Married Sarah Whiteside Norton on December 16, 1845. One child had been born to the couple and another baby was on the way when this Rutherford County native was called away to participate in the Mexican War. His commander during both the Cherokee removal and the Mexican War was General. Winfield Scott. During their marriage, Col. Alley and his wife, Sarah, had fourteen children with ten of the children living to adulthood. All were born and raised in the cove, first sharing the home with the Norton in-laws and later living in a substantial house built by Col. Alley. His house was at the base of Whiteside Mountain with a magnificent view of the white face of the mountain. The house is still there and the view is as stunning as ever.
Col. Alley was 47 years old when the Civil War started and he joined the Confederate Army. During the first year he sustained severe injuries to his leg that eventually led to amputation. He recovered enough to be appointed the head of the North Carolina Confederate Home Guard. Close to the end of the war, a group of Union Bushwhackers from "Kirk's Raiders" came to the Alley house, terrorizing the family and almost killing Col. Alley. That story will be part of a Cashiers Historical Society's "Ramble to Cashiers Area Civil War Sites" on May 17th, 2011, and will be told by a descendant of Col. John Haywood Alley, Jr.
Posted in- The History of Cashiers, NC.
Married Sarah Whiteside Norton on December 16, 1845. One child had been born to the couple and another baby was on the way when this Rutherford County native was called away to participate in the Mexican War. His commander during both the Cherokee removal and the Mexican War was General. Winfield Scott. During their marriage, Col. Alley and his wife, Sarah, had fourteen children with ten of the children living to adulthood. All were born and raised in the cove, first sharing the home with the Norton in-laws and later living in a substantial house built by Col. Alley. His house was at the base of Whiteside Mountain with a magnificent view of the white face of the mountain. The house is still there and the view is as stunning as ever.
Col. Alley was 47 years old when the Civil War started and he joined the Confederate Army. During the first year he sustained severe injuries to his leg that eventually led to amputation. He recovered enough to be appointed the head of the North Carolina Confederate Home Guard. Close to the end of the war, a group of Union Bushwhackers from "Kirk's Raiders" came to the Alley house, terrorizing the family and almost killing Col. Alley. That story will be part of a Cashiers Historical Society's "Ramble to Cashiers Area Civil War Sites" on May 17th, 2011, and will be told by a descendant of Col. John Haywood Alley, Jr.
Posted in- The History of Cashiers, NC.
Gravesite Details
child of John Heywood Alley, Sr & Pricilla Hampton
Family Members
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Martha J. Alley Baumgarner
1850–1923
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Susan Whiteside Alley Davis
1852–1891
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Sallie Elizabeth Alley Cannon
1854–1904
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John Hampton Alley
1860–1937
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Zebulon Barrick "Zeb" Alley
1862–1926
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Thomas Douglas Alley
1865–1908
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James Franklin Alley
1867–1941
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Effie Mae Alley Picklesimer
1869–1943
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Felix Eugene Alley Sr
1873–1957
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