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Col John Ellis Isbell

Birth: 27 Nov 1852
Isbell, Franklin County, Alabama, USA
Death: 12 Dec 1945 (aged 93)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery

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Plot: SG-7 Lot 56 Row-11
Memorial ID: 5064287 View Source

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Ellis Isbell

1797–1880
Louisa Amanda White Isbell

1816–1905

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Ann Stratton Harris Isbell

1856–1912 (m. 1873)
Johnnie Elizabeth Stone Isbell

1870–1948

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Robert Isbell

1839–1859
George Louis Isbell

1841–1862
Henry Isbell

1846–1862
Ella Isbell O'Reilly

1848–1877

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Capt William Alexander Isbell

1830–1863
Caroline Isbell O'Reilly

1832–1869

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William Harris Isbell Sr

1874–1961
Robert Franklin Isbell

1876–1920
COL John Gibson Isbell

1880–1946
Katherine Isbell Andrew

1882–1936
COL Henry Wyatt Isbell

1887–1971
Albert Edward Isbell

1889–1969
Anne Stratton "Nan" Isbell Roberts

1892–1988
George Louis Isbell

1894–1969
Margaret Angela Isbell Stephenson

1897–1987

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Photograph taken at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN August 2000. His grave is located in the back most part of the cemetery where other single gravesites are located.

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The 1928 group photo at the Parthenon, Nashville, in John Isbell's scrapbook has the following people and their relationship to John Ellis Isbell:

Left to Right, Top Row: Jay Stephenson (son-in-law; husband of Margaret Angela Isbell); Albert Houston Roberts, Jr. (son-in-law; son of Gov. A.H. Roberts of Tenn.), holding Albert Houston Roberts III; Otho Green (husband of Cheneya Isbell-granddaughter); Wyatt Isbell, son(full name Henry Wyatt Isbell, son); Will Watkins, (son-in-law and husband of Mary Ellis Isbell); Uncle Louis (son).

Second Row, Left to Right: Margaret Angela Isbell Stephenson (Mugsy) (daughter); Bill Watkins (grandson and son of Mary Ellis and Bill); Anne Stratton Isbell Roberts (daughter; wife of AH Roberts, Jr.); Cheneya Isbell Green (granddaughter and wife of Otho Green); Dana Cornwall Martin Isbell (daughter-in-law and wife of Wyatt (Henry Wyatt Isbell); Mary Ellis Isbell Watkins (daughter; wife of Will Watkins); Grace (last name unknown; daughter-in-law; wife of Louis; Aunt Horton (relationship unknown); Albert Isbell (son);

Third Row Left to Right: Edward Washington Lee, Jr. (grandson, son of first marriage of Anne Stratton Isbell Roberts); Laura (granddaughter; daughter of William Isbell); Julia Isbell (granddaughter and daughter of William Isbell);
Catherin Isbell (daughter); Richard Watkins (Rip?) (grandson); Aunt Victoria (daughter-in-law; second wife of John Gibson Isbell); Carmen Isbell (granddaughter; daughter of Victoria and John): John Gibson Isbell (holding Carmen).

Fourth (Front) Row, Left to Right: Robert Isbell (grandson; son of Henry Wyatt Isbell and Dana); John Isbell (grandson and son of Albert Isbell); unknown child; John Wyatt Lee (Uncle Jack-grandson; son of Anne Stratton Isbell Lee Roberts); Frances Wyatt Isbell (granddaughter; daughter of Wyatt and Dana; Colonel (honorary) John Ellis Isbell; Jeanne Stephenson (granddaughter; daughter of Margaret Angela Isbell Stephenson); Allen Isbell (grandson; son of William Isbell and twin of Jim); Noel Isbell (grandson; son of Albert Isbell): Roberto Isbell (grandson; son of John Gibson Isbell and Victoria); Jim Isbell (grandson; son of William Isbell and twin brother of Allen).

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Richmond Times Dispatch, Dec. 19, 1945, p. 14.

Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955: Name: John Ellis Isbell
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1852
Age: 93
Death Date: 18 Dec 1945
Death Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Ellis Isbell
Mother's Name: Louisa White
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Stone Isbell
FHL Film Number: 2137364

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