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.