Zachariah Donham was born to Jonathan Donham and Milbary "Milly" Phillips Donham abt 1813 in Tennessee. This family migrated down to Shelby County, Alabama by 1820. They lived in Fayette County, Alabama in 1830 and by 1840 were listed in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.

Zachariah Donham married Mary A. "Polly" Odom about 1835. They started their family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi and were located there in the 1850 census records.

1840 DUNHAM ZECHARIAH Yalobusha County MS 286 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule MS 1840 Federal Census Index MSS4a785781
pg31-286, Yalobusha County, Mississippi 3-0-0-0-1 males; 0-1-0-0-1 females

1841 DUNHAM ZECHARIAH Yalobusha County MS No Township Listed MS 1841 State Census Index MSS4a785780
1845 DUNHAM ZECHARIAH Yalobusha County MS No Township Listed MS 1845 State Census Index MSS4a785779
1845 DUNHAM ZACKARIAH Yalobusha County MS 013 No Township Listed MS 1845 State Census Index MS42613158
1850 DUNHAM ZACHARIAH Yalobusha County MS 433 N Of Yallabusha River Federal Population Schedule MS 1850 Federal Census Index MSS5a504018
All of their children were born in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, by 1860 Zacahriah and Polly had relocated to Baroque township, Jefferson county, Arkansas.


DONHAM, Z.
State: AR Year: 1860
County: Jefferson County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Baraque Township Page: 737
Database: AR 1860 Federal Census Index

1860 census
Z Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 46 1813 Tennessee Male
M A Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 46 1813 Tennessee Female
J T Donham Barraque, Jefferson, AR 21 1838 Mississippi Male
M P Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 20 1839 Mississippi Male
M E Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 19 1840 Mississippi Female
N J Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 16 1843 Mississippi Female
Z J Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 12 1847 Mississippi Male
G W Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 10 1849 Mississippi Male
Isabella Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 8 1851 Mississippi Female
J A Donham Baroque, Jefferson, AR 6 1853 Mississippi Female


They had nine children and they are:
1. Francis Marion Donham born 1836 died March 1880 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. He married Rachel Riley April 7, 1858 in Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Ms and had a son, James M. Donham born August 1860 in Baroque township, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Rachel died after childbirth and Francis Marion Donham married Nancy L. Meyers February 14, 1865 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. They were listed in the 1880 census in Pulaski Co., Ar. Their children were--
1.William C. born 1867 married Martha Hair October 25, 1894 in Lonoke Co., Ar.,
2. Hattie born Jan 1870,
3.Charles Lowrey born 1872,
4.Louis A., born 1875 and
5.Robert Floyd Donham born August 1877.

2.John Thomas Donham born July 7, 1837 died September 11, 1919 Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma
buried in Highland Cemetery, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. John Thomas Donham married Virginia A. Glisston October 18, 1866 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Ar. They had nine children.
1. Jonathan Martin Van Buren Donham born December 16, 1867
2. John P. Donham born February 14, 1869
3. Thomas K. Donham born April 1870
4. Rufus Milton Donham born June 19, 1872
5. Gean Washington Donham born July 30, 1875
6. Julian Jude Donham born June 2, 1878
7. Virginia Estell Donham born December 1880
8. William Henry Donham born May 17, 1885
9. Benjamin Franklin Donham born April 28, 1888

3.Jonathan Martin VanBuren Donham born 1840 and died September 1, 1862 in Denmark, Tn during Civil War. He married Ann E. Baggett July 4, 1860 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas-filed in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

4.Mary E. Donham born 1843 married Washington Baggett August 19, 1860 Hot Springs County, Arkansas-filed in Jefferson County, Arkansas. He died in Civil War and she married William McCormack.

5.Nancy J. Donham born 1844 and died April 26, 1879 in Smith Township, Rison, Dorsey County, Arkansas married Joseph L. Baggett January 19, 1861 Hot Springs County, Arkansas-filed in Jefferson County, Arkansas-IV-393. They had six children and Nancy died in childbirth of daughter.
1.Joel Washington Baggett born 1867
2.James M. Baggett born Dec 1869
3.William S. Baggett born June 8, 1872
4.Elisha M. Baggett born February 2, 1875
5.Eli Albert Baggett, Dr. born May 3, 1877
6. Anna Baggett born April 26, 1879

6. Zachariah J. Donham born 1847 died before 1877 in Jefferson Co., Ar. married Amanda Ann Gibson August 31, 1870 in Jefferson County, Arkansas

7. George W. Donham born 1849 died before 1913 in Pulaski Co., Ar.

8. Frances Isabella Donham born 1852 died July 3, 1873 in Rison, Cleveland county, Ar. Isabella married James Madison McCaskill February 4, 1872 in Lincoln County, Arkansas. Isabella died during childbirth of Eudora "Dora" McCaskill.
1. Dora McCaskill born July 3, 1873 in Cleveland Co., Ar. married Gerturde Arthur Jones December 25, 1892 in Cleveland Co., Ar. She had five children. Earnest Lester Jones, Roland Arthur Jones, Tanky Jones, Estelle Jones and Norris Jones.

9. Julia Ann Donham born 1854 and died before 1900 census. Julia married Adam Lem Busby and had a daughter Rosa Isabell "Bell" Busby. She divorced and married a widower, Reuben Tensley Cash, with two children on October 13, 1879 in Dorsey County, recorded in Cleveland County, Arkansas-Book 1- page 330. They had several children, only two are documented. Reuben Thomas Cash and Joseph Tinsley Cash. Julia married David P. Blaylock, a widower with several children, on January 30, 1894
Cleveland County, Arkansas-Book 3, page 259
1. Rosa Bell Busby born November 30, 1874 died October 27, 1956 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas and is buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. Rosa Bell Busby married William Curtis Blaylock December 31, 1891 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. They had three children- Luna Payton Blaylock, Gertrude Ione Blaylock and Curtis Adolius Blaylock. They are all buried in the same cemetery where their mother is buried. Rosa Bell Busby Blaylock married Benjamin J. Matthews August 16, 1913 in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
1. Reuben Thomas Cash born August 5, 1880 died July 6, 1960 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas buried in Damascus Cemetery, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
2. Joseph Tinsley Cash born December 23, 1892 and died October 30, 1964 in Hot Springs County, Arkansas burial in Damascus Cemetery, Hot Spring County, Arkansas.