Endsley Family Files
Hattie Neal Endsley Alder
Hattie Neal Endsley was the daughter of James Burgess & Mary Amna (Bell) Endsley. // She married John C. Alder. // Her father, James Burgess, wrote her middle name as "Neil" in his will but I'm using "Neal" as written on the back of her photograph which was in the possession of her sister, Ida Mae (Endsley) Neely. // contributed by Dick Wood
Several Endsley family documents are transcribed on this site. Use the search feature on this page to locate them.
Marshall County Marriage Records Transcribed and Contributed by Dick Wood, November and December, 2004
Volume No. 8, Page No. 494
Names: Bedford Endsley & Francis Elizabeth Whitsett
Bond: Signed by Bedford Endsley & H. H. Edwards 14 Nov 1912
I hereby certify that the above named persons are not under the age of sixteen years. H. H. Edwards
License: Authorizing the Solemnization of the Rite of Matrimony between Bedford Endsley and Miss Francis Elizabeth Whitsett
Issued 14 Nov 1912 by E. M. Miller, Clerk of Marshall County Court
Solemnized by E. L. Orr, M. G. Date: 14 Nov 1912
Most records report this individual as “Bee,” or simply “B. Endsley.” He was the son of John F. Endsley and Sallie Adney Coffey.
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Volume No. 9, Page No. 601
Names: Birdell Endsley & Ora Whitsett
Bond: Signed by Birdell Endsley & W. A. Wells 26 Aug 1916
License: Issued 26 Aug 1916 by E. M. Miller, Clerk, Marshall County Court
Solemnized by J. W. Bass, MG [microfilm quality is so poor that this is more of my best guess than a report of fact] Date: 27 Aug 1916
Birdell Endsley, Sr. was the son of William Hampton Ladd Endsley (1856-1927) and his wife, Narcissa Emaline Gragg (1860 – 1949). The parents are buried at Round Hill Cemetery. W. H. L. Endsley was the son of Isaac Newton Endsley & wife, Sarah “Sallie” M. Ladd.
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Volume No. 2 (Jan 1890 – May 1893), Page No. 250
Names: Rufus Endsley & Gertrude Woods
Bond: Signed by Rufus Endsley & E. G. Adams 18 Jul 1891
License: Issued 18 Jul 1891 by [not legible], Deputy Court Clerk for W. L. Walker, Clerk, County Court
Solemnized by J. R. Harris, MG [ looks like; microfilm quality is very poor] Date: 19 Jul 1891 [ Date is clear]
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Volume No. 6, Page No. 274
Names: Walton Endsley & Miss Minnie Chapman
Bond: Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollar Marriage Bond signed 6 January 1904 by Walton Endsley & Dave V. McCrary [spelling on McCrary name?]
License: Issued 6 Jan 1904 by “ARMSTRONG”, Clerk of Marshall County Court [he signed as clerk with his last name only]
Solemnized by James Miles Webb, M. G. Date: 7 January 1904
Walton Endsley was Walton L. Endsley, son of John F. Endsley & Sallie Adney Coffey. Minnie Chapman was the daughter of J. W. & Emmaline Chapman and a sister of Ethel Chapman, Walton L. Endsley’s first wife. Walton (1877- 1961) and Minnie (1876-1959) have a shared stone at Round Hill Cemetery. All four of their parents are also buried at Round Hill.
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Volume No. 4, Page No. 607
Names: W. L. Endsley & Miss Ethel Chapman
Bond: Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollar Marriage Bond signed 6 Mar 1899 By W. L. Endsley, Principal and H. B. Leonard, Surety
License: Solemnized by Date:
W. L. Endsley was Walton L. Endsley (1877-1960), son of John F. Endsley & wife, Sallie Adney Coffey. Ethel Chapman was the daughter of James William Chapman & wife, Martha Emmaline Pylant.
The license and the section where the minister or justice of the peace certifies that he has solemnized the rite of matrimony is blank. Usually, if the marriage did not take place, the court clerks would eventually write some type of notation in this block such as “no return” or “not returned.” In this instance other evidence indicates that the marriage did take place: Ethel’s tombstone at Round Hill Cemetery is reported to read: “Ethel Wife of W. L. Endsley Born July 21, 1879 Died August 10, 1901”
(Tombstone Inscriptions of Marshall County, Tennessee, Vol. I compiled by Ralph D. Whitesell, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 1968; Published by Miss Deane Porch, Nashville, Tennessee). They are enumerated in the 1900 Census of Marshall County, Tenn. as husband and wife and son, Willie, 1-month old. (NA Series T663, Roll 1587, page 57.
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Volume No. 4, Page No. 519
Names: J. C. Alder & Miss Hattie Endsley
Bond: Signed by J. C. Alder & Knox Orr 13 Dec 1898
License: Issued 13 Dec 1898 by O. H. Orr, Clerk, County Court
Solemnized by Jno Royal Harris, MG Date: 13 Dec 1898
Bedford Endsley Martha L(eeper) Dysart
Birth date: 13 Jan 1815 Birth date: 3 Dec 1816
Birth place: Stokes County, N. C. Birth place: Bedford County, TN
Death date: 3 June 1895 Death Date: 8 Feb 1901
Burial place: Round Hill Cemetery Burial place: Round Hill Cemetery
Children
John Francis Endsley 23 Sep 1847-28 Sep 1923 m. Sarah Adney Coffey
F. Mary Elrena Endsley 23 Apr 1854-24 Jul 1885 m. Thomas Bunyon Leonard
Parents of Bedford Endsley: Parents of Martha L. Dysart:
Father: John Endsley Father: Francis (Frank) Dysart
Mother: Mary Blair Mother: Mary (Blair) Woods
Sources: Bedford Endsley’s birth, marriage and death dates and Martha’s death date are taken from the John Endsley family Bible Record. Mary L. Dysart’s identity and the identity of her parents and her birth date are taken from the Francis Harper Woods family Bible Record and the family register of John Dysart which shows Francis Dysart to be his son who m. Mary B.
Woods and Mary B. (Woods) Dysart’s will which shows that she was the Mother of Martha L. (Dysart) Endsley. The Endsley and Woods family Bible records were transcribed by members of the Marshall County Historical Society and reported in MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE BIBLE RECORDS by Carolyn McAdams; Edited by Helen Crawford Marsh, Published by Marshall County Historical Society, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 1981.
A record of the transcription of the John Dysart family Bible record Is in REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS of MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE , an American Bicentennial Publication of Robert Lewis Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution compiled and copyrighted by Jane Wallace Alford, 1976.
Mary B. (Woods) Dysart’s will is recorded in Marshall County Will Book B, pages 396 & 397.
The burial location of Bedford Endsley, his wife, and both children is Reported on page 176, CEMETERY RECORDS of MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE by Timothy R. & Helen C. Marsh and Ralph Whitesell, copyright 1981 by Marsh Historical Publications. I’ve seen the tombstones. They were faintly legible in 2000 but did not look like they would be “readable” much longer. Mary E. Leonard’s tombstone was broken into pieces and piled up on 17 Nov. 2004.
Submitted by Dick Wood, December 2004
GEORGE HERBERT ENDSLEY ORA LEE BUTLER
Birth place: Marshall County, Tenn. Birth place: Lincoln Co., Tenn.
Birth date: 24 Apr 1902 Birth date: 05 Dec 1913
Death date: 08 Aug 1980 Death date: 02 Apr 1989
Burial place: Berea Church of Christ Cemetery Berea Church of Christ Cemetery
GEORGE HERBERT ENDSLEY & ORA LEE BUTLER WERE MARRIED ON 23 Aug 1932 at the Double Bridges on Verona Road, Marshall County, Tennessee
CHILDREN:
M LIVING Endsley 10 Dec 1933 – LIVING m.
M LIVING Endsley 17 Oct 1934 – LIVING m.
F. LIVING Endsley 26 Feb 1940 – LIVING f
F. LIVING Endsley 15 Jun 1947- LIVING m.
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Information submitted by Mrs. Evelyn Jones and Mrs. Christine Mathis. This record was submitted by Dick Wood, November 2004.
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Prepared by Charles R. “Dick” Wood 1 June 1, 2004
GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY MARY GERTRUDE WOODS
BIRTH DATE: 06 AUG 1871 BIRTH DATE: 03 NOV 1871
BIRTH PLACE: BELFAST, MARSHALL CO., TENN. BIRTH PLACE: BELFAST, MARSHALL CO., TN
DEATH DATE: 31 OCT 1942 DEATH DATE: 29 JAN 1950
BURIAL PLACE: ROUND HILL CEM., MARSHALL CO. , TN BURIAL PLACE: ROUND HILL CEM., MARSHALL CO., TN
GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY & MARY GERTRUDE WOODS MARRIED 19 JUN 1891
[they were divorced by the time of the 1910 Census]
CHILDREN:
1. F ELMA ENDSLEY 06 SEP 1892 – 9 JUL 1976 Apparently never married
2. M OTIS (“BUD”) ENDSLEY 08 JUL 1894 – 22 AUG 1981 m. Neva Welch
3. F PEARL ENDSLEY 25 Jun 1900 – 14 Mar 1995 m. Lillard B. Cummings
PARENTS OF GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY PARENTS OF MARY GERTRUDE WOODS
Father: James Burgess Endsley Father: John Bedford Woods
Mother: Mary Amna Bell Mother: Adeline Blackburn Dysart
Notes from Dick Wood
ELMA ENDSLEY is buried at Round Hill Cemetery. Her birth and death dates are taken from her tombstone there. The spelling of her surname is “ENSLEY” in the Social Security Death Index. Named postmistress, Belfast, TN in 1914. She worked at the Post Office until she retired.
OTIS “BUD” ENDSLEY: Birth & Death Dates from Social Security Death Index. An obituary in the Columbia (TN) Daily Herald 23 Aug 1981 named as survivors his widow, Neva Welch Endsley, and his sister, Mrs. Pearl Cummings, both of Belfast. Otis Endsley was a World War I veteran and a retired farmer and state employee. He was an elder at Union Presbyterian Church and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville, TN. His widow, Neva Welch Endsley, 25-Feb 1905 – 18 Nov 1989, is also buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville, Marshall Co. Tenn. Her obituary in the 20 Nov 1989 Columbia Daily Herald stated that she was a member of the Church of Christ and a retired employee of the Bank of Belfast . There were no immediate survivors.
PEARL ENDSLEY: Married Lillard (“Bud”) Cummings. They lived in Belfast, Tenn. Lillard B. Cummings (3 Mar 1898 – 12 Jul 1970) They are both buried At Head Springs Cemetery, Marshall County, Tenn.
Submitted by: Lucy Adams McLean
John Francis Bedford ENDSLEY
Husband: John Francis Bedford ENDSLEY
Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1847
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: Sept. 28, 1923
Place of death: Marshall Co., TN
Father: Bedford ENDSLEY
Mother: Martha Leeper DYSART
Marriage date: March 7, 1867
Marriage place: Marshall Co., TN
Wife: Sarah (Sally) Adney COFFEY
Birthdate: July 24, 1846
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: Oct. 21, 1907
Place of death: Marshall Co. TN
Father: James Walton COFFEY
Mother: Cyreenia Ameline DAVIDSON
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Eula Syreena
Sex: F
Birthdate: Dec 18, 1867
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: April 25, 1917
Place of death: Marshall Co., TN
Marriage date: abt 1885
Marriage place: Marshall Co., TN
Spouse’s name: Thomas F. WOODWARD
Child No. 2: Vann
Sex: M
Birthdate: Dec. 28, 1870
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: Oct. 5, 1875
Place of death: Marshall Co., TN
Marriage date: none
Marriage place:
Spouse’s name: none
Child No. 3: Walton P.
Sex: M
Birthdate: Feb 5, 1877
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: 1901
Place of death: Marshall Co., TN
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse’s name: Ethel CHAPMAN
Child No. 4: Bedford
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 26, 1884
Birthplace: Marshall Co., TN
Death date: 1954
Place of death: Marshall Co., TN
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Marshall Co., TN
Spouse’s name: Fannie WHITSETT
Documentation:
(1) Family Bible of Bonnie Woodward Adams.
(2) Marshall Co. Tn Historical Quarterly Vol VIII, Fall, 1977, No. III.
(3) JOHN BLAIR OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Lucy Echels Blair, c. 1979.
(4) LDS records and microfilm.
(5) Dick Wood.
(6) Personal archives of Bill Allen to include quotes from “A WOODS FAMILY HISTORY”, compiled by Elbert Weyman Woods, 1983.
(7) Ancestry.com.