: Texas Death date: 21 Nov 1886 Death place: Cameron, Milam County, Texas Spouse: Sila R Stevens, Benjamin F Hasty Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 2: Mary Jane Zellner Birthdate: 8 Nov 1842 Birth place: Texas Death date: 15 Sep 1892 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 3: Marion Zellner Birthdate: 31 Jan 1845 Birth place: Louisiana Death date: 14 Aug 1916 Death place: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 4: Elizabeth Francis Zellner Birthdate: 13 Mar 1847 Birth place: Texas Death date: 5 Dec 1919 Death place: Spouse: Dave Hodges Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 5: Martha Zellner Birthdate: 9 Oct 1849 Birth place: in a tent 3 miles south of Cameron, Milam County, TX Death date: 14 Nov 1932 Death place: Spouse: Joseph Darius House Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 6: Parthenia Zellner Birthdate: 8 Jan 1852 Birth place: Milam County, Texas Death date: 1908 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 7: Eliza Zellner Birthdate: 24 Jan 1853 Birth place: Milam County, Texas Death date: 29 Jul 1923 Death place: Cameron, Milam County, Texas Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 8: Alice Emeline Zellner Birthdate: 27 Nov 1855 Birth place: Milam County, Texas Death date: 6 Dec 1922 Death place: Three Rivers, Otero County, New Mexico Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 9: Laura Ann Zellner Birthdate: 27 Apr 1858 Birth place: Death date: 16 Jun 1920 Death place: Spouse: John David Letcher Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 10: Henry Bascom Zellner Birthdate: 16 Jun 1860 Birth place: Death date: 26 Jul 1867 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 11: Francis Edward Alexander Zellner Birthdate: 22 Aug 1864 Birth place: Death date: 20 May 1934 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 12: Charles Arnold Zellner Birthdate: 4 Oct 1867 Birth place: Death date: 8 May 1950 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: SOURCES: 1. Zellner Family Bible 2. Salem-Wilson Cemetery 3. Marriage Book A, 1837-1846, Jefferson County, Texas 4. 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Milam County Census records 5. Gifford White. 1988. 1840 Citizens of Texas, Vol. 1, Land Grants. Austin. Reprinted in 1994 by Ericson Books, Nacogdoches. p. 319. 6. Mrs. John T. Martin and Mrs. Louis C. Hill. 1968. Milam County, Texas Records, Vol. II. Waco, Texas. pp. 89, 97, 130. 7. Texas Tax List Index, 1840-1849. NOTES: Francis Zellner was a Texas Ranger from Apr 1837 - Apr 1838. Francis was paid $23 a month, earning $138.00 for each of his six-month terms. In addition, in November of 1837, Francis was given 640 acres of land in Milam county as incentive to stay in Texas. For his service in the Texas Rangers he was given a service bounty land grant of 1,280 acres on Cow Creek, 16 miles from Milam (Land Warrent #3031), September 25, 1838. Francis and Sirena married in Jefferson County, Texas. Francis owned land in both Jefferson and Milam Counties in the 1840's. In 1847 Francis and Sirena were listed as members of the new Salem Methodist Church, of Salem Community, Milam County, Texas.