MAHALA ENSLEY, P.O. Dayton, widow of George W. Ensley, and daughter of William and
 Susanna (Warrenfeldt) Patton, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, October 4, 1821, and on
 the 16th day of April 1839, was united in marriage with George W. Ensley, a native of
 Pennsylvania, born in Bedford County, March 20, 1813, of parents James and Susanna Ensley,
 he a native of Pennsylvania, she of Virginia.  Mr. Ensley cam to Montgomery County, with
 his parents, in 1818, andever afterward remained a resident of the County until his death. 
 He was a member of the United Brethren Church, a kind neighbor and a good citizen.  In
 politics, a Republican.  As a result of this union between our subject and Mr. Ensley,
 there was born to them one daughter, Laura, who married William G. Turner, and became the
 mother of two children, Mary V. and Nettie E.  The parents of our subject were born, the
 father in Virginia September 27, 1796, and the mother in Frederick County, Md., December 9,
 1797, and were married in the latter State, September 22, 1818; that same fall they
 emigrated to Montgomery County, and in about ten years settled where Mahala Ensley now
 resides, on whichfarm he died, May 8, 1864.  The mother is still surviving and living on
 the homestead with her daughter.  The union of Mr. and Mrs. Patton was blessed with two
 daughters, viz., Mahala and Sophia, the latter marrying George Heikes, anddied, August 31,
 1866, leaving one daughter, Dora - the wife of Cornelius Mumma, to whom were born the
 following children: Marion V., Blanche E., Ernest L., Norma G., and Edith C.  The
 great-grandfather of our subject, Jacob Warrenfeldt, at the age of fourteen years was sent
 to America to escape service in the army of his native land, Mrs. Mahala Ensley, is a
 member of the United Brethren Church, and her mother identified with the Lutheran Church.