David Alley (1842 - bef. 1880)

Born 1842 in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah Perry — married 15 Nov 1866 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died before 1880 before age 38 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

David Alley was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.

Timeline of Available Sources

1850 Census

• David Alley: United States Census, 1850
• Name: David Alley
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1850
• Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Tazewell county, part of, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 10
• Race: White
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
• Birthplace: Virginia
• Schedule Type: 1850 Population
• House Number: 149
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Thos Alley Male 33 Virginia
• Ann Alley Female 31 North Carolina
• David Alley Male 10 Virginia
• Henry Alley Male 14 Virginia
• Mary Alley Female 8 Virginia
• James Alley Male 1 Virginia
  • Source^[1]

1859: First Marriage': Melvina Wolf

• David Alley: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
• Name: David Alley
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 29 Sep 1859
• Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 22
• Marital Status: Single
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
• Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va
• Father's Name: Thomas Alley
• Spouse's Name: Melvina Wolf
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 21
• Spouse's Marital Status: Single
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
• Spouse's Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Alley
  • Source^[2]

1860 Census

• David Alley: United States Census, 1860
• Name: David Alley
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1860
• Event Place: Eastern District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): The Eastern District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 22
• Race: White
• Race (Original): [Blank]
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
• Birthplace: Virginia
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• David Alley Male 22 Virginia
• Malvina Alley Female 17 Kentucky
  • Source^[3]

1861: Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers

• David Alley: Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
• Name: David Alley
• Event Type: Military Service
• Event Date: 1861
• Military Unit Note: Forty-fifth Infantry
  • Source^[4]

1861-1865: Military Service

• David Aller [Alley]: United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
• Name: David Aller
• Alias: David Alley
• Event Type: Military Service
• Event Date: from 1861 to 1865
• Event Place: Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Virginia
• State or Military Term (Original): Virginia
• Military Side: Confederate
• Military Company: K
• Military Unit: 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
• Military Beginning Rank: Private
• Military Final Rank: Private
• Note: _
• Note (Original): _
• Affiliate Publication Number (Original): M382
• Affiliate Publication Title (Original): Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Virginia.
• Affiliate Film Number (Original): 1
  • Source^[5]

1866: Divorce: Note from his wife's Find-A-Grave Memorial

• David came home from the war to find that his first wife(Malvinia Wolfe) Had been having an affair with a Confederate major, while he was incarcerated in the POW camp in Camp Chase, Ohio. David divorced his first wife in 1866. The judge granted him a divorce and forbade his first wife from ever marrying again.

1866: Second Marriage: Susannah Perry

• David Alley: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
• Name: David Alley
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 15 Nov 1866
• Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 25
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
• Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va
• Father's Name: Thos Alley
• Mother's Name: Anna
• Spouse's Name: Susan Perry
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 24
• Spouse's Marital Status: Single
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
• Spouse's Birthplace: Asche County, Nc
• Spouse's Father's Name: Jesse Perry
• Spouse's Mother's Name: E
  • Source^[6]

1870 Census

• David A Alley: United States Census, 1870
• Name: David A Alley
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1870
• Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 26
• Race: White
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
• Birthplace: Virginia
• Page Number: 88
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• David A Alley Male 26 Virginia
• Susan Alley Female 30 Virginia
• Sallie Alley Female 3 Virginia
• Peggy [Maggie] Alley Female 1 Virginia
  • Source^[7]

Note

• Note from his wife's Find-a-Grave Memorial: David died between 1877 and 1880 leaving Susan with four baby girls to raise. All grew to adulthood and had families of their own.
• David has not been listed on an 1880 Census Report and his wife is listed as widowed which would indicate that he passed away prior to the 1880 Census being taken:

• Susan Alley: United States Census, 1880
• Name: Susan Alley
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1880
• Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Jeffersonville, ED 88, Tazewell, VIRGINIA, United States
• Sex: Female
• Age: 41
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Race: White
• Race (Original): W
• Occupation: Laborer
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1839
• Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
• Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
• Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
• Relationship to Head of Household: Self
• Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
• Sheet Letter: A
• Sheet Number: 233
• Person Number: 0
• Volume: 1
• Affiliate Line Number: 00050
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Susan Alley Self Female 41 North Carolina, United States
• Jane Alley Daughter Female 13 Virginia, United States
• Maggie Alley Daughter Female 11 Virginia, United States
• Pamela [Amelia] Alley Daughter Female 7 Virginia, United States
• Louisa Alley Daughter Female 2 Virginia, United States
  • Source^[8]

Known Children

1. Sally Jane (Alley) Mitchem (1867–1946)^[9]
2. Maggie Ann (Alley) Day (1868–1953)^[10]
3. Amelia Ann (Alley) Rose (1873–1952)
4. Priscilla Louise "Lou" (Alley) Harman (1877–1963)^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DT-SZT : 23 December 2020), David Alley in household of Thos Alley, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRS1-1H4 : 29 January 2020), David Alley, 1859.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41B-QV1 : 18 February 2021), David Alley, 1860.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3WV-B82 : 5 December 2014), David Alley, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Forty-fifth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 884.
5. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F926-J22 : 25 August 2021), David Alley, 1861-1865.
6. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3M-W3F : 29 January 2020), David Alley, 1866.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGD-TYH : 29 May 2021), David A Alley, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRC-YSF : 15 January 2022), Susan Alley, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMC4-BV1 : 10 March 2018), Dave Alley in entry for Sallie Mitchem, 02 Apr 1946; citing McDowell, West Virginia, County Records, 4407, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,808.
10. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9HS-GV5 : 10 March 2018), David Alley in entry for Maggie Ann Day, 30 Jan 1953; citing Browns Creek Dist., McDowell, West Virginia, County Records, v 11 p 87, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 800,213.
11. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9H4-NYN : 10 March 2018), Alley in entry for Lou Harman, 05 Feb 1963; citing Welch, McDowell, West Virginia, County Records, v 14 p 1963, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 800,215.

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: M8DT-SZT (accessed 10 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-695S-F7X Image number 00028
  David Alley (10) in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
• Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  citing FHL microfilm: 34214; Record number: 429;
  FamilySearch Record: XR3M-W3F (accessed 10 September 2022)
  David Alley (25) marriage to Susan Perry on 15 Nov 1866 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
• Military: "U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865"
  National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1124 #163129 (accessed 10 September 2022)
  Name: David Allee; Rank: Private; Side of War: Confederate; Company: K; Regiment: 45 Va Inf.
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/a/s/Richard-J-Rash/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0091.html