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For reasons unknown, Mary wanted to become a Catholic even as a young child. Because her mother was a strict Baptist and had no love for Catholics, this was out of the question. Then, one day, Mary was given a Catholic Catechism Book. As she was studying it, her mother caught her and put the idea out of her mind (only temporarily) with some stem punishment. It was several years after her marriage to a Catholic that she finally changed her religion. She was baptized at Annunciation Church in Kiln, MS on July 11, 1897. The record says she was bom on February 20, 1877 and names both parents.
According to Velma, Mary died a slow and painful death, suffering from stomach cancer. She was approximately 5’3” tall and 140 lbs. at the time of her death. Mary had blue eyes and dark brown, wavy hair. We have several photos of Mary in our album that have been identified. She is said to have looked very much like her youngest daughter, Eva Zengarling Manieri.
We currently have the Zengarling Family Bible. In it, is recorded Mary’s marriage to “Joseph Albert Zengarling on January 18, 1894 in the Hickory Creek community by Father Smith.” The Bible lists both his and her dates of birth, their places of birth, and their parents. This Bible also names all children bom to this marriage with their birth dates. For more on Mary K. McArthur’s descendants, refer to our Johannes “John” Zengerling Family History.
F.	Lott McArthur, Jr. - according to Lott’s death certificate (on file with MS Bureau of Vital Statistics), Lott McArthur was bom on September 3, 1845 and died on February
2,	1921. He has a headstone at the Caney Cemetery near Baxterville, MS. It was through this death certificate that we have been able to prove the parents of Lott, as well as, his other brothers and sisters. The Grave Registrations of War Veterans on microfilm at the MS Archives has slightly different dates of birth and death, but it names Gainesville, MS as his place of birth and Baxterville as his place of death. It says he fought in the Civil War with CSA Co. G, 3rd Miss. Infantry. He enlisted as a private on July 13, 1861 and was discharged on April 26, 1865.
Lott appears in the 1850 Hancock County census with mother, brothers, and sisters. He is listed as four years old that year. He appears in the Hancock County Probate Court records (as did his brother, Thomas) when he was assigned a legal guardian, following the death of his mother, leaving him in the status of a “legal orphan.” Lott’s name appears as an heir in the estate settlement of his Uncle Louis Doby. He is also listed as one of the heirs in the estate of his mother. These records are found in the Hancock County Court House.
According to family and Hancock County marriage records, Lott McArthur married Nancy Gibson on October 13, 1867. Jerry’s mother remembered hearing stories about this “Uncle Lott” living in Baxterville, but could not remember his descendants. Jerry and his mother made a trip to Baxterville on February 27, 1972 to locate relatives. Soon they met Mr. John “Emest” McArthur (the local people in Baxterville pronounce the name “McCarty”). He quickly identified himself as a grandson of Lott McArthur, Jr. and seemed to know a considerable amount of information about his ancestors. He was a teenager when his grandfather died and remembers him, as well as, some stories that were told about this family.
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