Background
Ensley, Enoch was born on November 8, 1836 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Enoch and Mary (Rains) Ensley.
economist manufacturer planter
Ensley, Enoch was born on November 8, 1836 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Enoch and Mary (Rains) Ensley.
Educated Hardeman’s Academy, Willamstown County, Cumberland U.
President Memphis Gas Light Company (Tennessee), 1872-1886. An organizer, also director Union and Planters Bank. Organizer Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company.
Advocated exemption of personal property from taxation.
Author: What Should be Taxed and How it should be Taxed, 1873.
Married Laura Martin, 1860.