Pierpont Isham

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Pierpont Isham

Birth
Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
19 May 1906 (aged 40)
Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Chicago, May 21, 1906- special to the New York Times. -
Pierrepont Isham, who died Sunday at Surrey, NH, was a son of the late Edward S. Isham, once a law partner of Robert Todd Lincoln. He was 45 years old, was born here and lived in Chicago until a few years ago. He was graduated from West Point in 1885 and left the army a year later, taking up the study of law with his father. He leaves a brother, Edward S. Isham of New York and two sisters, who are traveling in Europe.

**His printed obituary conflicts with the records of the Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. which states 1887. contributed by Bill Thayer (#46555645)Keene Evening Sentinel, Keene, NH, May 22, 1906, says he died Saturday (May 19) at his home in Surry. Funeral & burial to take place in Manchester. Age: 40 years, 3 months, 9 days = DOB of Feb. 10, 1866. But Peter Wild's book on Lois Kellogg (his daughter) has Pierrepont's handwritten letter with Aug. 16. 1865 DOB.
Chicago, May 21, 1906- special to the New York Times. -
Pierrepont Isham, who died Sunday at Surrey, NH, was a son of the late Edward S. Isham, once a law partner of Robert Todd Lincoln. He was 45 years old, was born here and lived in Chicago until a few years ago. He was graduated from West Point in 1885 and left the army a year later, taking up the study of law with his father. He leaves a brother, Edward S. Isham of New York and two sisters, who are traveling in Europe.

**His printed obituary conflicts with the records of the Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. which states 1887. contributed by Bill Thayer (#46555645)Keene Evening Sentinel, Keene, NH, May 22, 1906, says he died Saturday (May 19) at his home in Surry. Funeral & burial to take place in Manchester. Age: 40 years, 3 months, 9 days = DOB of Feb. 10, 1866. But Peter Wild's book on Lois Kellogg (his daughter) has Pierrepont's handwritten letter with Aug. 16. 1865 DOB.