ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderA 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.<\/p>\n
Several Endsley family documents are transcribed on this site. Use the search feature on this page to locate them.<\/p>\n
Volume No. 8, Page No. 494<\/p>\n
Names: Bedford Endsley & Francis Elizabeth Whitsett<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Signed by Bedford Endsley & H. H. Edwards 14 Nov 1912<\/p>\n I hereby certify that the above named persons are not under the age of sixteen years. H. H. Edwards<\/p>\n License: Authorizing the Solemnization of the Rite of Matrimony between Bedford Endsley and Miss Francis Elizabeth Whitsett<\/p>\n Issued 14 Nov 1912 by E. M. Miller, Clerk of Marshall County Court<\/p>\n Solemnized by E. L. Orr, M. G. Date: 14 Nov 1912<\/p>\n Most records report this individual as “Bee,” or simply “B. Endsley.” He was the son of John F. Endsley and Sallie Adney Coffey.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________<\/p>\n Volume No. 9, Page No. 601<\/p>\n Names: Birdell Endsley & Ora Whitsett<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Signed by Birdell Endsley & W. A. Wells 26 Aug 1916<\/p>\n License: Issued 26 Aug 1916 by E. M. Miller, Clerk, Marshall County Court<\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________<\/p>\n Volume No. 2 (Jan 1890 – May 1893), Page No. 250<\/p>\n Names: Rufus Endsley & Gertrude Woods<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Signed by Rufus Endsley & E. G. Adams 18 Jul 1891<\/p>\n License: Issued 18 Jul 1891 by [not legible], Deputy Court Clerk for W. L. Walker, Clerk, County Court<\/p>\n Solemnized by J. R. Harris, MG [ looks like; microfilm quality is very poor] Date: 19 Jul 1891 [ Date is clear]<\/p>\n ___________________________________________<\/p>\n Volume No. 6, Page No. 274<\/p>\n Names: Walton Endsley & Miss Minnie Chapman<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollar Marriage Bond signed 6 January 1904 by Walton Endsley & Dave V. McCrary [spelling on McCrary name?]<\/p>\n License: Issued 6 Jan 1904 by “ARMSTRONG”, Clerk of Marshall County Court [he signed as clerk with his last name only]<\/p>\n Solemnized by James Miles Webb, M. G. Date: 7 January 1904<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________<\/p>\n Volume No. 4, Page No. 607<\/p>\n Names: W. L. Endsley & Miss Ethel Chapman<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollar Marriage Bond signed 6 Mar 1899 By W. L. Endsley, Principal and H. B. Leonard, Surety<\/p>\n License: Solemnized by Date:<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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”<\/p>\n (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.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________<\/p>\n Volume No. 4, Page No. 519<\/p>\n Names: J. C. Alder & Miss Hattie Endsley<\/strong><\/p>\n Bond: Signed by J. C. Alder & Knox Orr 13 Dec 1898<\/p>\n License: Issued 13 Dec 1898 by O. H. Orr, Clerk, County Court<\/p>\n Solemnized by Jno Royal Harris, MG Date: 13 Dec 1898<\/p>\n Bedford Endsley Martha L(eeper) Dysart<\/p>\n Birth date: 13 Jan 1815 Birth date: 3 Dec 1816<\/p>\n Birth place: Stokes County, N. C. Birth place: Bedford County, TN<\/p>\n Death date: 3 June 1895 Death Date: 8 Feb 1901<\/p>\n Burial place: Round Hill Cemetery Burial place: Round Hill Cemetery<\/p>\n Children<\/p>\n John Francis Endsley 23 Sep 1847-28 Sep 1923 m. Sarah Adney Coffey<\/p>\n F. Mary Elrena Endsley 23 Apr 1854-24 Jul 1885 m. Thomas Bunyon Leonard<\/p>\n Parents of Bedford Endsley: Parents of Martha L. Dysart:<\/p>\n Father: John Endsley Father: Francis (Frank) Dysart<\/p>\n Mother: Mary Blair Mother: Mary (Blair) Woods<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 <\/u>by Carolyn McAdams; Edited by Helen Crawford Marsh, Published by Marshall County Historical Society, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 1981.<\/p>\n A record of the transcription of the John Dysart family Bible record Is in REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS of MARSHALL COUNTY, <\/u>TENNESSEE <\/u>, an American Bicentennial Publication of Robert Lewis Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution compiled and copyrighted by Jane Wallace Alford, 1976.<\/p>\n Mary B. (Woods) Dysart’s will is recorded in Marshall County Will Book B, pages 396 & 397.<\/p>\n The burial location of Bedford Endsley, his wife, and both children is Reported on page 176, CEMETERY RECORDS of MARSHALL <\/u>COUNTY TENNESSEE <\/u>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.<\/p>\n Submitted by Dick Wood, December 2004<\/em><\/p>\n GEORGE HERBERT ENDSLEY ORA LEE BUTLER<\/strong><\/p>\n Birth place: Marshall County, Tenn. Birth place: Lincoln Co., Tenn.<\/p>\n Birth date: 24 Apr 1902 Birth date: 05 Dec 1913<\/p>\n Death date: 08 Aug 1980 Death date: 02 Apr 1989<\/p>\n Burial place: Berea Church of Christ Cemetery Berea Church of Christ Cemetery CHILDREN:<\/p>\n M LIVING Endsley 10 Dec 1933 – LIVING m. <\/span><\/p>\n M LIVING Endsley 17 Oct 1934 – LIVING m.<\/span><\/p>\n F. LIVING Endsley 26 Feb 1940 – LIVING f <\/span><\/p>\n F. LIVING Endsley 15 Jun 1947- LIVING m. <\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Information submitted by Mrs. Evelyn Jones and Mrs. Christine Mathis. This record was submitted by Dick Wood, November 2004.<\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Prepared by Charles R. “Dick” Wood 1 June 1, 2004<\/p>\n GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY MARY GERTRUDE WOODS<\/p>\n BIRTH DATE: 06 AUG 1871 BIRTH DATE: 03 NOV 1871<\/span><\/p>\n BIRTH PLACE: BELFAST, MARSHALL CO., TENN. BIRTH PLACE: BELFAST, MARSHALL CO., TN <\/span><\/p>\n DEATH DATE: 31 OCT 1942 DEATH DATE: 29 JAN 1950<\/span><\/p>\n BURIAL PLACE: ROUND HILL CEM., MARSHALL CO. , TN BURIAL PLACE: ROUND HILL CEM., MARSHALL CO., TN <\/span><\/p>\n GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY & MARY GERTRUDE WOODS MARRIED 19 JUN 1891<\/p>\n [they were divorced by the time of the 1910 Census]<\/p>\n CHILDREN:<\/p>\n 1. F ELMA ENDSLEY 06 SEP 1892 – 9 JUL 1976 Apparently never married<\/p>\n 2. M OTIS (“BUD”) ENDSLEY 08 JUL 1894 – 22 AUG 1981 m. Neva Welch<\/p>\n 3. F PEARL ENDSLEY 25 Jun 1900 – 14 Mar 1995 m. Lillard B. Cummings<\/p>\n PARENTS OF GEORGE RUFUS ENDSLEY PARENTS OF MARY GERTRUDE WOODS<\/p>\n Father: James Burgess Endsley Father: John Bedford Woods<\/p>\n Mother: Mary Amna Bell Mother: Adeline Blackburn Dysart<\/p>\n Notes from Dick Wood<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Submitted by: Lucy Adams McLean <\/p>\n John Francis Bedford ENDSLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n Husband: John Francis Bedford ENDSLEY<\/strong> Marriage date: March 7, 1867<\/strong> Wife: Sarah (Sally) Adney COFFEY<\/strong> CHILDREN<\/p>\n Child No. 1: Eula Syreena<\/strong> Child No. 2: Vann<\/strong> Child No. 3: Walton P.<\/strong> Child No. 4: Bedford<\/strong> Documentation:<\/p>\n (1) <\/em><\/strong>Family Bible of Bonnie Woodward Adams.<\/p>\n (2) <\/em><\/strong>Marshall Co. Tn Historical Quarterly Vol VIII, Fall, 1977, No. III.<\/p>\n (3) <\/em><\/strong>JOHN BLAIR OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Lucy Echels Blair, c. 1979.<\/p>\n (4) <\/em><\/strong>LDS records and microfilm.<\/p>\n (5) <\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Dick Wood.<\/p>\n (6) <\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Personal archives of Bill Allen to include quotes from “A WOODS FAMILY HISTORY”, compiled by Elbert Weyman Woods, 1983.<\/p>\n (7) <\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Ancestry.com.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…<\/p>\n
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\nGEORGE HERBERT ENDSLEY & ORA LEE BUTLER WERE MARRIED ON 23 Aug 1932 at the Double Bridges on Verona Road, Marshall County, Tennessee<\/p>\n
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\nBirthdate: Sept. 23, 1847<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: Sept. 28, 1923<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nFather: Bedford ENDSLEY<\/strong>
\nMother: Martha Leeper DYSART<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMarriage place: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBirthdate: July 24, 1846<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: Oct. 21, 1907<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co. TN<\/strong>
\nFather: James Walton COFFEY<\/strong>
\nMother: Cyreenia Ameline DAVIDSON<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSex: F<\/em><\/strong>
\nBirthdate: Dec 18, 1867<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: April 25, 1917<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nMarriage date: abt 1885<\/strong>
\nMarriage place: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nSpouse’s name: Thomas F. WOODWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSex: M
\n<\/em><\/strong>Birthdate: Dec. 28, 1870<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: Oct. 5, 1875<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nMarriage date: none<\/strong>
\nMarriage place:
\nSpouse’s name: none<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSex: M<\/strong>
\nBirthdate: Feb 5, 1877<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: 1901<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nMarriage date: unknown<\/em><\/strong>
\nMarriage place: unknown<\/em><\/strong>
\nSpouse’s name: Ethel CHAPMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSex: M<\/em><\/strong>
\nBirthdate: May 26, 1884<\/strong>
\nBirthplace: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nDeath date: 1954<\/strong>
\nPlace of death: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nMarriage date: unknown<\/em><\/strong>
\nMarriage place: Marshall Co., TN<\/strong>
\nSpouse’s name: Fannie WHITSETT<\/strong><\/p>\n
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