Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.249

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History of Cambria County, V.3

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 249

    In the early part of 1901 Dr. Boyle sought temporary relaxation from the severity of his labors in a visit to his old home in Ireland. Before returning to this country he extended his travels to the continent, sojourning in France, Switzerland and Italy. He then passed over to Asia, lingering for a time amid the sacred associations of Palestine and thence sought, as the final point in his wanderings, the land of the Pharaohs and the Pyramids. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on Monsignor Boyle last June by the faculty of Mt. St. Mary's College. In the history of the institution this honor has rarely been conferred except upon its graduates.
    HARRY SULLIVAN ENDSLEY, lawyer, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was born September 26, 1855, at Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He is descended from John (Johannes) Endsley (or Ainslie), who came to America from Holland about 1765. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He lived in Virginia between Frederick and Richmond, on a plantation called "Wizzard Cliff." He married a Miss Gilbert, a member of the Society of Friends. Their sole issue was a son, Thomas Endsley, who was born on their plantation in 1787. John Endsley, the founder of the family in the United States, died about 1830. His wife died about 1828. Their son, Thomas Endsley, married Mary McCloy, 1805, who was a daughter of John and Ann McCloy, the said Ann McCloy being a daughter of James McCullough and Nancy McCullough, of Downpatrick, county Down, Ireland. James McCullough was a linen manufacturer.
    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 a farm of three hundred acres in and adjacent to the town of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to which he removed 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 Methodist 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 held and filled the appointment of presiding elder for several terms, and had the degree of D. 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 Matthews, 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 politics, 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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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	249
In the early part of 1901 Dr. Boyle sought temporary relaxation from the severity of his labors in a visit to his old home in Ireland. Before returning to this country he extended his travels to the continent, sojourning in France, Switzerland and Italy. He then passed over to Asia, lingering for a time amid the sacred associations of Palestine and thence sought, as the final point in his wanderings, the land of the Pharaohs and the Pyramids. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on Monsignor Boyle last June by the faculty of Mt. St. Mary's College. In the history of the institution this honor has rarely been conferred except upon its graduates. HARRY SULLIVAN ENDSLEY, lawyer, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was born September 26, 1855, at Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He is descended from John (Johannes) Endsley (or Ainslie), who came to America from Holland about 1765. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He lived in Virginia between Frederick and Richmond, on a plantation called "Wizzard Cliff." He married a Miss Gilbert, a member of the Society of Friends. Their sole issue was a son, Thomas Endsley, who was born on their plantation in 1787. John Endsley, the founder of the family in the United States, died about 1830. His wife died about 1828. Their son, Thomas Endsley, married Mary McCloy, 1805, who was a daughter of John and Ann McCloy, the said Ann McCloy being a daughter of James McCullough and Nancy McCullough, of Downpatrick, county Down, Ireland. James McCullough was a linen manufacturer. 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 a farm of three hundred acres in and adjacent to the town of Somerfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to which he removed 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 Methodist 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 held and filled the appointment of presiding elder for several terms, and had the degree of D. 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 Matthews, 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 politics, 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.