Daughter of James Isbell and Mary Daniel Montague Isbell. Granddaughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell; Thomas and Sarah (Daniel) Montague.
Great-granddaughter of William Isbell and Ann (Dillard) Isbell. Great-great-granddaughter of Henry Isbell of Orange and Caroline; third-great-granddaughter of William Isbell of St. John's Parish, King William County, and James and Elizabeth Cox of Orange.
She was a second cousin of William Latane Montague, the father of Alice Montague Warfield and grandfather of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson who married Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor and formerly King Edward VIII.
She was born at Willow Bank Plantation, Cumberland County, Virginia, sister of Senator Thomas Montague Isbell who was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Secession of 1861. The Isbells of Virginia maintained close ties with their cousins in Alabama through correspondence and frequent visits.
Mary Anderson Isbell married on Aug 8 (18?), 1848, to her first cousin, Andrew Isbell Henshaw, of Alabama, and moved to Clarke County, Alabama in 1848.
Richmond (Virginia) Whig & Public Advertiser, August 25, 1848, p. 4, column 4: Married- At Willow Banks on Aug. 18, by Rev. Olcott Bulkley, Andrew I. Henshaw of Alabama, to Miss Polly A. Isbell of Cumberland County, Va.
He was the son of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell, grandson of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell. His parents had settled in the Alabama Territory before 1817.
Andrew Isbell Henshaw was born Nov. 7, 1825 and died August 23rd 1865. He graduated from the University of Alabama, and in 1847 from Harvard University, where he studied Latin under William Wordsworth Longfellow and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Fly Club, the A.D. Club, Alpha Delta Phi.
He served in the Alabama legislature 1851-52 and was Lieutenant of the home guard of the Monroe County Militia during the Civil War. He and Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw had just one daughter, Mary Montague Henshaw, who married Judge Harry T. Toulmin.
Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw married Feb. 3, 1869, her first husband's brother-in-law Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey, widower of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister. She became stepmother to her three nephews and niece, Elizabeth Daisy Torrey Pillans. Judge Torrey graduated from Harvard in 1833 and was the author of The History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1865).
After the death of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister, the first Mrs. Torrey, Andrew and his wife Mary Isbell Henshaw had moved to Judge Torrey's Claiborne plantation and helped care for the motherless children.
The 1860 Monroe County census shows the extended family in the household:
Rufus Torry (sic), age 47, born in Ms. (Massachusetts)
Charles Torry, age 10, born in Alabama; attending school.
Elizabeth Torry, age 5, born in Alabama.
Andrew Torry, age 3, born in Alabama.
Andrew Henshaw, age 35, born in Alabama; farmer; $20,000 real estate; $90,000 personal property. (Andrew Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 30, born in Virginia. (Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 10, born in Virginia; attending school. (Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin)
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 73, born in Virginia; $10,000 personal property. (Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw)
During the Civil War, the Torrey-Henshaw plantation was taken over by Union soldiers and used as a hospital. The house later burned to the ground. The neighboring Dellet-Gibbons-Torrey plantation was also raided but the house still stands today.
Before and after the War, the family spent the social season at the Gibbons-Torrey townhouse in Mobile, 60 South Conception St., then owned by Judge Torrey's law partner, Judge Lyman Gibbons, and later by his son Charles John Torrey who married Helen Dellet "Dolly" Gibbons. She was the daughter of Judge Gibbons and Emma Dellet, the daughter of U.S. Congressman James Dellet of Claiborne, who was elected Speaker of the House in 1819. Judge Gibbons was a graduate of Amherst College.
Great-granddaughter of William Isbell and Ann (Dillard) Isbell. Great-great-granddaughter of Henry Isbell of Orange and Caroline; third-great-granddaughter of William Isbell of St. John's Parish, King William County, and James and Elizabeth Cox of Orange.
She was a second cousin of William Latane Montague, the father of Alice Montague Warfield and grandfather of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson who married Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor and formerly King Edward VIII.
She was born at Willow Bank Plantation, Cumberland County, Virginia, sister of Senator Thomas Montague Isbell who was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Secession of 1861. The Isbells of Virginia maintained close ties with their cousins in Alabama through correspondence and frequent visits.
Mary Anderson Isbell married on Aug 8 (18?), 1848, to her first cousin, Andrew Isbell Henshaw, of Alabama, and moved to Clarke County, Alabama in 1848.
Richmond (Virginia) Whig & Public Advertiser, August 25, 1848, p. 4, column 4: Married- At Willow Banks on Aug. 18, by Rev. Olcott Bulkley, Andrew I. Henshaw of Alabama, to Miss Polly A. Isbell of Cumberland County, Va.
He was the son of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell, grandson of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell. His parents had settled in the Alabama Territory before 1817.
Andrew Isbell Henshaw was born Nov. 7, 1825 and died August 23rd 1865. He graduated from the University of Alabama, and in 1847 from Harvard University, where he studied Latin under William Wordsworth Longfellow and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Fly Club, the A.D. Club, Alpha Delta Phi.
He served in the Alabama legislature 1851-52 and was Lieutenant of the home guard of the Monroe County Militia during the Civil War. He and Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw had just one daughter, Mary Montague Henshaw, who married Judge Harry T. Toulmin.
Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw married Feb. 3, 1869, her first husband's brother-in-law Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey, widower of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister. She became stepmother to her three nephews and niece, Elizabeth Daisy Torrey Pillans. Judge Torrey graduated from Harvard in 1833 and was the author of The History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1865).
After the death of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister, the first Mrs. Torrey, Andrew and his wife Mary Isbell Henshaw had moved to Judge Torrey's Claiborne plantation and helped care for the motherless children.
The 1860 Monroe County census shows the extended family in the household:
Rufus Torry (sic), age 47, born in Ms. (Massachusetts)
Charles Torry, age 10, born in Alabama; attending school.
Elizabeth Torry, age 5, born in Alabama.
Andrew Torry, age 3, born in Alabama.
Andrew Henshaw, age 35, born in Alabama; farmer; $20,000 real estate; $90,000 personal property. (Andrew Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 30, born in Virginia. (Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 10, born in Virginia; attending school. (Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin)
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 73, born in Virginia; $10,000 personal property. (Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw)
During the Civil War, the Torrey-Henshaw plantation was taken over by Union soldiers and used as a hospital. The house later burned to the ground. The neighboring Dellet-Gibbons-Torrey plantation was also raided but the house still stands today.
Before and after the War, the family spent the social season at the Gibbons-Torrey townhouse in Mobile, 60 South Conception St., then owned by Judge Torrey's law partner, Judge Lyman Gibbons, and later by his son Charles John Torrey who married Helen Dellet "Dolly" Gibbons. She was the daughter of Judge Gibbons and Emma Dellet, the daughter of U.S. Congressman James Dellet of Claiborne, who was elected Speaker of the House in 1819. Judge Gibbons was a graduate of Amherst College.
Daughter of James Isbell and Mary Daniel Montague Isbell. Granddaughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell; Thomas and Sarah (Daniel) Montague.
Great-granddaughter of William Isbell and Ann (Dillard) Isbell. Great-great-granddaughter of Henry Isbell of Orange and Caroline; third-great-granddaughter of William Isbell of St. John's Parish, King William County, and James and Elizabeth Cox of Orange.
She was a second cousin of William Latane Montague, the father of Alice Montague Warfield and grandfather of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson who married Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor and formerly King Edward VIII.
She was born at Willow Bank Plantation, Cumberland County, Virginia, sister of Senator Thomas Montague Isbell who was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Secession of 1861. The Isbells of Virginia maintained close ties with their cousins in Alabama through correspondence and frequent visits.
Mary Anderson Isbell married on Aug 8 (18?), 1848, to her first cousin, Andrew Isbell Henshaw, of Alabama, and moved to Clarke County, Alabama in 1848.
Richmond (Virginia) Whig & Public Advertiser, August 25, 1848, p. 4, column 4: Married- At Willow Banks on Aug. 18, by Rev. Olcott Bulkley, Andrew I. Henshaw of Alabama, to Miss Polly A. Isbell of Cumberland County, Va.
He was the son of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell, grandson of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell. His parents had settled in the Alabama Territory before 1817.
Andrew Isbell Henshaw was born Nov. 7, 1825 and died August 23rd 1865. He graduated from the University of Alabama, and in 1847 from Harvard University, where he studied Latin under William Wordsworth Longfellow and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Fly Club, the A.D. Club, Alpha Delta Phi.
He served in the Alabama legislature 1851-52 and was Lieutenant of the home guard of the Monroe County Militia during the Civil War. He and Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw had just one daughter, Mary Montague Henshaw, who married Judge Harry T. Toulmin.
Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw married Feb. 3, 1869, her first husband's brother-in-law Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey, widower of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister. She became stepmother to her three nephews and niece, Elizabeth Daisy Torrey Pillans. Judge Torrey graduated from Harvard in 1833 and was the author of The History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1865).
After the death of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister, the first Mrs. Torrey, Andrew and his wife Mary Isbell Henshaw had moved to Judge Torrey's Claiborne plantation and helped care for the motherless children.
The 1860 Monroe County census shows the extended family in the household:
Rufus Torry (sic), age 47, born in Ms. (Massachusetts)
Charles Torry, age 10, born in Alabama; attending school.
Elizabeth Torry, age 5, born in Alabama.
Andrew Torry, age 3, born in Alabama.
Andrew Henshaw, age 35, born in Alabama; farmer; $20,000 real estate; $90,000 personal property. (Andrew Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 30, born in Virginia. (Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 10, born in Virginia; attending school. (Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin)
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 73, born in Virginia; $10,000 personal property. (Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw)
During the Civil War, the Torrey-Henshaw plantation was taken over by Union soldiers and used as a hospital. The house later burned to the ground. The neighboring Dellet-Gibbons-Torrey plantation was also raided but the house still stands today.
Before and after the War, the family spent the social season at the Gibbons-Torrey townhouse in Mobile, 60 South Conception St., then owned by Judge Torrey's law partner, Judge Lyman Gibbons, and later by his son Charles John Torrey who married Helen Dellet "Dolly" Gibbons. She was the daughter of Judge Gibbons and Emma Dellet, the daughter of U.S. Congressman James Dellet of Claiborne, who was elected Speaker of the House in 1819. Judge Gibbons was a graduate of Amherst College.
Great-granddaughter of William Isbell and Ann (Dillard) Isbell. Great-great-granddaughter of Henry Isbell of Orange and Caroline; third-great-granddaughter of William Isbell of St. John's Parish, King William County, and James and Elizabeth Cox of Orange.
She was a second cousin of William Latane Montague, the father of Alice Montague Warfield and grandfather of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson who married Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor and formerly King Edward VIII.
She was born at Willow Bank Plantation, Cumberland County, Virginia, sister of Senator Thomas Montague Isbell who was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Secession of 1861. The Isbells of Virginia maintained close ties with their cousins in Alabama through correspondence and frequent visits.
Mary Anderson Isbell married on Aug 8 (18?), 1848, to her first cousin, Andrew Isbell Henshaw, of Alabama, and moved to Clarke County, Alabama in 1848.
Richmond (Virginia) Whig & Public Advertiser, August 25, 1848, p. 4, column 4: Married- At Willow Banks on Aug. 18, by Rev. Olcott Bulkley, Andrew I. Henshaw of Alabama, to Miss Polly A. Isbell of Cumberland County, Va.
He was the son of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell, grandson of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell. His parents had settled in the Alabama Territory before 1817.
Andrew Isbell Henshaw was born Nov. 7, 1825 and died August 23rd 1865. He graduated from the University of Alabama, and in 1847 from Harvard University, where he studied Latin under William Wordsworth Longfellow and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Fly Club, the A.D. Club, Alpha Delta Phi.
He served in the Alabama legislature 1851-52 and was Lieutenant of the home guard of the Monroe County Militia during the Civil War. He and Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw had just one daughter, Mary Montague Henshaw, who married Judge Harry T. Toulmin.
Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw married Feb. 3, 1869, her first husband's brother-in-law Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey, widower of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister. She became stepmother to her three nephews and niece, Elizabeth Daisy Torrey Pillans. Judge Torrey graduated from Harvard in 1833 and was the author of The History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1865).
After the death of Andrew Isbell Henshaw's sister, the first Mrs. Torrey, Andrew and his wife Mary Isbell Henshaw had moved to Judge Torrey's Claiborne plantation and helped care for the motherless children.
The 1860 Monroe County census shows the extended family in the household:
Rufus Torry (sic), age 47, born in Ms. (Massachusetts)
Charles Torry, age 10, born in Alabama; attending school.
Elizabeth Torry, age 5, born in Alabama.
Andrew Torry, age 3, born in Alabama.
Andrew Henshaw, age 35, born in Alabama; farmer; $20,000 real estate; $90,000 personal property. (Andrew Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 30, born in Virginia. (Mary Anderson Isbell Henshaw)
Mary Henshaw, age 10, born in Virginia; attending school. (Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin)
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 73, born in Virginia; $10,000 personal property. (Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw)
During the Civil War, the Torrey-Henshaw plantation was taken over by Union soldiers and used as a hospital. The house later burned to the ground. The neighboring Dellet-Gibbons-Torrey plantation was also raided but the house still stands today.
Before and after the War, the family spent the social season at the Gibbons-Torrey townhouse in Mobile, 60 South Conception St., then owned by Judge Torrey's law partner, Judge Lyman Gibbons, and later by his son Charles John Torrey who married Helen Dellet "Dolly" Gibbons. She was the daughter of Judge Gibbons and Emma Dellet, the daughter of U.S. Congressman James Dellet of Claiborne, who was elected Speaker of the House in 1819. Judge Gibbons was a graduate of Amherst College.
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