Descendants of Elizabeth Oglesby

Submitted by Carolyn Oglesby

1. ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY (ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born January 29, 1782 in Washington Co, VA, and died June 19, 1837. She married DAVID PURSLEY, son of JAMES PURSLEY and JEAN. He was born 1768, and died April 02, 1842.

Children of ELIZABETH OGLESBY and DAVID PURSLEY are:

  • i. ELISHA OGLESBY4 PURSLEY, b. November 13, 1800, Sumner Co., TN; d. December 15, 1876; m. SARAH BRITTON.
  • ii. WILLIAM BRYSON PURSLEY, b. September 19, 1802, Sumner Co., TN; d. May 16, 1880, Wilson Co. TN; m. (1) HARRIETT JOHNSON, August 05, 1826, Wilson, Co. TN; m. (2) SOPHIA RUTHERFORD, December 12, 1833, Wilson, Co. TN.
  • iii. GABRIEL E. PURSLEY, b. December 01, 1805, Sumner Co., TN.
  •  iv. DANIEL OGLESBY PURSLEY, b. December 04, 1807, Sumner Co., TN; d. May 22, 1890.
  • v. MARY B OR POLLY PURSLEY, b. June 16, 1809, Sumner Co., TN; d. June 26, 1861; m. DAVID CLARK.
  • vi. JANE B OR JENNIE PURSLEY, b. July 04, 1811; d. 1863; m. HARPER.
  • vii. HALEM L. PURSLEY, b. January 02, 1814; m. MARY CATHERINE MALONE; b. April 02, 1824; d. August 07, 1886.
  • viii. WILSON YANDELL PURSLEY, b. March 20, 1815, Smith, TN; d. July 31, 1873.
  • ix. MARGARET PURSLEY, b. March 21, 1817, Smith, TN; d. 1845.

Generation No. 2

 

2. DANIEL OGLESBY4 PURSLEY (ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born December 04, 1807 in Sumner Co., TN, and died May 22, 1890 and is buried in the D.O. Pusley Cemetery, Obion co., TN.   He married ELIZABETH MARTIN MURRAY November 21, 1832. She was born July 21, 1813 in Sumner Co., TN, and died November 03, 1888 in Obion Co., TN.  She is also buried in the D.O. Pursley Cemetery, in Obion Co., TN. 

Children of DANIEL PURSLEY and ELIZABETH MURRAY are:

  • i. MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, b. February 22, 1840, Macon Co., TN.
  • ii. WILLIAM A. PURSLEY, b. TN.
  • iii. N. M. PURSLEY, b. Abt. 1838, TN.
  •  iv. DAVID WILSON PURSLEY, b. 1842, Sumner Co., TN; d. 1936, Obion Co., TN.
  • v. MARY PURSLEY, b. Abt. 1849, TN.
    1870 census: I think this is Mary Winifred Franklin w/o David Wilson Pursley; James & Richard are their sons.
  • vi. JAMES PURSLEY, b. Abt. 1866, TN.
  • vii. RICHARD PURSLEY, b. Abt. 1869.

Generation No. 3

3. MARY ANN5 PURSLEY (DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born February 22, 1840 in Macon Co., TN. She married JOHN MITCHELL HENRY.

Child of MARY PURSLEY and JOHN HENRY is:

5. i. NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, b. June 27, 1868, Sumner Co., TN; d. October 27, 1958, Hartsville, TN.

4. DAVID WILSON5 PURSLEY (DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born 1842 in Sumner Co., TN, and died 1936 in Obion Co., TN. He married MARY WINIFRED FRANKLIN 1865. She was born Abt. 1849 in TN.

David Wilson Pursley Military: CSA, Co. D, 33 TN Reg

Children of DAVID PURSLEY and MARY FRANKLIN are:

  • i. JAMES CALHOUN6 PURSLEY, b. November 15, 1868, Obion Co., TN; d. February 25, 1887, Obion Co., TN.  Buried D.O.Pursley Cem., Obion Co., TN
  • ii. RICHARD FRANKLIN PURSLEY, b. Abt. 1869.

Generation No. 4

5. NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY (MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born June 27, 1868 in Sumner Co., TN, and died October 27, 1958 in Hartsville, TN. She married REUBEN WARNER HARRIS.

Child of NANNIE HENRY and REUBEN HARRIS is:

  •  i. CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS, b. January 10, 1895, Hartsville, TN; d. June 27, 1963, Mufreesboro, TN.

6. RICHARD FRANKLIN6 PURSLEY (DAVID WILSON5, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born Abt. 1869. He married DAISY BIRD BURTCH.

Notes for DAISY BIRD BURTCH:

p. 89, Daisy Burtch married Richard Pursley, children: Mary Bird Pursley m. Wm. Cobb Kelly; Mildred Burtch Pursley who m. Malcolm O. Box.

p. 327, Richard Franklin Pursley m. Daisy Bird Burtch, d/o B. D. Burtch. He, too, was a Confederate Veteran.

Children of RICHARD PURSLEY and DAISY BURTCH are:

  • i. MILDRED7 PURSLEY, m. MALCOLM O. BOX.
  • ii. MARY BIRD PURSLEY, b. August 03, 1893; m. WILLIAM COBB KELLY, March 17, 1923; b. December 16, 1882, Fulton Co., KY.

Generation No. 5

 

7. CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS (NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born January 10, 1895 in Hartsville, TN, and died June 27, 1963 in Mufreesboro, TN. Burial: Hartsville, TN She married THOMAS BRITTON WOODMORE May 23, 1917 in Hartsville, TN. 

Children of CORINNE HARRIS and THOMAS WOODMORE are:

  •  i. WARNER BRITTON8 WOODMORE, b. June 21, 1918, Hartsville, TN; d. November 07, 1979, Nashville, TN.
  •  ii. ELIZABETH LEE WOODMORE, b.  1920, Hartsville, TN.

Generation No. 6

8. WARNER BRITTON8 WOODMORE (CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS, NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born June 21, 1918 in Hartsville, TN, and died November 07, 1979 in Nashville, TN. Mufreesboro, TN  He married ELIZABETH ANN BEASLEY October 23, 1943 in Chattanooga, TN.

Child of WARNER WOODMORE and ELIZABETH BEASLEY is:

  • i. WILLIAM BRITTON9 WOODMORE, b.  1944, Chattanooga, TN.

9. ELIZABETH LEE8 WOODMORE (CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS, NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born June 21, 1920 in Hartsville, TN. She married KENNETH GARDNER ANDERSON.

Children of ELIZABETH WOODMORE and KENNETH ANDERSON are:

  • i. DAVID THOMAS9 ANDERSON.
  • ii. NANCY KIPP ANDERSON, b.  1949.
  • iii. MARTHA KATHERINE ANDERSON, b.  1954.

Generation No. 7

10. WILLIAM BRITTON9 WOODMORE (WARNER BRITTON8, CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS, NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born 1944 in Chattanooga, TN. He married (1) DONNA S. SMALLING March 23, 1963 in Ring Gold, GA. He married (2) BARBARA CORINNE KIRK May 19, 1973 in Bloomington, IL.

Children of WILLIAM WOODMORE and DONNA SMALLING are:

  • i. ANN WARNER10 WOODMORE, b.  1967, Mufreesboro, TN.
  • ii. ANN WARNER WOODMORE, b.  1947, Mufreesboro, TN; m. CHARLES NELSONDALE, JR., August 19, 1967, Mufreesboro, TN.

Generation No. 8

 

11. ANN WARNER10 WOODMORE (WILLIAM BRITTON9, WARNER BRITTON8, CORINNE GUILD7 HARRIS, NANNIE BETTY6 HENRY, MARY ANN5 PURSLEY, DANIEL OGLESBY4, ELIZABETH3 OGLESBY, ELISHA2, ELISHA1) was born  1967 in Mufreesboro, TN. She married CHARLES NELSONDALE, JR. August 19, 1967 in Mufreesboro, TN.

Children of ANN WOODMORE and CHARLES DALE, JR. are:

  • i. CHARLES NELSON III11 DALE, b.  1971, Mufreesboro, TN.
  • ii. AMY CORINNE DALE, b.  1979, Orangeburg, SC.

 

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