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Ensley, John Bohan Senior

Male 1862 - 1954  (91 years)


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  • Name Ensley, John Bohan 
    Suffix Senior 
    Born 22 Nov 1862  Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Political Party Republican 
    OCCU 1900 Census  Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deputy Collector, Internal Revenue 
    Age: 38 
    OCCU 1920 Census  Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Retail Mercant 
    Age: 57 
    RELI Sylva Baptist Church  
    Buried Aug 1954  Keener Cemetery, Sylva , Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Aug 1954  Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7734  McClure-Harris
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2005 

    Father Ensley, John Bailey,   b. 04 Feb 1822, , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1898, Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Messer, Cynthia C.,   b. 16 Jan 1830, , Haywood, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1908, Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 10 Jan 1845 
    Notes 
    • ENSLEY BONNIE LEDFORD SEP 29 1866 MAR 8 1930 Antioch

      ENSLEY ELIZABETH L.[ois Long] 1857 1943 Trackrock
      [w/o Samuel Bailey Ensley & dtr of Peter Gilead Long & Martha Caroline Johnson-Long]

      ENSLEY SAMUEL B.[AILEY] [4/26/]1856 [Jackson Co., NC] [4/10/]1932 Trackrock
      [s/o John Bailey Ensley & Cynthia C. Messer-Parris-Ensley]

      ENSLEY, SR. FRANK 1902 1985 Union Memory
      [s/o samuel Bailey Ensley & Elizabeth Lois Long-Ensley]

      Source: Union Co., GA Graves Database Project, Compiled by Carol Ann Tindell, Blue Ridge, GA ©1997, Electronic, on-line at ancestraldesigns.com
      http://www.ancestraldesigns.com/CAT/UniongravesEF.htm
    Family ID F2161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Queen, Mary Lucinda,   b. Aug 1865, Webster, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1923, Beta, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1882  , Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ensley, Eva Emeline,   b. 09 Nov 1883, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Mar 1884, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     2. Ensley, Bertha L.,   b. 25 Feb 1886, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1961  (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     3. Ensley, Cynthia Bethel,   b. 22 Mar 1888, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jun 1961  [Birth]
     4. Ensley, Augusta Berger,   b. Aug 1889, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Ensley, James B.,   b. Sep 1891, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Ensley, John A.,   b. Oct 1894, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Ensley, Chester E.,   b. May 1897, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. Ensley, Hattie F.,   b. Mar 1899, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolica Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     9. Ensley, Bessie,   b. 1903, Sylva, Jackson, North carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Ensley, Blaine,   b. 23 Oct 1906, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 1988, , Gaston, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2005 
    Family ID F2000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Luck, Lucie,   b. 06 Jun 1881, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1972, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 1924  , , North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 5 May 2004 
    Family ID F2654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Ensley,  John B.
    Ensley, John B.

  • Notes 
    • John B. Ensley, Sr, 91, former state legislator and one of Jackson County's leading business, died Tuesday at noon at his home here after a long illness. He was the son of the late John and Cynthia Parris Ensley, A native of Jackson County, and had been a political leader in community and political affairs for many years. Ensley served in the 1896 and the 1922 sessions of the General Assembly. A Republican in 1896 he tied in the general election with the Democratic candidate,the late Judge Walter Moore, and then won the runoff by two votes. He was a deputy US marshall from 1897 until 1913. Ensley was a charter member of the board of trustees of the C.J. Harris Community Hospital,a deacon emeritus of the Sylva Baptist Church and a long-time teacher of the Men's Bible Class of the Church. A trustee of the old Sylva Collegiate Institute Ensley was at one time Road Commissioner for Jackson County. He was in retail and wholesale busilness from whilch he retired in 1948.
      Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Lucie Luck Ensley, whom he married in 1924. His first wife was the former Miss Mollie Queen who was the mother of six surviving children. Also, surviving are three daughters, Mrs. H. M. Hooper of Sylva, Mrs. Cris Gerhardstein of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. John Kieser of Emporium, PA; three sons, A.B. Ensley of Asheville, Chester Ensley of Cleveland Ohio, and Blane Ensley of Akron, Ohio; five grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.Funeral services will he held Friday at 2:30pm in the Sylva Baptist Church with the Rev R. W Abrams officiating. Burial will be in Keener Cemetery. Moody Funeral Home is in charge.
    • His brother Samuel Ensley is buried at Trackrock Cemetery in Blairsville, Union, Georgia

      This cemetery is located off of Trackrock Rd., on Trackrock Church Rd.,
      nr Blairsville, Union Co., GA.
      It was surveyed & photographed by Rose Birdwell

      http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com/albums/UnionGA/TrackRock/