Ensley, Walter S.

Notes:

Walter S. Ensley, 76, of Rt 1, Alexander died Tuesday in an Asheville Hospital after a long illness. He is the son of the late Harley and Cornelia Wilde Ensley of Madison County, a retired merchant and farmer and had lived in Buncombe County for 70 years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ensley of Thomasville; two grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. Services will be held at 11am Friday in Oakridge Baptist Church, of which he was a member and a deacon. The Reverends Ben L.Honeycutt and Clyde Parham will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pall bearers will be Jonah Fisher, J.V. Brown, CarlFox, Kyle Martin, Willis Banks and Charles Bradley. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 today at Bowman-Duckett Funeral Home,Marshall, where the body will remain until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

Family/Spouse: Tweed, Sallie. Sallie was born on 02 Jan 1898; died on 17 Dec 1992 in Alexander, Buncombe, North Carolina; was buried in Dec 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ensley, Frances S
2. Ensley, Marie
3. Ensley, Samuel
4. Ensley, Thomas

Notes:

Who is Willie May Ensley age 11 on the 1920 Buncombe, North Carolina Census?

Series: T624 Roll: 1099 Page: 66


Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ENSLEY J H 44 M W NC NC BUNCOMBE FRENCH BROAD TWP 1910



Series: T625 Roll: 1287 Page: 70


Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ENSLEY J H 54 M W NC NC BUNCOMBE FRENCH BROAD 1920

James married Wilde, Cornelia on 20 Sep 1885 in Sandymush Creek, Buncombe, North Carolina. Cornelia was born in 1867 in , , North Carolina; died in in Villa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both parents from North Carolina

Notes:

Married:
Series: T624 Roll: 1099 Page: 66


Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ENSLEY J H 44 M W NC NC BUNCOMBE FRENCH BROAD TWP 1910

***This census listed that they had 10 children with only 6 living.

Other Events:

• Military Servic: Company F, 60th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Notes:

He was detailed to the Confederate hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn in November 1862, possibly because he had been wounded. He had rejoined his company by March 1863 after having been taken prisoner of war by the Union Army when Murfreesboro fell Jan 5, 1863. He was held at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio and released to the Confererate forces in an exchange of prisoners March 28, 1863, at Louisville, Ky.

He remained with the Confererate Army until l April 1864 at which time he and a group of other Confederates decided to desert and join the Union Army. They were making their way to the Union forces in Tennessee when the war ended.

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Physical description: 5' 6 1/2" with grey eyes with red hair

Samuel married Cassada, Rachel Pauline on 11 Jan 1855. Rachel was born in 1835; died in 1879 in Nelson Farm, Hayes Run, Madison, North Carolina; was buried in 1879 in Hayes Run, Madison, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is remembered as being very beautiful with extremely long red hair and a remarkable alto singing voice.

Grave is unmarked.
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Parents: William E. Cassada and Jane Harrison

Name:
Source: http://www.cassidyclan.org/cassidyvariations.htm

Cassidy -- O'Cassidy -- O'Caiside is an ancient Irish name. In America, in addition to Cassidy, one will find

Casada
Casaday
Cassada
Cassaday
Cassady
Cassedy
Cassetty
Cassida
Cassity
Many of these variations are common in the American South, and increasing in the Midwest. In the late 1700's and early 1800's, Cassidys and Cassitys landed in Virginia and moved west into Indian territory, playing leading roles in the formation of the states of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. Post famine, another wave of Cassidys came to America, with many settling in the industrial centers of the North, along with smaller towns in the Northeast.