Oliver Newton ZOOK and Rosa Bell FORD

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Husband Oliver Newton ZOOK ⁶

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           Born: 4 Aug 1854 - Marion, Marion, OH 6
       Baptized: 
           Died: 22 Jan 1927 - Silver City, Grant, NM 6
         Buried: 24 Jan 1927 - Silver City Cem, Silver City, Grant, NM 6

       Marriage: 16 Aug 1911 - Silver City, Grant, NM 6,66

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Noted events in his life were:

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• He worked as a prospector, miner, laborer and trapper. ⁶

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Wife Rosa Bell FORD ^6,21,63

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           Born: 29 Sep 1879 - Burnet, Burnet, TX 6
       Baptized: 
           Died: 11 Jul 1960 - Big Spring, Howard, TX 6
         Buried: 11 Jul 1960 - Trinity Memorial Park, Big Spring, Howard, TX 6
            AFN: 21PH-LG

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         Father: Benjamin Franklin FORD Sr (1847-1923) 6,63
         Mother: Mariah PURCELL (1848-1915) 6,63,65

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   Other Spouse: William Sterling ASHBY (Abt 1875-      ) 6,63 -  (Divorced) 6

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Noted events in her life were:

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• She resided at , Howard, TX. ⁶

• She appeared on the census in 1880 , Llano, TX. ^6,67

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Children

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1 M Living (details have been suppressed)

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           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Living

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2 F Dolly Fay ZOOK ⁶

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           Born: 13 Sep 1915 - , Grant, NM 6,225
       Baptized: 
           Died: 20 Dec 2000 - Hobbs, Lea, NM 6
         Buried: 22 Dec 2000 - Prairie Haven Memorial Park, Hobbs, Lea, NM 6

         Spouse: Albert JONES (1900-1946) 6,21
           Marr: 10 Dec 1933 - Big Spring, Howard, TX 6

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3 F Ada Elizabeth ZOOK ^6,21

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           Born: 26 Apr 1920 - , Grant, NM 6
       Baptized: 
           Died: 14 Feb 1991 - Truth Or Consequences, Sierra, NM 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Melvin Fremont WILSON (      -1988) 6,21,36
           Marr: Abt 1939

         Spouse: Theodore Roosevelt Rosson FAIRWEATHER (1918-1979) 6

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General Notes (Husband)

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Oliver served in the 82nd Field Artillery, Indian Scouts as a Sargeant.

Oliver died from broncho-pneumonia, contributory factor being cancer of the face and neck. He had the cancer about 20 years. In aphoto taken in 1912 the cancer on his face is visible.

Oliver prospected and founded the mines "Little Fanny" and "Golden Links" near Silver City, New Mexico. ^6,21,226

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General Notes (Wife)

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Bella was in the Big Spring State Hospital, a mental health facility, for the last years of her life, suffering from "chronic brain syndrome associated with cerebral arteriosclerosis with psychosis." She died from a cerebral embolus.

Trinity Memorial Park is located on Highway 87 (San Angelo Highway) about 3 or 4 miles south of Big Spring. Turn right into the cemetery at the first gate,and go to the right on North Road. When you pass the first sidewalk, count five rows. Bella's grave is the third one from the road. She has a very ornate metal headstone, which lies flat, with roses and a Bible in relief, with a cupto hold flowers. ⁶

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General Notes for Child Dolly Fay ZOOK

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When Dolly's father died in 1927, she and her sister Ada were removed from the care of their mother and sent to the Saint Vincent Orphanage in Santa Fe, NM. Dolly was later sent to a girls school in Los Lunas, NM. When she left the girls school, she went to stay with her half-sister, May Vadis Ashby Jones. She married Albert Jones, the brother of Mary's husband, Floyd Jones. ^6,21