Marshall enlisted in the Confederate Army either July 12,1862 or September 9,1862, enlisting in Company I of the 5th. North Carolina North Carolina Cavalry (State Troops) (same as 63rd North Carolina Infantry.) Marshall Rumbley served in the Petersburg, Virginia Campaign through August , 1864. He was wounded in action August 12-13,1864. He was wounded in the right hip and both thighs. He could not walk without assistence or do manual labor. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 14, 1865.
He married Isabella "Ibby" (Coleman) August 18, 1860 in Guilford County, North Carolina.She was born May 22, 1836. He was a farmer. They had three children by the 1880 census which are as follows: Larrie Alice born 1868; Walter B. born 1874, and Wanda L. born 1877. Ibby died January 24, 1912 and Marshall died April 10, 1905. Both are buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Greenbriar Road , Highway 70 in McLeansville, North Carolina.
He is the brother of John Rumbley (Rumley) who was born December 25, 1828 in Orange County, North Carolina. John married Sarah (Sally) Ann Newsom July 17, 1856 in Tobaccoville (Forsyth County) North Carolina. He died He died June 9, 1881 in Knob Noster, Missouri and is buried near Dunkensburg in the Mt. Zion Church Yard Cemetery , Johnson County, Missouri. She was born October 7, 1840 in North Carolina. She died September 6, 1914 and is buried in Mt. Zion Church Yard near Dinkensburg north of Knob Noster, Missouri (Johnson County).
John and Sarah Rumley had the following children: Semira Jane (Bryant), Marshall McNeally (murderd in his blacksmith shop in May, 1880), Ulysses Grant, Amanda Turner (Strickland), Mary Emmaline (Bowling), James Henry, Martha Helen (Strickland), and Johnnie Estelle(Whitlock).
John Rumley (4th born) had three brothers who were Confederate Veterans: Jacob (2nd born), Israel (5th born) and Marshall (7th born). (These are listed above and elsewhere on this web page.)
In addition , they had the following other siblings from the same parents:
Rebecca (1st born) ,born April 26, 1825 and married December 9,1843 to Smith Heath. She died April 2, 1900, buried Guilford County North Carolina.
Edna (3rd born) born September 4, 1826 in Orange County North Carolina and married Peter Boston Garringer (date unknown). She died April 1, 1902 and is buried at Antioch Methodist Church , Tobaccoville, North Carolina.
Rachel (6th born) born in 1832 and married October 24, 1866 to John Turner in Guilford, North Carolina.
Mary Catherine,the youngest (8th born)born 1834 and married January 22,1857 to Andrew Newsom from Guilford County , North Carolina.
Larry Heisserer salheiss@juno.com, the great-great-great nephew to Israel Rumley and the great-great-grandson to John Rumley and Sarah Newsom., is a civil engineer with the Construction Assistance Division of the Arkansas Department of Environmetal Quality. He lives in Bryant, AR with his wife, Sherri Lynn, and youngest son, Daniel. His oldest son, Jason, is graduated and teaches at a highschool in St. Louis. The above genealogical information was obtained from Elsie Cobb Rumley of Coalgate,Oklahoma, who married Marshall Rumley January 22,1947 in Caddo County Oklahoma. He is the great-grandson of John Rumley and Sarah Newsom.