Ensley, Samuel Bruce

1829 - 1896  (67 years)

• Name	Ensley, Samuel Bruce
  Born	19 Jun 1829	Sandymush, Buncombe, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Military Servic	Company F, 60th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry   [1]
  Buried	Sep 1896	Flint Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, , Madison, North Carolina
  Died	14 Sep 1896	, Madison, North Carolina
  Person ID	I8296	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Ensley, James William,   b. 1782, , Hyde, North Carolina ,   d. Between 1872 and 1875  (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Brown, Elizabeth Louise,   b. Abt 1785,   d. 1832, Sandy Musk Creek, Leicester, Buncombe, North Carolina  (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	02 Jan 1806	Morganton, Burke, North Carolina
  Notes	Married: Frances C. Ingmire, Marriage Records of Burke County, North Carolina 1781-1868 (1984; Athens, Ga.: Iberian Press, 1993).
  Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F2798

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cassada, Rachel Pauline,   b. 1835,   d. 1879, Nelson Farm, Hayes Run, Madison, North Carolina  (Age 44 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1855
  Children	1. Ensley, Sarah Catherine,   b. 07 Jan 1855, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 18 Feb 1937  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   2. Ensley, Melissa Jane,   b. 07 Apr 1857, Hayes Run Farm, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 05 Jan 1919  (Age 61 years)  [Birth]   3. Ensley, Margaret Alice,   b. 12 Oct 1859, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 02 Dec 1938  (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   4. Ensley, John Elmore,   b. 1860, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina  [Birth]   5. Ensley, George Stokely,   b. 25 Mar 1862, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 15 May 1952, Alexander, Rt 1, North Carolina  (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   6. Ensley, James Harley,   b. 31 May 1865, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 29 May 1956  (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   7. Ensley, William Ernest,   b. 20 Dec 1866, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 16 May 1957, Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina  (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   8. Ensley, Arthur VanBuren,   b. 12 Oct 1867, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Sep 1937  (Age 69 years)   9. Ensley, Charles McLelland,   b. 1870, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina  [Birth]   10. Ensley, Florence Viana,   b. 23 Oct 1872, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 15 May 1966, Marshall, Madison, North Carolina  (Age 93 years)  [Birth]   11. Ensley, Herbert Alfonso,   b. 10 Apr 1875, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Aug 1949, , Grovemont, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)  [Birth]   12. Ensley, Louester Elmira,   b. 09 Nov 1876, Hay's Run, Madison, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Feb 1948  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2005
  Family ID	F1986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Ensley, Samuel Bruce

  
  

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

  
  

• Sources

  [S616] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (National Park Service) (Reliability: 3). 60th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 60th Infantry Regiment was organized at Greenville, Tennessee, during the summer of 1862 by adding four companies to the 6th North Carolina State Infantry Battalion. The men were recruited in Asheville and the four counties of Madison, Buncombe, and Polk, and a small number were from Tennessee. It was assigned to Preston's, Stovall's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade. The The 60th fought at Murfreesboro, served in Mississippi, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville. It lost 3 killed, 65 wounded, and 11 missing at Murfreesboro, and in January, 1863, had 276 men present for duty. The unit reported 8 killed, 36 wounded, and 16 missing of the 150 engaged at Chickamauga, totalled 106 men and 59 arms in December, 1863, and mustered a force of 106 in January, 1865. Few surrendered in April. The field officers were Colonels Washington M. Hardy and Joseph A. McDowell; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Deaver, J.M. Ray, and James T. Weaver; and Majors James T. Huff and William W. McDowell. Samuel Ensley (First_Last) Regiment Name 60 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company F Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M230 roll 12