Individual Details

Ezekiel Jackson "Zeke" McCleskey

(October 11, 1860 - April 16, 1926)

"It is said that Ezekiel J. McCleskey gave the land for the Mount Zion Cemetery, north of Ranger, Texas." ("Descendants of James and Joseph McCleskey, Soldiers of the Revolution, The Texas Group," compiled by Charles S. McCleskey, 1978, page 43.)

Events

BirthOctober 11, 1860Marshall County, Alabama
MarriageJanuary 28, 1883Stephens County, Texas - Louisa Jane Gardenhire
DeathApril 16, 1926Stephens County, Texas
BurialMount Zion Cemetery, north of Ranger, Eastland County, Texas

Families

SpouseLouisa Jane Gardenhire (1861 - 1927)
ChildHenry A. McCleskey (1885 - 1918)
ChildJames Turney McCleskey (1887 - 1968)
ChildEthel McCleskey (1892 - 1926)
FatherDavid Henderson McCleskey II (1825 - 1864)
MotherMary E. Langford ( - 1883)
SiblingJames Carroll McCleskey (1848 - 1901)
SiblingAllen Harrison McCleskey (1850 - 1923)
SiblingHowell Benson McCleskey (1853 - )
SiblingThomas Howell McCleskey (1853 - )
SiblingMary Jane McCleskey (1858 - 1906)