Endsley Family Files

Endsley Family Files

Hattie Neal Endsley Alder

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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

A photo of Charles Ross Endsley, Sr., was included in the old Marshall County TNGenWeb family files, but it is not in the archived material today.  Charles Ross Endsley, Sr. was the next-to-youngest son of James Burgess & Mary Amna (Bell) Endsley. He married Ethel May McQuiddy. The photo was contributed by Dick Wood in December, 2004.


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.


 

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