3-30 Sarah Norris Womack's grave and Sam Gandy's grave at Mount Zion Cemetery, Trinity County

Mount Zion Cemetery

Sarah Norris Womack was the matriarch of the David Womack family, who came to Texas after her husband died in Mississippi. With her came a group of her children. (According to family stories, Sarah was not happy about going to Texas, and walked most of the way. She died only a year or two after completing the journey- December 1858.

Children of David Womack and Sarah Norris Womack buried at Mount Zion:

William "Buck" Womack 1816- 1888 and Alcy Franklin 1818-1889
Abram B. Womack 1818-1902 and Lucy Campbell 1828-1903
David Womack III 1820-1883 married 1- Jane Franklin
Henry Young Womack 1822- 1902 married 1- Sarah Jane Gibson (daughter of Arthur Gibson and Caroline Campbell-niece of Lucy Campbell)

Mary Caroline Womack Gibson- 1849-1940- daughter of David Womack and Jane Franklin and mother of Mattie Gibson Womack- who married Edgar Womack

Sisters of Rebecca Franklin (wife of AJ Womack) buried at Mount Zion:

Jemima Franklin 1814-1880 married William McClendon 1813-1861 (buried Homer Cemetery, Angelina County)
Frances "Fannie" Franklin 1829-1870's and husband John Chapman 1824-1870's

My grandmother, Mattie Womack Garrison, would have visited this cemetery many times in her youth. Her fiance, Sam Gandy, who died while in medical school, is also buried here.
Samuel Gandy born 1875 died April 1903.

Samuel Gandy- grandma's fiance



Womack Ranch Research- After no luck at the county clerk's office, we were sent to the appraiser's office and....We found a lead! The appraiser knew who had bought the ranch and she knew the ranch manager. She gave us a number and we gave him a call. The ranch manager will give us a tour tomorrow!