From History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania - Volume 3 - Page 249
by Henry Wilson Storey 1901
Thomas Endsley and Mary McCloy Endsley had issue eight children, the fifth being Andrew Jackson Endsley, the father of the subject of this sketch, who was born at "Tomlinson House," on the National Pike, in Allegany county, Maryland, on January 16, 1824. His father, Captain Thomas Endsley, had the year before bought the large stone tavern and dwelling together with its farm of three hundred acres in and adjacent to the town of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to which he re moved with his father later in that same year, and at which place he died in 1852. ' Andrew Jackson Endsley prepared himself for the ministry, and attended Alleheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and after leaving college was ordained and admitted as a member of the Pittsburg Meth odist Episcopal Conference. While in the ministry he held stations as pastor at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Wellsbury, West Virginia, Wellsville, Ohio, Allegheny City, Pittsburg, Canton, Ohio, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He also hefd and filled the appointment of presiding elder for several terms, and had the degree of J. D. conferred upon him by Mt. Union College in 1870. Dr. Endsley was a logician of high order, a forcible speaker and was recognized as one of the ablest men in the conference. In 1847 Dr. Endsley was united in marriage with Catherine A. Johnson, of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. Ten children were born to this marriage, eight of whom are living, viz.: Ella F. Endsley, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; Anna M., widow of Abner McKinley, and . since married to Captain John B. Allen, of Tampa, Florida; H. S. Endsley, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Katherine, wife of Henry Mat thews, of Washington, District of Columbia; Lucy, wife of George W. Snyder, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; Wilbur K. Endsley, New York ; Mary, wife of Paul A. Schell, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; and Charles W. Endsley, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. In polities. Dr. Endsley was an earnest Whig and Republican, and always took a live interest in all public questions. Dr. Endsley died at Somerset, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1906.
From History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania - Volume 3 - Page 249
by Henry Wilson Storey 1901
Thomas Endsley and Mary McCloy Endsley had issue eight children, the fifth being Andrew Jackson Endsley, the father of the subject of this sketch, who was born at "Tomlinson House," on the National Pike, in Allegany county, Maryland, on January 16, 1824. His father, Captain Thomas Endsley, had the year before bought the large stone tavern and dwelling together with its farm of three hundred acres in and adjacent to the town of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to which he re moved with his father later in that same year, and at which place he died in 1852. ' Andrew Jackson Endsley prepared himself for the ministry, and attended Alleheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and after leaving college was ordained and admitted as a member of the Pittsburg Meth odist Episcopal Conference. While in the ministry he held stations as pastor at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Wellsbury, West Virginia, Wellsville, Ohio, Allegheny City, Pittsburg, Canton, Ohio, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He also hefd and filled the appointment of presiding elder for several terms, and had the degree of J. D. conferred upon him by Mt. Union College in 1870. Dr. Endsley was a logician of high order, a forcible speaker and was recognized as one of the ablest men in the conference. In 1847 Dr. Endsley was united in marriage with Catherine A. Johnson, of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. Ten children were born to this marriage, eight of whom are living, viz.: Ella F. Endsley, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; Anna M., widow of Abner McKinley, and . since married to Captain John B. Allen, of Tampa, Florida; H. S. Endsley, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Katherine, wife of Henry Mat thews, of Washington, District of Columbia; Lucy, wife of George W. Snyder, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; Wilbur K. Endsley, New York ; Mary, wife of Paul A. Schell, Somerset, Pennsylvania ; and Charles W. Endsley, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. In polities. Dr. Endsley was an earnest Whig and Republican, and always took a live interest in all public questions. Dr. Endsley died at Somerset, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1906.
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