Zack Bible I, son of Jacob and Arabella (Clerry) Bible, was born about 1838 in Greene County, Tennessee.  He married Elidda "Liddie" Jane Roberts, born about 1843 in Tennessee and died October. 1882 in Burnet County.  It is not known what became of Zack.  Of their ten children, the first seven were born in Tennessee.  The family came to Texas about 1875, settling near Fairland in Burnet County. where the other three children were born.  The oldest child was

     (1) Mary Elidda, born in 1860, she married Jarit Hatten. (See Hatten).  When her mother died, she took care of the younger children, who came with her to Coleman County about 1900.

     (2) Sarah "Sallie' was born about 1862 and married Will Ripley, and they lived at Whon.

     (3) Sam "Willie' was born about 1865. He never married and was crippled from birth. After the family moved to Whon in the early 1900's, he lived there with his brothers Elisha, Zack, and Charlie, until he died o pneumonia, October 30, 1925, buried at Whon.

     (4) Elisha W. (October 29, 1866- July 8, 1921, buried at Whon) married Cassie E. Moore (May 3, 1867 - January 27, 1952, buried at Whon) October 24, 1888 at Marble Falls.  Cassie moved to Melvin in 1922 and bought the telephone exchange there, moving to Santa Anna in 1926.  Their children were (not in order of birth):

Roy (April 8, 1891 - October 22, 1983, buried at Whon), married first, Nettie Walters November 15, 1895-September 3, 1960) in Brady in 1916; second, Mary Woodcock in Brady.  His children were: Ila Lorene (Shipman) of Santa Anna, Doris (Harvey) of Santa Anna, Myrtle (Looney) of Hobbs, Neva (Bird) of Odessa, Mildred (Carter) of Ozark, Alabama, Cassie (Kuykendall) of Brownwood, Wilburn of Santa Anna, Bobby of Santa Anna, Billy of Garland, E.J. of San Angelo, I. O. of Sonora, Lillian (Siller) who died in 1970, E. W. who died in 1979, and Thomas J., who died February 9, 1917, buried at Whon.

Letha M. (October 15, 1899 - May 19, 1918, buried at Whon).

Jim Gill (December 6, 1904 - September 8, 1913, buried at Whon).

Bertha, married first, C. C. Peeples (see Peeples); second, a Simmons.

Stella, married first Joseph Blake Forehand see Forehand), married second, a Hash.

 Lee Elva, married Walter Rutherford (see William Harvey Rutherford).

Maudie Pearl, married J. A. Rutherford (see William Harvey Rutherford).

G.R. lived at Lockhart.

Elsie, married Cleg Gassiot, May 16, 1928 (see Gassiot), now of Brady.

Ima, married James Simpson, now ot Corpus Christi see ames Davis Simpson).

      (5) Josephine, born about 1869, married Harsle V. Moore.

     (6) Swan B., born about 1871 married Nora Maynard; their children were Raymond (born about 1903, married Carrie Lee Wells in Coleman, August 20, 1924, died April 3, 1979), Ernest (lived at Cisco), Alvey (lived at Abilene), and Claude (lived at Santa Anna) (see Dick Baugh). Raymond's children were: Shirley (Baker) of Brownwood, Carmilita (Brandsetter) of Brownwood, Lynn of Bangs, and Earl, who died in 1966.

     (7) Kate "Kittie" (Kasiah), born about 1874, married James A. Joy II of Cottonwood.  Their children were Cleo, Robert, James C., Maud, Willie, Beulah, Claud, and Orcel.

     (8) Zack II, (born March 3, 1876-December 5, 1968) married Mary E. Peeples, December 29, 1909 (see Peeples).  Their children are Orval and Juanita (see Zack Bible II).

     (9) Ellen, born about 1879, married Marsh Rawlins.  Their children were Ernest, Delbert, William, and Viola.  Only William is still living, at Port Lavaca.

     (10) Charlie (September 27, 1882-March 26, 1935, buried at Whon) was raised by his sister, Mary.  He married Annie Guise (see Charlie Bible).