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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES

RICHARD MARLER
(1 AUGUST 1823 - 28 JUNE 1903)
AND
ELIZABETH ("JENNIE") K. COMPTON
(7 August 1829 - 13 November 1887):
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Richard ("Uncle Dick") MARLER
Birth: 1 August 1823, Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Virginia
Death: 28 June 1903, near Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Interment: Walter Reeves place, up Hearn Hill Road, near Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee
Father: William MARLER (1782, North Carolina - BY 20 March 1866, Wilson County, Tennessee)
Mother: E(dna? or Etta?) Jane UNKNOWN (1785, Virginia - AFT 5 June 1880 and BY 7 August 1880, Wilson County, Tennessee)

Marriage: 1846
Spouse: Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON (7 August 1829, Tennessee - 13 November 1887, <Wilson County>, Tennessee) [See G0491A: Elizabeth ("Jennie") K. COMPTON in Descendants of John F. Compton (BEF 1644 - AFT 29 May 1713 and BEF 5 March 1718).]

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, 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: Sion Wilson MARLER (18 May 1859, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee - 28 June 1929, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas: interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas) [M]: m. *Eliza Jane WHALEY (18 February 1866, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri - 7 July 1927, Nome, Jefferson County, Texas: interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas), 15 October 1885, Lawrence County, Missouri

Child 8: Richard J. MARLER (1862, Wilson or DeKalb County, Tennessee, Confederate States of America - died 1910, Wilson County, Tennessee) [M]: m. Fannie BOYD, 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: 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, 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
Spouse: Martha ("Mattie") J. HARTSFIELD (née SHANKS) (14 April 1850, near Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee - 17 September 1940, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee: interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee)

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(S) (1811, <Shenandoah County>, Virginia - AFT 1855, Tennessee) and that she, in turn, was the sister, in Wilson County, Tennessee, of Wiltz WOOD(S). 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(S) were married 4 September 1827 in Wilson County, Tennessee.

  United States Census, Smith County, Tennessee, 1850
Division: South, page 361a
Enumerated: 2 November 1850, by Jefferson Jones

#561-718
COMPTON, A. J.: age 41 (born in Virginia) [M], laborer, value: $1250
Martha: age 39 (born in Virginia) [F]
Nancy: age 15 (born in Virginia) [F], attending school
Susan: age 16 born in Virginia) [F], attending school
Durham: age 14 (born in Tennessee) [M], attending school
James: age 12 (born in Tennessee) [M], attending school
Martha: age 10 (born in Tennessee) [F], attending school
Magaret: age 8 (born in Tennessee) [F], attending school
Candis: age  6 (born in Tennessee) [F], attending school
Richard: age 5 (born in Tennessee) [M]
Mary: age 1  (born in Tennessee) [F]

The household of Alexander J. COMPTON apears in no census for Smith County, Tennessee previous to 1850.

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.]

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:

 

SECOND (SMITH'S) TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT

From Tennesseans in the Civil War - pages 54-55

Organized as a battalion February 1862. Increased to regiment April 1862, disbanded May 1862.

Field Officers - Colonel E. S. Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Zachariah Thomason

This regiment had a short life, and little is known of it. It appears to have been organized as a battalion at Camp Cheatham with eight companies which had been mustered into Confederate Service bewteen November, 1861, and January, 1862. A ninth company was added March 13, 1862, and it was constituted as a regiment in April 1862.

The original companies were as follows;

Captains -

Peter T. Rankin. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Cheatham January 1, 1862. From Marion County (Tenn.) Muster roll bears note that this company was ordered away from Camp Weakley, Nashville, before enrollment was completed. Became Co. "H", 4th (Starnes') Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.

Samuel P. Thompson. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Cheatham January 3, 1862. From Wilson and Smith Counties (Tenn.) Muster roll bears note that this company was ordered away from Camp Weakley, Nashville, before enrollment was completed. Became Co. "G", 4th (Starnes') Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.

Allen Lea. "The Lookout Rangers." Mustered into Confederate Service at Nashville, November 1, 1861. Men from Marion County. Captain Lea and some of his men later served in the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Battalion, of which Lea was first captain and later major.

John F. Thomason. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Tronsdale, November 4, 1861. Men from Marion County. Roll bears a note "arrived at rendezvous October 25, 1861." Most men re-enlisted in Co. "C", 11th Alabama Cavalry
Battalion.

Robert C. Bass. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Cheatham December 13, 1861. Roll bears a note that the company was ordered away from Camp Weakley before enrollment was completed.

Samuel Y. Barkley. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Cheatham January 2, 1862. Roll bears a note that the company was ordered away from Camp Weakley before enrollment was completed.

John D. Wheeler. Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Cheatham December 23, 1861.

Thomas P. Kinney. No Muster Roll. Organized January 16, 1862. A letter was found requesting that the company be transferred to Colonel Bennett's Battalion.

__________ Malone. No Muster Roll. Organized March 13, 1862. Possibly formed by division of Captain Lea's Company, as there was a 1st Lieutenant Richard T. Malone in that Company.

The battalion was at Camp Cheatham on February 14, 1862, as evidenced by a requisition for sabres, belts, and shotguns, signed by Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Smith.

It was next reported as being near Chattanooga on March 14, 1862. A report from a Federal scout dated April 6, 1862, placed Rankin's Company, 80 men, on the south side of the Tennessee River, opposite Bridgeport, Alabama.

The last record was found in instructions sent by Major General E. Kirby Smith to Brigadier General D. Leadbetter, commanding at Chattanooga, dated April 28, 1862: "Colonel Smith should be arrested on the first pretext, and his regiment placed under the command of an efficient officer. If this cannot be done, select the best companies and organize them into a battalion, and report the remaining ones that they may be dismounted or some other disposition
made of them."

The regiment was disbanded, two of the companies were transferred to the 4th (Stranes') Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. A number of individuals from other companies later served in Alabama organizations.

The letter which Richard MARLER's widow submitted, with orthography and grammar left intact, is as follows:

  Alexandria, Tenn.
Nov. 21, 1929

Mr. W. M. Shanks
Cookeville, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of Nov. 19 regarding information for purpose of securing pension for Miss Mattie and answering questions:

4. My father was born at Halifax Court House, Va., either Aug. 1 or Aug. 10, 1823. His name was Richard Marler.

5. Inlisted in Smith's regiment, Bass' Company from Statesville, Tenn., in Spring of 1861.

6. Served until Spring of 1862. Discharged and sent home for sore eyes after serving a year or more. Almost went blind.

7. Discharged at Bridgeport, Ala., spring of 1862.

8. Was at home, Alexandria, Tenn. disabled.

9. Answered in above questions.

Sam George, who lives on Sycamore in DeKalb County, whose post office is either Gassaway, Tenn., or Liberty, Tenn., RFD was member of same regiment but of Wheeler's company which went out from Alexandria, Tenn. His son, S. M. George, is peddler and comes here every week.

If you care to send me papers I will at first opportunity and with favorable weather go to the home of Mr. George and endeavor to get the information from him, but he is very old and life is uncertain. If you could come to Liberty via Sparta and Smithville over oiled highway 26 any one at Liberty could direct you where Mr. George lives, for if I went to see him it would be necessary for me to take some one with me to do the clerical work.

Regarding the gentleman named Hes Calhoun. There is a man of that name at Smithville but I hardly believe he is a party you want for he is about my age. There are Calhouns at Lebanon and possibly one who might give the desired information but I do not know.

Will be glad to give you any service I can.

Yours very truly,

/s/ Marler1

1. Only the surname appears in the signature of this letter. Its likely author was Charles Franklin MARLER who, in 1929, was residing in Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee.

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:

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Office of the Adjutant General
Washington 25, D. C.
14 September 1949
  Agaw O-H5

The records show that one R. MARLER was enlisted, 1 May 1864, at Dickson, Alabama, as a private, Company A, Moreland's Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Confederate States Army. The company master roll, dated 17 September 1864, shows him present. No later record of him has been found.

/s/ Edward F. Witsell, Major General, The Adjutant General

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:

 

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

State of Tennessee
County of
Wilson

THIS CERTIFIES THAT R. Marler and Mattie Hartsfield were united by F. B. Srygley in the HOLY BONDS OF MATRIMONY on the 23rd day of July in the year of our Lord 1891 as appears of record in my office in Marriage Record Book 1885 - 1896 page 290.

/s/ F. M. McDaniel
Clerk of the County Court

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:

  Certificate Number: 21520
Deceased Name: Mattie MARLER
Date of Birth: 14 April 1850
Place of Birth: Wilson County
Date of Death: 17 September 1940
Father: John SHANKS
Place of Birth: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Spouse: Richard MARLER
Cemetery: Cedar Grove

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:

  John SHANKS, 30, male, farmer, born in Tennessee [son of William SHANKS and Patsey WORMACK]
Jane SHANKS, 24, female, born in Tennesse - [Jane BURKES - married 2-23-1842]
Malisaa S. SHANKS, 7, female, born in Tennesse
William G. SHANKS, 5, male, born in Tennesse
Robert S. SHANKS, 3, male, born in Tennesse
Martha J. SHANKS, 6/12, female, born in Tennesse

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:

  William NEAL (20 February 1780 - 5 February 1849)
Jane NEAL (10 October 1790 - 26 May 1869)
M. H. NEAL (5 May 1813 - 16 February 1821 [Or 1826. The year is written in.])
L. Y. NEAL (2 April 1828 - 11 April 1856)
C. F. NEAL (5 October 1830 - 25 March 1859)

Marion West MARLER (21 May 1893 - 9 October 1908) [female, daughter of Charles Franklin Marler]
Richard MARLER (10 August 1823 - 28 June 1903)
Gip R. MARLER (27 November 1878 - 7 August 1894) [son of Charles Franklin MARLER]
Florence MARLER, infant (23 April 1888 - 16 September 1889) [daughter of Charles Franklin Marler]
Infant MARLER (15 September 1883 - 27 October 1883)
A. J. and Ada, infant [sic] of (?) MARLER, (26 July 1904 - )
Sallie, wife of W. E. RICH (17 February 1850 [(?) Broken stone written in] - 30 December 1900) [The youngest child of John MARLER and Lydia CASSETTY]

The William and Jane NEAL interred here were William NEAL, Jr. and Jane <GREEN?>.  Their children: Claiborne Wesley ("Wes") NEAL (11 November 1807 - 1871) [M]: m. Margaret WOOD ((9 August 1817, Tennessee - 7 December 1856, Wilson County, Tennessee), 2 November 1840, Wilson County, Tennesse; William Green NEAL (3 February 1811 - ?); probably M. H. NEAL, (5 May 1813 - 16 February 1821 [Or 1826]: also interred at the Walter Reeves place) [I]; Sarah NEAL (11 January 1818 - ?) [F]; Jane C. NEAL (20 February 1820 - 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 - ?) [F]; Thomas Baker NEAL ( 4 July 1825 - ?) [M]; Lunsford Yandell NEAL (2 April 1828 - 11 April 1856, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi: also interred at the Walter Reeves place) [M]; Charles F. NEAL (5 October 1830 - 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.

  Wilson County, Tennessee Deed Book L-2, p. 177:  Emily O. NEAL to Richard MARLER, 180 acres in District 13, Wilson County, Tennessee on the headwaters of Hickman's Creek, inherited from William NEAL by her late-husband Charles F. NEAL, which then passed to his infant son and then to Emily O. after the child's death.

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, 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:

  L. Y. NEAL Will contested. John B. SCOBEY, executor, versus W.J. WOOD and wife Jane, Jane NEAL, Claiborne W. NEAL, and William G. NEAL. William C. BRANCH by his guardian W.H. HARRIS, Joseph B. SCOBEY, Robert Z. SCOBEY, and Mary Jane SCOBEY, infants who are legatees in the will of L .Y. NEAL,l 20 January 1857.

Note 6: Wilson County, Tennessee Deed Book F-2, pp. 139 - 141:

  Zacock Mullinax to Richard MARLER, 62 acres in the 13th District, 12 November 1866. This "Zacock Mullinax" was Zadock Mullinax, whose domicile appears in the United States Census for 1850 of the 13th District of Wilson County, on 2 November 1850, as household number 1605. He should not be confused with Zadock MCMILLEN, whose domicile appears, under the name of "Zadock MCMULLEN," in the United States Census for 1850 of the 13th District of Wilson County, on 2 November 1850, as household number 1603. In the record, Zadock MCMILLEN, a farmer, is said to be 28 years of age, born in Tennessee; his mother, Demaris (spelled by the census marshal as Demarius) MCMILLEN, is said to be 69 years of age, born in North Carolina; his sister, Elizabeth MCMILLEN, is said to be 17 years of age, born in Tennessee; his brother, James MCMILLEN, is said to be 21 years of age, born in Tennessee.

Mullinax, though bearing a curious resemblance to the French trademark, Moulinex, is indeed a surname found, however infrequently, among speakers of English.

Note 7: 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.

Note 8: 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.

Note 9: To see a photograph of James Durham MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 23 May 1902): Photographs.

Note 10: 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 11: To see a photograph of John Wesley MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs.

:Note 12: 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).

Note 13: 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 14: 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 15: 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 16: 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.

Note 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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.

Note 20: On 18 April 1894, the following was reported in the Alexandria Times, the newspaper of record for Alexandria, Tennessee: (Watertown):

 

Watertown Stock Show.

To say that the stock show at Watertown Saturday was a success does not half express the case. Soon after twelve o’clock the crowd commenced gathering and by 1 o’clock the town was full.

Alex Young had his horse, Roscoe there, Mr. Brewers was driving Scott’s Almont, and Jess Kitching was astride John Waxie. Bob NEAL, Jim Luck, Marion MARLER and many others of which space forbids us mention, showed the people what their horse could do. In all there were between thirty and forty horses present and a few jacks.

Our clever friend, Bob Smith, acted well the part of marshal while the Watertown Brass band enlivened things with their good music.

Note 21: 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 22: 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 23: 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 24: 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 25: 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 26: 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 27: 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 28: 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 29: 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 30: 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 31: 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 32: 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 Durham MARLER, who was named for his uncle, Durham COMPTON.

Note 33: 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 34: 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."

Note 35: 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 36: 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 37: To see a photograph of Marion Grant MARLER, go to Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs.

Note 38: Map of Wilson County, Tennessee (1895):

Note 39: Map of DeKalb County, Tennessee (1895):

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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 family of Richard MARLER has been contributed by Terry Litvan, an expert on mid-state Tennessee.

 

RETURN: Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903)

RETURN: Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (1 August 1823 - 28 June 1903): Photographs

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