William M. HENLEY (1839-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Charlotta Melinda PARRISH Ada HENLEY Phoebe D. HENLEY Groves M. HENLEY William M. HENLEY Born: May 1839, , , North Carolina Marriage: Charlotta Melinda PARRISH circa 1872    Another name for William was Buck.   Noted events in his life were: • Residence, 2 Jun 1900, Friendship, Guilford County, North Carolina. 1 William married Charlotta Melinda PARRISH, daughter of John Henry PARRISH and Grisy Ann FRANKLIN, circa 1872. (Charlotta Melinda PARRISH was born in Dec 1852 in , , North Carolina,2 3 died on 8 Dec 1923 4 5 6 and was buried on 10 Dec 1923 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina 5 7.)

1 1900 U.S. census, Guilford, North Carolina population schedule, Friendship, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 2A, dwelling 24, family 25, William Henley; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Nov 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_1198;
William Henley, 61, was living with his wife, Charlotta, 47, her children by her first husband, Robert L. Rayle, Charley Rayl, 17, Viney Rayl, 15, and Ada Rayl, 9 and thier children, Phebe D. Henley, 7, Groves M. Henley, 4, and a grandson, John Maiden, 1. He was a farmer and the entire family and their parents were born in North Carolina. The parents and older children could read and write. The couple had been married 28 years.

2 1860 U.S. census, Fulton, Georgia population schedule, Atlanta, p. 841, dwelling 968, family 1070, J. H. Parish; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Nov 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_122;
J. H. Parish, 35, a blacksmith, was living with his wife, Gozce, 34, and children, Cornelia, 14, William H., 10, Colotte, 8, Marietta, 5, Alace, 3 and Virginia, 4/12 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

3 1870 U.S. census, Guilford, North Carolina population schedule, Friendship, p. 83, dwelling 98, family 98, John Parrish; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Nov 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll M593_1140;
John, 47, a blacksmith, was living with his wife, Ann, 44, and children, Charlotte, 18, Mary, 15, Alice, 13, Virginia, 10, John, 5, and Lucy, 2 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

4 Guilford, North Carolina, death certificate no. 421 (1923), Charolotte Henley;
Charlotte Parrish Rayle Henley, a house worker, died 8 Dec 1923 in Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina of Pneumonia. Her residence at time of death was Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina. She was born 28 Dec 1850 in Johnson County, Tennessee and was the widow of W. M. Henley. Her parents were J. H. Parrish and Grizey Ann Franklin, both born in Johnson County, Tennessee. She was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Guilford County, North Carolina by Linville and Linville of Kernersville.
The death certificate states she was 72 years 0 months and 10 days old. Based on this, her birth date would have been 28 Nov 1853.

5 "Mrs. Charlotte Henley," (Greensboro) Patriot, 13 Dec 1923, p. 7, col. 3;
Mrs. Charlotte Henley, aged 71, was buried Monday afternoon at Friendship Methodist church, Rev. Mr. Williams conducting the services. Interment was made in the church Cemetery.
Mrs. Henley, who died Saturday at her home near Oak Ridge, had been for many years a consecrated member of the church. She was married in 1870 to Robert Rayle, who died in 1888. To that union eleven children were born, of whom six are living, Mrs. J. J. Newman, Mrs W. Crutchfield, J. V., A. L., Charlie and Harper Rayle, all of Guilford county. Later she was married to William Henley, and to this union thre [sic] children were born, Mrs. Fred Gray, of Thomasville; Mrs. George Pegram and Grover Henley, the two latter of Guilford county. She also leaves 69 grand-children and six great grandchildren.
She was a woman of fine traits of character.

6 Autumn Dipert Brown Photograph; privately held by Autumn Dipert Brown, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Greensboro, North Carolina;
Charlotta Rayle
Wife of Wm. Henley
Died Dec. 11, 1923
Aged 71 Yrs
At Rest;
The date is wrong per the death certificate and the obituary.

7 Mrs. J. S. Welborn, North Carolina Tombstone Records (High Point, North Carolina: n.p., 1934), 72;
Charlotte Rayle Henley wife W. M. Henley d. 12-11-1923 age 71 yrs.
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W. H. Parrish 8-15-1852--1-26-1872
Grisey Ann Parrish wife J. H. Parrish d 1-6-1892
Robert L. Rayle 8-21-1848--12-12-1886