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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES ANTECEDENTS and DESCENDANTS G0492A:
William MARLER [002] Marriage: BY 1810, <Virginia> Child 1: John MARLER (1813, <Halifax Court House, Halifax County>, Virginia - AFT 12 September 1860) [M]: m. Lydia CASITY (or CASSIDA) (1819, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 12 September 1860), 3 March 1840 (Bondsman: Benjamin PHELPS), solemnised by Sion BASS, Minister of the Gospel, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 2: James MARLER (22 June 1814, <Halifax Court House, Halifax County>, Virginia - 11 September 1885, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Sarah W. [perhaps also called "Elizabeth T."] UNKNOWN (22 November 1814, Virginia - 18 January 1892, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee), ABT 1843 Child 3: Chloe MARLER (ABT 1822, <Halifax Court House, Halifax County>, Virginia - AFT 16 July 1870) [F]: m. John W. MOORE (1828, Virginia - AFT 16 July 1870), 9 February 1846, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 4: Ptolemy MARLER [M] Child 5: Lydia MARLER [F] Child 6: Rebecca MARLER [F] Child 7: Samuel MARLER (1822, <Halifax Court House, Halifax County>, Virginia - AFT 2 July 1890, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Rebecca MCMILLEN (17 January 1824, Tennessee - 27 April 1890, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at McMillen Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee), 23 December 1847, Wilson County, Tennessee Child
8: Child 9: Anthony MARLER (1826, <Halifax Court House, Halifax County>, Virginia - AFT 1857 and BEF 14 September 1860, <Arkansas>) [M]: m. Cassandra WILLIAMS (1828, Tennessee - AFT 14 September 1860), 14 March 1849, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 10: Berry Jenkins ("Jinks") MARLER (27 May 1835, Wilson County, Tennessee - 22 July 1908, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at family cemetery [front of the home of John MCMILLEN], Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m1. Susan ("Susie") WEBB (1839, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 1860), 18 May 1856, Wilson County, Tennessee: m2. Mrs. Rachel J. THOMPSON (née TRIBBLE) (1855, Wilson County, Tennessee - 1929, Wilson County, Tennessee), 28 January 1885, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 11: Jane MARLER (1829, Wilson
County, Tennessee - AFT 2 November 1850) [F]: m. Ptolemy
MCMILLEN (23 September 1825, Tennessee - AFT 10 March
1866), 12 September 1848, Wilson County, Tennessee Note 1: Census data for William MARLER and Richard MARLER:
Note 2: On 25 July 1799, a petition was submitted by a number of residents of Sumner County, Tennessee to the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee to create Wilson County from a portion of Sumner County. Among the signatories, all of whom were residents of Sumner County, there were a William and Richard MARLER whose relationship to other - and later - MARLERs in Wilson County is not known. The petition was addressed and signed as follows:
The autographs of Richard and William MARLER appear on the second page of signatures in manuscript. [Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee] Note 3: Though it seems clear that William MARLER went from Virginia to Tennessee between 1826 and 1835, some have theorized that Stephen MARLER was an elder brother whom William MARLER followed into Tennessee. Stephen MARLER, Sr. appears to have migrated - with Stephen MARLER - to Smith County, Tennessee previous to the United States Census for 1820. In the United States Census of Smith County, Tennessee, for 1820, which was enumerated by Price F. Martin, the household of Stephen MARLER, Sr. is shown to contain one male born between 1802 and 1804, one male born between 1794 and 1804, two females born between 1804 and 1810, and one female born between 1794 and 1804. In this same census, Stephen MARLER, Jr. reported a household containing one male born between 1810 and 1820, one male born between 1802 and 1804, one male born between 1794 and 1804, one female born between 1794 and 1804, and one female born by, or previous to, 1775. Neither household was slaveholding.
From the census reports of Smith County, Tennessee in 1820, nothing may be concluded about any relationship between Stephen MARLER and William MARLER. It does appear conclusive, however, that William MARLER of Wilson County, Tennessee was residing in Virginia during the War of 1812. In the United States Census of 1810, two familes surnamed MARLER were reported in Virginia, that of William MARLER in Bedford County and that of Allen MARLER in Monongalia County. In Bedford County, the household of William MARLER shows one free white male born between 1785 and 1794, one free white male born previous to 1765, one free white female born between 1795 and 1800, and one free white female born previous to 1765. There are no slaves.
In Monongalia County, the household of Allen MARLER shows three free white males born between 1800 and 1810, two free white males born between 1795 and 1800, one free white male born between 1785 and 1794, one free white male born previous to 1765, one free white female born between 1800 and 1810, one free white female born between 1795 and 1800, one free white female born previous to 1765, and three slaves. Because Monongalia County was on the northernmost tier of Virginia, bordering Pennsylvania, and is now part of West Virginia, it can be excluded from consideration as the locale in which William MARLER of Wilson County, Tennessee was residing in 1810. Bedford County, Virginia is located in south central Virginia, not far to the northwest of Halifax County, the birthplace of Richard MARLER, the son of William MARLER of Wilson County, Tennessee.
A "William MARLER" is known to have served in the Fourth Regiment (Greenhill's) of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. The Fourth Regiment was recruited from south central Virginia. The "William MARLER" who served in the Fourth Regiment is likely to have been the son of William MARLER of Bedford County. War of 1812 Service Record: William MARLER, Fourth Regiment (Greenhill's), Virginia Militia, Private (rank at induction and discharge) [National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C., Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812 M602, 234 rolls. Roll-Box 132, Roll-Exct 602]. Col. William C. Greenhill, commander of the unit in which William MARLER served, was born about 1785 in Amelia County, Virginia as the son of William Greenhill and Amelia Ward (Amelia County, marriage-bond date: 24 June 1780). William Greenhill was the son of David Greenhill and Catherine Claiborne. Col. William C. Greenhill died 27 October 1834 in Chesterfield County, Virginia (Will dated 24 October 1834 and proved 10 November 1834). About Col. William C. Greenhill, the following is reported by W. R. Turner, Old Homes and Families in Nottoway (Nottoway Publishing Company, Blackstone, Virginia: 1932), pp. 15 - 17:
Will of William C. Greenhill - 1834 [Will Book 13, page 79, Chesterfield County, Virginia]
Note 4: Will T. Hale, History of DeKalb County, Tennessee (1915 repr. 1969, Womack Press, McMinnville, Tennessee):
Note 5: 20 March 1866, Wilson County, inventory and sale of estate of William MARLER, deceased, by R. MARLER, executor. 7 August 1880, inventory and sale of estate of Jane MARLER, deceased, by R. MARLER, executor. [See Wilson County: Miscellaneous Papers, Deeds, Marriages, and Wills: 1800 - 1902.] Note 6: In the United States Census, 16th Civil District, Wilson County, Tennessee, for 1850 (31 October 1850), John MARLER reported his age as 36. In that for 1860, he reported his age as 50. The known children of John MARLER and Lydia CASITY (31 years of age as of 31 October 1850, born in Tennessee) are: Nancy MARLER (1841, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Mary MARLER (1843, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Elizabeth MARLER (1845, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Sarah ("Sally") MARLER (November 1849, Wilson County, Tennessee [age given as "8/12 yr" in 1850 census] - ?) [F]; and John MARLER (1854, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [M]. In the United States Census of 1860, 13th Civil District, Round Top Post Office, Wilson County, Tennessee, taken 12 September 1860, the household of John MARLOR, male, aged 50, farmer, born in Virginia is recorded: Lydia MARLOR, female, aged 44, born in Tennessee; Nancy MARLOR, female, aged 19, born in Tennessee; Mary MARLOR, female, aged 17, born in Tennessee; Elizabeth MARLOR, aged 15, born in Tennessee; Sallie MARLOR, female, aged 10, born in Tennessee; and John MARLOR, male, aged 6, born in Tennessee. Lydia CASITY may have been the sister of Thomas P. CASITY (4 May 1818 - 6 November 1902, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee) who was married to Julia A. PATTON (7 October 1826 - 19 February 1903: : interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee). The Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery can be found by turning off Statesville Road about 1/10 mile south of Rocky Branch Road on a road not shown on map. Cross Rocky Branch and turn left, go about 1/2 mile. Also interred in the Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery is Aby Louaney CASITY (17 July 1869 - 4 September 1899). Julia A. PATTON is likely to have been the kinswoman of Tom PATTON, the first husband of Mickey MARLER, of Robert PATTON, the husband of Alice MARLER, and of James A. PATTON, the deponent in the case of "Ford against MARLER." Note 7: For the domicile of James MARLER, see below, note 8. Note 8: On 2 July 1890, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: "Sam McMillen took his Uncle Sam MARLER to Nashville to have his eyes operated upon." Sam MCMILLEN was the son of Jane MARLER and Ptolemy MCMILLEN. In the United States Census for 1850, the domicile of Ptolemy MCMILLEN and Jane MARLER was enumerated in the 13th Civil District of Wilson County, Tennessee, on 2 November 1850, as household number 1601. The census marshal spelled Ptolemy as Tolema. In the record, Ptolemy MCMILLEN, a farmer, is said to be 24 years age, born in Tennessee; Jane MARLER is said to be 21 years of age, born in Tennessee; and their daughter, Cloe MCMILLEN, is said to be one year of age, born in Tennessee. The domicile of Ptolemy MCMILLEN and Jane MARLER was next door to that of James MARLER and his first wife, Sarah UNKNOWN, which was enumerated in that same census as household number 1600. James MARLER, a farmer, was said to be 33 years of age, born in Virginia; Sarah UNKNOWN was said to be 32 years of age, born in Virginia; their daughter, Martha J. MARLER, was said to be six years of age, born in Tennessee; their daughter, Julia Ann MARLER, was said to be four years of age, born in Tennessee; their daughter, Nancy MARLER, was said to be 3 years of age, born in Tennessee; and their son, William D. MARLER, was said to one year of age, born in Tennessee. For more information about James MARLER, see note 14, below. On 10 March 1866, Ptolemy MCMILLEN, 40 years of age, was deposed in the Chancery Court of Wilson County, Tennessee.
John W. MOORE, who was called as a witness in the Case of Oakly versus MCMILLEN, Knight, Hill, and Chambers, was the husband of Chloe MARLER. Note 9: Ptolemy and Rebecca MCMILLEN were the offspring of John MCMILLEN (13 July 1778, Ireland - 29 August 1845, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at McMillen Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee) and Demaris BLEDSOE ADAMSON (28 October 1780, North Carolina - 15 May 1866, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at McMillen Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee) who were married 25 March 1817, Tennessee. About Demaris BLEDSOE ADAMSON, see below, Note 6 under G0491A: Richard ("Uncle Dick") MARLER. Note 10: In the United States Census for 1850, the domicile of Samuel MARLER and Rebecca MCMILLEN was enumerated in the 13th Civil District of Wilson County, Tennessee, on 31 October 1850, as household number 1455. In the record, Samuel MARLER is said to be 27 years age, born in Virginia; Rebecca MCMILLEN is said to be 27 years of age, born in Tennessee. No children are mentioned. Note 11: The known children of Anthony MARLER and Cassandra WILLIAMS are: William MARLER (1849, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [M], Gideon MARLER (1852, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [M], and Jasper MARLER (1857, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [M]. In the United States Census of 1850 for the 15th Civil District, Wilson County, Tennessee, taken 31 October 1850, a listing occurs for the household of Anthony MARLER (26 years of age, born in Virginia) as of and his wife, Cassandra WILLIAMS (21 years of age, born in Tennessee). Their son, William, is said to be one year of age and to have been born in Tennessee. In the United States Census of 1860 for the 13th Civil District, Round Top Post Office, Wilson County, Tennessee, taken 14 September 1860, a listing occurs for the household of Cassandra MARLER, female, aged 32, seamstress, born in Tennessee. Her children are: Gideon MARLER, male, aged 8, born in Arkansas and Jasper MARLER, male, aged 3, born in Arkansas. Note 12: The known children of Berry Jenkins ("Jinks") MARLER are: Mickey MARLER (15 June 1853, Wilson County, Tennessee - 22 September 1938, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at Hillview Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [F]: m1. Tom PATTON; m2. George T. TALLEY (February 1859 - 28 May 1938, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at Hillview Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee); John W. MARLER (May 1860, Wilson County, Tennessee [age given as "2/12 yr" in 1860 census] - 1940, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Mary PAYNE (1865 - 1934, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee), March 1885; George H. MARLER [M]: m. Meodor Bell RICKETTS; James ("Jim") M. MARLER (?, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 1892 and BEF 11 October 1895, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Emma E. PAYNE (1871 - 1950, <Gibson County>, Tennessee: interment at White Rose Cemetery, Section B32, Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee [as the wife and widow of H. W. WALDEN (1862 - 1949: interment at White Rose Cemetery, Section B32, Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee), <Gibson County>, Tennessee]), 29 December 1885; Sam S. MARLER [M]: m. Dora ORAND, 8 August 1893; Frank M. MARLER [M]: m1. Minnie W. HUDSON (4 August 1872 - 24 November 1907, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee), 29 September 1892: m2. Eva AYERS, 6 September 1909; Tom MARLER [M]: m. Mollie TALLEY (1876 - 1959, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee [as the wife and widow of Porter GRAVES (1884 - 1949)]); Tennie MARLER (1865, Wilson County, Tennessee - 1940, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Hearn Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee) [F]: m. Charlie TAYLOR; Lavinia MARLER [F]: m1. Ed JENNINGS, 6 December 1900: m2. Jim BARKLET; Josie MARLER [F]: m. William JENNINGS; Scheeley W. MARLER [M]: m. G. D. JOHNSON, 14 July 1904; Della MARLER [F]: m. W. J. MAXWELL, 15 June 1892, Warren County, Tennessee; Gertrude ("Gertie") MARLER [F]: m. John MARTIN; John MARLER [M]; Harrison MARLER [M]: m1. Ida CHATMAN: m2. Josie CHAPMAN, 10 May 1914; Grover Cleveland ("Cleave") MARLER (10 December 1892, Wilson County, Tennessee - 30 April 1967, Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. May DEADMAN, 8 August 1913; and Lassie MARLER [F]: m1. Clarence VANTREASE: m2. Wilson BLACKBURN.
Note 13: Rachel J. TRIBBLE,the wife of Berry Jenkins ("Jinks") MARLER was first married to Andrew THOMPSON, in Wilson County, Tennessee, on 29 September 1876. She was the daughter of John L. TRIBBLE (ABT 1820, Tennessee - 23 January 1842, Wilson County, Tennessee) and Mary AYERS (born ABT 1825, Tennessee). Note 14: In the United States Census of 1860 for the 11th District (Alexandria Post Office) of DeKalb County, Tennessee, a listing occurs for the household (number 1196, enumerated 13 August 1860) of James MARLER (1814, Virginia - ?) and his putative wife, Elizabeth T. UNKNOWN (1814, Virginia - ?). The children listed in the household of James MARLER and Elizabeth T. UNKNOWN are: Martha J. MARLER (1843, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Julia Ann MARLER (27 May 1845, Tennessee - 9 November 1926, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [F]: m. John Henry FOUTCH (29 February 1844 - 14 December 1927, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee), 30 July 1864, Smith County, Tennessee, Confederate States of America; Nancy MARLER (1848, Tennessee - ?) [F]: m. M. A. BAITS (recte BATES), 30 December 1868, DeKalb County, Tennessee (by marriage bond dated 26 December 1868 in DeKalb County, Tennessee); William D. MARLER (1849, Tennessee - ?) [M]; John B. MARLER (1851, Tennessee - ?) [M]; Fannie Elizabeth MARLER (28 May 1853, Tennessee - 10 April 1933, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [F]: m. Dock R. BATES (18 October 1858 - 14 October 1911, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee), 25 October 1885, DeKalb County, Tennessee; and Catherine MARLER (10 August 1856, Tennessee - 11 June 1885, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [F]: m. Dock R. BATES (18 October 1858 - 14 October 1911, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee), 2 December 1877, DeKalb County, Tennessee. For the record of James MARLER in the United States Census of 1850 for the 13th Civil District of Wilson County, Tennessee see above, Note 8. In the United States Census of 1870 for the 11th District (Liberty Post Office) of DeKalb County, Tennessee, a listing occurs for the household (number 43, enumerated 11 August 1870) of James MARLER, aged 56, farmer, born in Virginia, and his wife, Sarah UNKNOWN, aged 55, born in Virginia. The children listed in the household of James MARLER and Sarah UNKNOWN are: William MARLER, male, aged 21, born in Tennessee; John MARLER, male, aged 19, born in Tennessee; Elisabeth MARLER, female, aged 16, born in Tennessee; and Catherine MARLER, female, aged 14, born in Tennessee. Based on the United States Census of 1850, 1860, and 1870, it may or may not be inferred that Sarah UNKNOWN, listed in 1850 and 1870, and Elizabeth T. UNKNOWN, listed in 1860, are one and the same person, the spouse of James MARLER. Note 15: That William MARLER engendered a daughter who married Stephen GRIFFIN is not to be doubted. Thus Wilson County, Tennessee Deed Book F-2, pp. 139 - 141:
In 1850, Jacob GRIFFFIN, aged 13, was living with Stephen GRIFFFIN and wife, Elizabeth JACOBS, in District 16 of Wilson County. Stephen GRIFFFIN and Elizabeth JACOBS were married 5 October 1839, in Wilson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth JACOBS, evidently, was the second wife of Stephen GRIFFFIN. Stephen GRIFFIN lived until 1878 and Elizabeth JACOBS lived until early 1880. Jacob GRIFFIN married Catherine MARTIN 7 June 1858, in DeKalb County, Tennessee and they are in District 16 of Wilson County, Tennessee for the United States censuses of 1860, 1870, and 1880 with a large family. Jacob GRIFFIN was 24, 34 and 44 years of age in those censuses. The daughter of William MARLER, who was the first wife of Stephen GRIFFIN, would have been born by 1814, probably in Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Virginia. She was married to Stephen GRIFFIN by 1835; and she would have been deceased before 5 October 1839. It is not known whether she should be identified with Lydia or Rebecca MARLER or as an unknown daughter of William MARLER. Catherine and Jane GRIFFIN, who were residing with William MARLER in 1850, were undoubtedly the sisters of Jacob GRIFFIN. Note 16: Census data for John W. MOORE and Chloe MARLER:
Note 17: The birthplace of Richard MARLER was Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Virginia:
____________________________ G0491A: Marriage: 1846 Child 1: William Newton MARLER (January 1848, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 11 June 1900) [M]: m. Elizabeth ("Betsy" or "Bettie") Ann WILLIAMS (December 1848, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 11 June 1900), 24 August 1884, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 2: Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER (1849, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 23 January 1920) [M]: m. Julia Ada ROWLAND (1852, DeKalb County, Tennessee - AFT 23 January 1920), 14 January 1873, DeKalb County, Tennessee Child 3: John Wesley MARLER (January 1852 [or 1851], Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee - 1933, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Hearn Hill Cemetery, near Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m1. Martha ("Mattie") J. HARDY (1851, Rural Hill, Wilson County, Tennessee - BEF 12 November 1878, Wilson County, Tennessee), 24 August 1875: m2. Ella F. ALFORD (May 1855 [or 1856], Tennessee - 1935, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at Hearn Hill Cemetery, near Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee), 12 November 1878, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 4: Charles Franklin ("Frank") MARLER (9 September 1853, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 16 January 1933, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Alice WEST (11 November 1860, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 17 August 1945), 19 December 1877, DeKalb County, Tennessee Child 5: James ("Jim") Durham MARLER (1855, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 2 May 1910 and BEF 15 January 1920, in or near Pine, Camp County, Texas) [M]: m. Lucy Jane SIMPSON (1861, Tennessee - AFT 15 January 1920), 8 January 1885, Smith County, Tennessee Child 6: Samuel Dock MARLER (1857, Wilson County, Tennessee - 3 March 1899, near Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [M] Child 7:
Child 8: Richard J. MARLER (1862, Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee, Confederate States of America - AFT 15 April 1910 and BEF 1 January 1911, Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Fannie D. BOYD (1866, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 23 April 1910), 19 July 1884, Wilson County, Tennessee Child 9: Thomas Alva MARLER (January 1865, Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee - AFT 18 April 1910 and BEF 26 January 1920, Rutherford County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Florence SNEED (20 October 1867, Tennessee - 17 November 1933, Rutherford County, Tennessee) Child 10: Marion Grant MARLER I (14 January 1867, Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee - 4 December 1928, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at Alexandria Eastview Cemetery, Section Three, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Anna Nevada HENLEY (13 February 1870 - 7 May 1928, DeKalb County, Tennessee: interment at Alexandria Eastview Cemetery, Section Three, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee) Child 11: Alice J. MARLER (1869, Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee - 20 January 1897, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee) [F]: m. Robert PATTON (<November 1864>, Tennessee - AFT 1900), BEF 18 March 1894 Child 12: Florence A. MARLER (23 July 1871, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 11 February 1905, Milton, Rutherford County, Tennessee) [F]: m. George Franklin ELROD (11 February 1863, Milton, Rutherford County, Tennessee - 13 October 1930, <Milton, Rutherford County>, Tennessee), 23 April 1891 Child 13: Etta (or Etna or Edna) L. MARLER
(1874, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - died in or
near Cottage Hill, Collin County, Texas) [F]: m. Charles
BRIDGES Other Marriage: 23 July 1891, Wilson County,
Tennessee; officiated by F. B. Srygley Note 1: Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON, in Wilson County, Tennessee, was found by Jesse Clay MARLER to have been the sister of James COMPTON (7 September 1837, Smith County, Tennessee - 26 September 1907, Wilson County, Tennessee) who was married to Mary M. ALLEN (4 February 1837, <Wilson County>, Tennessee - 24 August 1905, Wilson County, Tennessee). James COMPTON and Mary M. ALLEN are both interred at Hearn Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee. And Jesse Clay MARLER found that Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON's mother was Martha WOOD (1811, <Shenandoah County>, Virginia - AFT 1855, Tennessee) and that she, in turn, was the sister, in Wilson County, Tennessee, of Wiltz WOOD. Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON's father was, therefore, Alexander J. COMPTON (1809, Culpeper County, Virginia - 1855, Smith County, Tennessee). Alexander J. COMPTON and Martha WOOD were married 4 September 1827 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
It seems likely that Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON's middle name was "KITTRELL," after Thomas KITTRELL, her uncle by marriage. [See Child 5: Susan WOOD (1827, <Wilson County>, Tennessee - ?) under G0493A: James WOOD in Antecedents and Descendants of Nehemiah Wood, Sr. (ABT 1731 - 3 October 1816).] Note 2: To the marriage of Richard MARLER and Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON, at least five children were born who did not survive to maturity. Note 3: Richard MARLER, who owned a farm, orchards, and pasture for his animals, was a Confederate veteran: Martha ("Mattie") J. HARTSFIELD (née SHANKS), Richard MARLER's second wife and widow, collected a Confederate widow's pension in Tennessee for her late husband's service under pension number W9770. She applied for the pension, in Wilson County, on 10 December 1929. The application was filed on 24 January 1930 when she was residing in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee. Her application was accompanied by testimony from J. L. Barry and E. S. Bowers, both of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, by a letter which appears to have been written by Charles Franklin MARLER, and by her marriage certificate. From her application and the testimony of Barry and Bowers, Richard MARLER's date and place of birth are shown as 1 August 1823, Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Virginia. His date and place of death are shown as 23 May 1902, near Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee. These sources also show that in April 1861, at Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee, Richard MARLER enlisted in Bass's Company of Smith's Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, Confederate States Army. This company was successively designated as Capt. Bass's Company, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry; Capt. Bass's Company, 10th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry; and as a unit in the 2nd (Smith's) Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. Lieut. Col. E. S. Smith's 10th (also called the 11th) Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, which consisted of eight companies about February 1, 1862, and nine companies on March 14, 1862 was increased to the size of a regiment in April, 1862 and designated the 2nd (Smith's) Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. The regiment appears to have been disbanded in May 1862 and two companies subsequently served in Starnes's - subsequently, McLemore's - 4th (also called the 3rd) Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. Some of the officers and men are found to have served later in the 19th (also called the 2nd) Battalion, Alabama Cavalry which was consolidated with the 14th Battalion, Alabama Partisan Rangers to form the 9th (also called the 7th) Regiment, Alabama Cavalry. About Smith's Regiment:
The letter which Richard MARLER's widow submitted, with orthography and grammar left intact, is as follows:
Of Smith's Regiment, Rankin's Company was in the vicinity of Bridgeport, Alabama on 6 April 1862. It is likely that Richard MARLER was discharged when the regiment disbanded in May 1862. He was, in any case, discharged at Bridgeport. It is possible that, in 1864, Richard MARLER briefly returned to cavalry service:
Moreland's Cavalry Battalion was organized with seven companies on 1 August 1863. Additional companies were added on 30 January (Co. "I") and 1 February 1864 (Co. "H"), and the battalion was organized into a regiment sometime before 10 June 1864. As a cavalry regiment attached to Johnson's and Roddey's Brigades, Moreland's fought against the Sturgis Mississippi Expedition (1-13 June 1864) and took part in battles at Brice's Crossroads (10 June 1864), Tupelo (14 July 1864) and against Wilson's Raid (22-24 March 1865). Its field and staff officers were: Col. M. D. Moreland, Major J. N. George, and Adjutant John A. Cathey. It was surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, at Citronelle, Alabama, on 4 May 1865. J. L. Barry and E. S. Bowers, whose testimony is dated 10 December 1929, both served in Smith's Regiment but not in the same company as Richard MARLER: "We both knew Richard MARLER before the war broke out, and knew he went to the war, but we were in different company." Their recollection was that Richard MARLER had served "two or three years." Martha ("Mattie") J. Shanks Hartsfield MARLER's recollection was that her husband had served "more than one year." Note 4: The marriage of Richard MARLER and Martha ("Mattie") J. HARTSFIELD (née SHANKS) is documented as follows:
At his death, Richard MARLER left his widow $2000. The death certificate of Martha ("Mattie") J. Shanks Hartsfield MARLER, submitted in Putnam County, Tennessee, is as follows:
Martha J. SHANKS, the second wife of Richard MARLER, was first married, on 29 June 1870, to John James HARTSFIELD (3 March 1826, Tennessee - BEF 1890, Wilson County, Tennessee) who, as a member of the 8th Tennessee (Smith's) Cavalry (C. S. A.) was taken prisoner near Carthage, Tennessee on 7 February 1863. He was exchanged at City Point on the James River on 25 February 1863 and later served in Company K, 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-Major on 4 March 1864. His unit was detached to serve as escort for Lieutenant-General John Hood on 12 March 1864. John James HARTSFIELD was the son of Solomon HARTSFIELD (11 March 1782, Wake County, North Carolina - BEF 1870, Wilson County, Tennessee) and Rebecca J. GUTHRIE (16 October 1788, North Carolina - 9 October 1859, Wilson County, Tennessee) who were married 4 October 1808 in Wake County, North Carolina. John James HARTSFIELD was first married to Martha A. HARLAN (22 June 1832, Wilson County, Tennessee - ABT 1868, Wilson County, Tennessee) on 19 December 1849 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Martha A. HARLAN was the daughter of Samuel J. HARLAN (14 October 1804, Albemarle County, Virginia - 22 August 1886, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee) and Louisiana BRADLEY (June 1804, Amelia County, Virginia - November 1878, Wilsonh County, Tennessee) who were married 24 August 1826 in Wilson County, Tennessee. John James HARTSFIELD and Martha A. HARLAN engendered: William Andrew HARTSFIELD (18 October 1850 - ?) [M]; Mary Abigail HARTSFIELD (24 January 1853, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?, <Waco, McLennan County>, Texas) [F]: m. Henry Taylor HARLAN (ABT 1843, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?), 19 February 1879; Pamelia J. HARTSFIELD (22 August 1854, Wilson County, Tennessee - 20 November 1904, Wilsonb County, Tennessee: interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee; Samuel Solomon ("Todd") HARTSFIELD (25 February 1857, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee - 13 March 1927, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee: interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Annie Elizabeth JENKINS (4 June 1860, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio - 8 November 1929, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee: interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee), 30 September 1877, Wilson County, Tennessee; Anna HARTSFIELD (1858, Wilson County, Tennessee - 2 September 1928) [F]: m. Thomas W. SMITHWICK, 17 February 1876; and Mattie Eunice HARTSFIELD (8 September 1865 - 24 September 1897) [F]: John H. CLEMMONS, 11 April 1888. Martha J. SHANKS, first the wife of John James HARTSFIELD and second the wife of Richard MARLER, had no children of her own. In the United States Census of Wilson County, Tennessee in 1850, Martha ("Mattie") J. SHANKS appeared in the household of her parents, John SHANKS and Jane BURKES, who were married 23 February 1842:
Note 5: Cemetery Reading at the Walter Reeves place, up Hearn Hill Road, outside of Watertown, Tennessee, 9 July 1979, by Jean Young Kent, Sue Sircy, Ruth and Adrian Lawrence, David Roy Lawrence, and Clarice Neal:
The William and Jane NEAL interred here were William NEAL, Jr., who was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and Jane <GREEN?>, who was born in North Carolina. Their children: Claiborne Wesley ("Wes") NEAL (11 November 1807, Wilson County, Tennessee - 1871, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Margaret WOOD (9 August 1817, Wilson County, Tennessee - 7 December 1856, Wilson County, Tennessee), 2 November 1840, Wilson County, Tennesse; William Green NEAL (3 February 1811, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?); M(attison?) H. NEAL, (5 May 1813 - 16 February 1821 [Or 1826]: also interred at the Walter Reeves place) [I]; Sarah NEAL (11 January 1818, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Jane C. NEAL (20 February 1820, Wilson County, Tennessee - 21 January 1857, Wilson County, Tennessee: interment at the Wood Cemetery on the old Burkett Everett place in Mt. Juliet [located west of Mt. Juliet Road between Highway 70 and Mt. Juliet] ) [F]: m. William J. WOOD (1 June 1820, Shenandoah County, Virginia - 10 March 1889, Wilson County, Tennessee: ); Eleanor D. ("Ellen") NEAL (ABT 1822, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) [F]; Thomas Baker NEAL ( 4 July 1825, Wilson County, Tennessee - AFT 1850) [M]; Lunsford Yandell NEAL (2 April 1828, Wilson County, Tennessee - 11 April 1856, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi: also interred at the Walter Reeves place) [M]; Charles F. NEAL (5 October 1830, Wilson County, Tennessee - 25 March 1859: also interred at the Walter Reeves place) [M]: m. Emily O. DINGES, 2 October 1857, DeKalb County, Tennessee. Charles F. NEAL and Emily O. DINGES engendered an infant son, Charles F. NEAL, Jr.; but the child died - so Emily O. DINGES, as the wife of Charles F. NEAL, inherited his share of the grandfather William NEAL's estate; and she sold the land to Richard MARLER.
Lunsford Yandell NEAL died 11 April 1856. According to Thomas Partlow's Wilson County, Tennessee Guardian Settlements: 1863 -1875 William J. WOOD was appointed guardian of his son, William T. WOOD, who was named as a minor heir of Lunsford Yandell NEAL. This guardianship was recorded 10 July 1868. Thus, Wilson County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes 1853-1857:
In the above case at law, Jane NEAL - the mother of Lunsford Yandell NEAL, Claiborne Wesley ("Wes") NEAL, William Green NEAL, and Jane C. NEAL - is listed among the defendants. In the United States Census of 1850 for Civil District 13, Wilson County, Tennessee, 7 November 1850, the household of the widow, Jane NEAL, is listed as follows:
Note 6: Wilson County, Tennessee Deed Book F-2, pp. 139 - 141:
Note 7: To see photographs of Richard MARLER and Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON, go to Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903) and Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. Compton (7 August 1829 - 13 November 1887): Photographs. Note 8: Elizabeth ("Betsy") Ann WILLIAMS, the wife of William Newton MARLER, was the daughter of Joshua B. WILLIAMS (ABT 1823, <Round Top, Wilson County, Tennessee> - ?) and Mary ("Polly") MCKEE (1827, Round Top, Wilson County, Tennessee - ?) who were married 3 March 1848, Wilson County, Tennessee. In the United States Census of 1900, 13th Civil District, Wilson County, Tennessee, taken 11 June 1900, the following is recorded: William N. MARLER, male, farmer, aged 52, born January 1848 in Tennessee; Bettie MARLER, female, aged 51, born December 1848 in Tennessee; Jesse C. MARLER, male, at school, aged 14, born July 1885 in Tennessee; Samuel W. MARLER, male, at school, aged 12, born September 1887 in Tennessee. Note 9: Alice WEST, the wife of Charles Franklin MARLER, was the daughter of Gipson Roy WEST (18 August 1824, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 22 January 1916, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma) and Elizabeth Luiza GROOM (9 January 1827, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 22 July 1863, DeKalb County, Tennessee), who were married in 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee. Elizabeth Luiza GROOM lies interred in the Salem Cemetery, Liberty, DeKalb County, Tennessee. The household of Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER is listed in the United States Census for Wilson County, 13th Civil District, Tennessee, 23 January 1920: A. J. MARLER, male, farmer, aged 70, born in Tennessee; Ada MARLER, female, aged 57; Edgar MARLER (son), male, aged 46; and Oraline HUDDLESTON, female, servant (white), aged 8. Next door to the household of Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER is that of Charles Franklin ("Frank") MARLER: Frank MARLER, male, farmer, aged 66, born in Tennessee; and Alice MARLER, female, aged 59, born in Tennessee. Note 10: To see a photograph of James ("Jim") Durham MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 23 May 1902): Photographs. The household of James Durham ("Jim") MARLER was listed in the United States Census of 1910, Concho County, Precinct 2, Texas, taken 2 May 1910, as follows: Jim D. MARLER, male, farmer, aged 56, born in Tennessee; Lucy MARLER, female, aged 49, born in Tennessee, both parents born in Tennessee; Katy (? handwriting is unclear) MARLER, female, aged 16, born in Oklahoma; and Ella MARLER, female, aged 15, born in Texas. In the United States Census of 1920, McKinney, Collin County, Precinct 1, Texas, taken 15 January 1920, Lucy MARLER is listed as the head of a single-person household: Lucy MARLER, female, aged 56, widow, born in Tennessee, both parents born in Tennessee. Note 11: John Wesley MARLER and Ella ALFORD are buried in Wilson County at Hearn Hill Cemetery, about 2 1/2 miles east of Watertown on north side of Highway 70 Sparta Pike and Old Alexandria Road. They are listed on the same tombstone. Ella ALFORD was the daughter of James P. ALFORD and Minerva MAULDIN of Bowie County, Texas. James P. ALFORD was the son of Wiley ALFORD and Sophia Valentine DRAKE of North Carolina and Wilson County, Tennessee. The known children of John Wesley MARLER and Ella ALFORD are May W. MARLER, Myrtle C. MARLER, Irene M. MARLER, Jennie M. MARLER, and James Britton MARLER. Of these, the first four are mentioned in Naomi M. Hailey's book, Alford-Drake Family of Middle Tennessee, published in 1982. Note 12: To see a photograph of John Wesley MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs. :Note 13: Florence SNEED, the wife of Thomas Alva MARLER, was later the second wife of Granville Turner MATHES (20 May 1850, Rutherford County, Tennessee - 22 August 1932, Rutherford County, Tennessee) who had been first married to Mary Ellen MARTIN (10 May 1852 - 10 July 1914, Rutherford County, Tennessee). To see a photograph of Thomas Alva MARLER, go to Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903) and Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. Compton (7 August 1829 - 13 November 1887): Photographs. Florence SNEED was enumerated in the United States Census of 1920, Rutherford County, 16th Civil District, Tennessee, taken 26 January 1920, as follows: Florence MARLER, female, farmer, aged 52, widow, born in Tennessee; and Lena H. MARLER, female (daughter of Florence MARLER), aged 19, born in Tennessee. In the United States Census of 1900, Rutherford County, 17th Civil District, Tennessee, taken 13/14 June 1900, the following is recorded: Thomas A. MARLER, male, farmer and mechanic, aged 35, born January 1865 in Tennessee; Florence MARLER, female, aged 32, born October 1867 in Tennessee; Etta Lee MARLER, female, aged 10, born December 1889 in Tennessee; Walter H. MARLER, male, aged 9, born February 1891 in Tennessee; Eula MARLER, female, aged 5, born June 1894 in Tennessee; and Lenna H. MARLER, female, born April 1900 in Tennessee. In the United States Census of 1910, Rutherford County, 16th Civil District, Tennessee, taken 18 April 1910, the following is recorded: T. A. MARLER, male, farmer, aged 35, born in Tennessee; Florence MARLER, female, aged 42, born in Tennessee; Lee MARLER, female, teacher in county school, aged 21, born in Tennessee; Walter MARLER, male, farm laborer, aged 19, born in Tennessee; Eula MARLER, female, aged 15, born in Tennessee; and Lenna MARLER, female, aged 9, born in Tennessee. Note 14: On 10 July 1889, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "A. J. MARLER threshed 206 bushels of wheat from 9 acres." This was Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER who, evidently, was named after his maternal grandfather, Alexander J. COMPTON. The household of Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER is listed in the United States Census for Wilson County, Tennessee, 23 January 1920. Note 15: On 21 August 1889, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "A. J. MARLER has leased his interest in the sawmill at Helton to Will Malone till January 1st next." Also, "A. J. MARLER left today to visit his brother in Missouri." The "brother in Missouri" was Sion Wilson MARLER who was residing in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Note 16: On 18 September 1889, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Frank MARLER's little girl fell from the porch last Friday, stuck the prong of a pitchfork in her head inflicting a wound from which she died yesterday morning." Florence MARLER, the daughter of Charles Franklin MARLER, died 16 September 1889 and was interred at the Walter Reeves Place, up Hearn Hill Road, outside of Watertown, Tennessee. Note 17: On 30 October 1889, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Miss Florence MARLER was thrown from a horse and had her arm broken." This could not have been the Florence MARLER who was the daughter of Charles Franklin MARLER and who died 16 September 1889. It was, therefore, the Florence MARLER who was the daughter of Richard ("Uncle Dick") MARLER and who was unmarried until 1891. Note 18: On 6 April 1892, the following item, surviving in fragments, was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "S. W. MARLER, son of Richard M__ler living near Alexandria, is_____ Afton, Indian Territory ____ing money." Afton, in Ottawa County, was in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. From southwestern Missouri, a trip to Afton by Sion Wilson MARLER would not have involved a long journey. Note 19: On 15 November 1893, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Miss Nannie Barry spent Saturday night with her aunt, Mrs. Alice MARLER." This, of course, was Alice WEST, the wife of Charles Franklin MARLER. Note 20: On 4 April 1894, the following was reported in the Alexandria Times, the newspaper of record for Alexandria, Tennessee: (Watertown) "Mr. And Mrs. R. J. MARLER, of Alexandria were guests of D. S. BOYD and wife Sunday." This refers to Richard J. MARLER and his wife, Fannie BOYD. Richard J. MARLER and Fannie BOYD were enumerated in the United States Census of 1910, Watertown, Wilson County, 16th Civil District, Tennessee, taken 23 April 1910, as follows: Daniel S. BOYD, male, head, farmer, aged 80, widower, born in Tennessee; Richard H. (sic) MARLER, male, "assistant," farmer, aged 48, born in Tennessee; Fannie B. MARLER, female, aged 44, born in Tennessee; Sudia B. PUSEY, female (daughter of Daniel S. BOYD), aged 19, born in Tennessee; Samuel L. PUSEY, male (husband of Sudia B. PUSEY), aged 21, born in Tennessee. What the census-record means is that Richard J. MARLER was alive as of 15 April 1910. He is known to have died later that year. Note 21: On 18 April 1894, the following was reported in the Alexandria Times, the newspaper of record for Alexandria, Tennessee: (Watertown):
Note 22: On 4 July 1894, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Mrs. Charlie Palmer and children returned home after a pleasant visit to the family of A. J. MARLER in Wilson county." Note 23: On 23 January 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "George Elrod and 'Poss' Allen were in town Friday buying mules. Frank MARLER sold one mule to the above parties for $35." George Franklin ELROD, by marriage to Florence MARLER, was the brother-in-law of Charles Franklin MARLER. Note 24: On 6 March 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Mr. R. MARLER has been confined at home for sometime with sickness." By this date, Richard MARLER was nearly 72 years of age. Note 25: On 27 March 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Mrs. Julia MARLER of Linwood left for home this morning after visiting friends here." This was Julia ROWLAND, the wife of Alexander ("Bud") Jones C(ompton?) MARLER. Note 26: On 3 April 1895, the following was reported in the Alexandria Times, the newspaper of record for Alexandria, Tennessee: (Mahone, byline dated 25 March) "Sam MARLER was in our town last week training horses." This refers to Samuel Dock MARLER. Note 27: On 10 April 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Marion MARLER has left for Texas and California. Sam MARLER went to Nashville last week." Marion Grant MARLER and Anna Nevada HENLEY eventually migrated to California. They are known to have engendered at least four children, Lilliard Forest MARLER [M], Elenor FRAME (née MARLER) (6 January 1904, Tennessee - 27 December 1986, Kern County, California) [F], Marion Grant MARLER (18 December 1905, Tennessee - 18 March 1957, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California) [M], and Abraham Lincoln MARLER (26 February 1909, Tennessee - 20 September 1963, Los Angeles County, California) [M]. [see California Death Index.] Note 28: On 26 June 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Charlie Palmer and wife visited the family of A. J. MARLER." Also, same date, "A. J. MARLER of Linwood was in town yesterday." Note 29: On 9 October 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Mrs. A. J. MARLER of Linwood is visiting relatives here." Note 30: On 18 September 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Bill Bone has a boy in his home, but like Frank MARLER's, they are too young to go to the Fair." This refers to the children of Charles Franklin MARLER. Note 31: On 18 September 1895, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Sam MARLER has left for the West." This refers to Samuel Dock MARLER. Note 32: On 22 April 1896, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Smithville) "R. MARLER of Wilson county was here today." This probably refers to the elder Richard MARLER and not to his son, who is usually signified as "Richard J. MARLER." Note 33: On 6 May 1896, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Forks of Pike) "Jim Barry and family spent Saturday with Jim MARLER and family near Alexandria." This refers to James ("Jim") Durham MARLER, who was named for his uncle, Durham COMPTON. Note 34: On 20 May 1896, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "A number of our citizens were summoned to Lebanon last week as witnesses in the case of Ford against MARLER." The "case of Ford against MARLER" is described in the loose records of the Chancery Court of Wilson County, Tennessee as follows: "2026 - 1892 Dec. 21 - (O. B.) R. MARLER of Wilson Co., TN and J. T. QUARLES of Dekalb Co., TN Against J. J. FORD of DeKalb and W. M. HARKREADER Clerk & C and J. F. BEARD D. Shff. of Wilson Co., TN. O. W. ROBERTS was appointed admr. of W. W. ROBERTS, dec'd. 2 May 1887. . . ." "2041 - 1893 May 22 - (O.B.) Levy & Ellen PARKINSON whose maiden name was Elen ROBERTS of Dekalb Co., TN against Richard MARLER of Wilson Co., TN, P. W. ROBERTS of Wilson Co., TN. Complt. states that her father W. W. ROBERTS is dead and defdt. O. W. ROBERTS is his admr. 1895 Deposition of J. T. QUARLES, 57. Deposition of James M. VANTREASE, 60. Deposition of O. B. WRIGHT, 70. Deposition of James A. PATTON, 50. - Deposition of Thos. J. ROBERTS, 50, brother of Ellen ROBERTS. - Deposition of D. R. ROBERTS, 51, brother of Ellen. - Deposition of J. J. FORD, 73, atty. for Ellen to remove R. MARLER from guardianship. 'His son R. J. MARLER married a lady who claims to be my sister, while we really are no kin, her father raised me which makes the tie very close between us.'" Note 35: On 20 January 1897, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Mrs. Robt. PATTON (née Miss Alice MARLER) died this morning of pneumonia after a few days illness." The "Robert PATTON" to whom Alice J. MARLER was married was perhaps Robert L. PATTON who, in the United States Census of 1900, Wilson County, 15th Civil District, Tennessee, taken 20 June 1900, was enumerated as follows: Robert L. PATTON, male, farmer, aged 35, born November 1864 in Tennessee; Dora PATTON (wife of Robert L. PATTON), female, aged 31, born September 1868 in Tennessee; Mattie PATTON, female, aged 12, born November 1887 in Tennessee; Clara V. PATTON, female, aged 10, at school, born September 1889 in Tennessee; Sallie M. PATTON, female, at school, aged 8, born June 1891 in Tennessee; and David B. PATTON (brother of Robert L. PATTON), male, lodger, aged 31, born September 1868 in Tennessee. Note 36: On 21 April 1897, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Cottage Home) "Marshal Frasier (col.), an ex-convict, was tried last evening before Johnson and bound over to court for stealing old Uncle Dick MARLER's money a few nights ago. We hope Gov. Taylor will let him serve out his term this time as he pardoned him out a few weeks ago." This refers to the elder Richard MARLER. Note 37: On 8 March 1899, the following was reported in The Liberty Herald, the newspaper of record for DeKalb County, Tennessee: (Alexandria) "Sam MARLER, son of R. MARLER, died from a hemorrage Friday morning at the home of his father near town." This refers to Samuel Dock MARLER. .Note 38: To see a photograph of Marion Grant MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs. Note 39: Map showing the region of Robertson, Davidson, Sumner, Macon, Trousdale, Rutherford, Wilson, Smith, DeKalb, and Jackson counties, Tennessee (1895):
Note 40: Map of Wilson County, Tennessee (1895):
Note 41: Map of DeKalb County, Tennessee (1895):
____________________________ G0490A:
Marriage: 15 October 1885, Lawrence County,
Missouri Child 1: Richard Roy MARLER I (7 January 1887, <Joplin, Jasper County>, Missouri - 28 November 1921, Miami, Dade County, Florida: interment at City Cemetery of Miami, Miami, Dade County, Florida) [M]: m1. Minnie JACOBS: m2. Lillian EVERETT: m3. Clara Louise UNKNOWN Child 2: Jennie Mae MARLER (10 November 1888, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri - 6 November 1973, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas: interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas) [F]: m. James A. GILMORE (1882, Indiana - ?), 1909 Child 3: William Ross MARLER I (9 May 1890, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri - 22 September 1970, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas: interment at Chamberlain Cemetery, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas) [M]: m. Edna Mable FERGUSON (29 December 1890, Bell County, Texas - 4 August 1981, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas: interment at Chamberlain Cemetery, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas), 25 August 1912, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas Child 4: Julia Hazel MARLER (12 December 1894, Stotts City, Lawrence County, Missouri - 26 May 1977, Houston, Harris County, Texas: interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Texas) [F]: m. Porter OWEN (born in Kentucky), BY 1916 Child 5: Florence Ezella MARLER (21 December 1897, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 14 January 1991, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas: interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas) [F]: m1. William E. BAER (1895, Arkansas - ?), 1915: m2. James NEAL: m3. Robert J. BRANDES (26 June 1884 - 7 July 1978, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas) Child 6: Dunn Craig ("Jack") MARLER
(18 April 1901, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee - 21
February 1996, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas:
interment 24 February 1996, Highland Memory Gardens, Lake
Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [M]: m1. Unknown
UNKNOWN, ABT 1924: m2. Blanche Mildred BOLTON: m3.
Eleanor May SCAIFE (12 June 1914, Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colorado - 6 May 1949, Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana: interment 8 May 1949 [Mother's Day] at
Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 7 June 1942, Lake Charles,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana [See G0490A:
Charner Augustus SCAIFE (Jr.) in Descendants
of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591).]:
m4. Norene Estelle LESTER (née COLE) (13 March
1917, Louisiana - 5 December 1991, Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas), 20 June 1950 Note 1: Sion Wilson MARLER and Eliza Jane WHALEY are buried in the Magnolia Cemetery, 2200 Pine St. in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas in the Penman Addition, Section 6, Lot 9, Spaces 10 and 11.
Sion Wilson MARLER's year of birth, as inscribed on his headstone (1858), is not in agreement either with what (1859) is said on his death certificate or with what (1859) is recorded in the United States Census for Wilson County, Tennessee, 1860. To see a photograph of Sion Wilson MARLER, go to Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903) and Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. Compton (7 August 1829 - 13 November 1887): Photographs. Eliza Jane WHALEY was the daughter of Seth Madison WHALEY (18 June 1824, Liberty Township, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 19 June 1899, Forest Home, Lawrence County, Missouri) and his second wife, Mary Elinor ROSS (8 September 1837, Hardin County, Tennessee - 26 March 1890, Lawrence County, Missouri), married 31 May 1860, Lawrence County, Missouri. Note 2: This family-group migrated from
Lebanon, Tennessee to Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
in 1901. Shortly thereafter, it migrated to east Texas,
residing - at various times - in Beaumont, Houston,
Albany, and China. Sion Wilson MARLER first met Eliza
Jane WHALEY while he was employed in the lead mines in
southwestern Missouri. In Louisiana and in Texas, he was
employed as a drummer for the Buffalo-Pitts Company, a
manufacturer - based in Buffalo, New York - of
steam-traction equipment used in agriculture.
Note 3: Sion Wilson MARLER was "the seventh son of the seventh son" (or, at least, the seventh son of the seventh child) and, therefore, is supposed to have had the benefit of a prodigious birth. It is said that, as a child, he was ushered into households for the purpose of breathing upon infants who were afflicted with thrush. By this means, the infants were believed to have been healed of the illness. It is possible that Sion Wilson MARLER was named after Sion BASS (11 August 1802, Sumner County, Tennessee - 27 September 1884, Wilson County, Tennessee) who, at the time of Sion Wilson MARLER's birth, was the fire-eating "moderator" of the Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Smith County, Tennessee. Sion BASS was a figure of some importance in the history of the Primitve Baptists of Tennessee. [See J. H. Grime, History of Middle Tennessee Baptists (Baptist and Reflector, Nashville, Tennessee: 1902)]. It was Sion BASS who solemnized the marriage of John MARLER and Lydia CASITY (or CASSIDA). [See J. H. Grime, History of Middle Tennessee Baptists in Brush Creek Baptist Church, Smith County, Tennessee; and see above, Child 1: John MARLER under G0492A: William MARLER.] Sion Wilson MARLER was six years of age at the close of the War Between the States. When, before the end of the war, his father's farm was occupied by federal troops, he contributed to the conflict by pulling brass buttons from the uniforms of the invading personnel. In 1894, Sion Wilson MARLER ran for the office of Road Commisioner in Vineyard, Lawrence County, Missouri. Of 768 votes cast, he won 60. [Reported in The Chieftain, 15 November 1894, published in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, William H. Cecil, publisher and editor, page 3, "Town and Country."] Note 4: Richard Roy MARLER was, as an officer of the Miami Police Department, the victim of homicide, said to be from "accidental shooting" by a deputy sheriff. He is publicly memorialised on the Internet at the TAPS Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Web Site. Note 5: William Ross MARLER was an engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Edna Mable FERGUSON was the daughter of Thomas Benton ("Pap") FERGUSON (23 November 1866, Bell County, Texas - 10 April 1943, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas) and Beulah ("Mamie") HAMRICK(24 June 1862, in or near Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee - 10 April 1953, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas), married 24 February 1888, Bell County, Texas.
The Vacuum Oil Company which, like other members of, and successors to, the Standard Oil trust, used Pegasus as its corporate trademark, was created by Hiram Bond Everest and Matthew P. Ewing, in Rochester, New York, in 1866:
The Vacuum Oil Company was added to the Standard Oil trust (through Standard Oil of Ohio, formed by John D. Rockefeller in 1870) in 1879. It was separated from the trust in 1911. In 1931, The Vacuum Oil Company merged with the Standard Oil Company of New York (formed by John D. Rockefeller in 1882) to constitute the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. In 1955, Socony-Vacuum became Socony-Mobil; and, later, in 1966, this entity became Mobil Oil Corporation. On 30 November 1998, Mobil merged with Exxon to form the Exxon Mobil Corporation. Of course, until 1972, Exxon had been the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ("Esso," "Enjay"). The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey had been formed by John D. Rockefeller in 1882 to take advantage of the laws in that state allowing corporations to hold stock in other corporations. On that basis, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey became the administrative nexus of the Standard Oil trust which John D. Rockefeller had founded, in 1868, with his incorporation of the Standard Oil Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thus, what goes around, comes around. Note 7: A son by the marriage of Dunn Craig "Jack" MARLER and Blanche Mildred BOLTON was Charles Craig MARLER (26 November 1931, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico - 6 September 1999, Brush Prairie, Clark County, Washington). Note 8: Norene Estelle COLE was the widow of Marcus Eugene LESTER. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The following printed work has been consulted: Jesse Clay Marler. Descendants of Richard Marler (10 August 1823 - 23 May 1903) and Elizabeth [Jennie] K. Compton (7 August 1829 - 13 November 1887) (privately printed, probably Austin, Texas: ABT 1956). Jesse Clay MARLER died in Brazoria County, Texas, 13 May 1973. Much valuable information concerning the families of William MARLER and Richard MARLER has been contributed by Terry Litvan, an expert on mid-state Tennessee. For information concerning the family WHALEY, thanks are due to Mrs. Lynne Graham and to Mrs. Jeane Freeman. For other information, thanks are due to Mr. Daniel Rex Holmes and Mrs. Joan Vantrease. Also, considerable value has been contributed to this web page by Mr. James H. L. Lawler. RETURN: Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: TABLE OF CONTENTS GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: HOME This web site is always under construction. For entries preceded by an asterisk (*), further information is forthcoming. Persons wishing to contribute information to this web site, or who wish to make inquiries, may do so by addressing their email to:
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Richard
("Uncle Dick") MARLER
