ZACHRY TAYLOR AUTRY
1850 - 1895
Zachary Taylor Autry was a Texas Ranger
and early settler of Northern Bexar County, Texas. Taylor
was born at Fort Smith Arkansas where his father John C.
Autry was a U.S. Army chaplain and undertaker. Zachery would
later live with the George Maltsberger’s family who decided
to move to San Antonio when Zachary was only 12 years old.
Zachary lived with the Maltsberger family until he was 19
years old when he married Rebecca McBee. From 1870 to 1871,
Zachary served in the frontier forces (Texas Rangers) and
according to legend Zachary fought in several battles with
the Indians. Zachary would later divorce Rebecca McBee and
eventually marry Sarah Jane Coker. Zachary died at the age
of 45 and left behind ten children from his marriage to
Sarah Jane Coker.
Above information provided in Coker Cemetery History #2
by Dr. Tom DeKunder.
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