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He was killed in a vehicle accident while driving a milk truck for Dark's Dairy. He had finished his route for the day and was 1/2 from the dairy when a truck hit him. He had Social Security # 419-66-6798.

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Ezekiel was in the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He enlisted at Wilsonville (Shelby County) Jan. 22, 1862. He was a patient in Ross Hospital at Mobile, Alabama September 20-24, 1863 with fever. He was captured at Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia on July 3, 1864 and imprisoned at camp Douglas, Illinois where he died of Chronic Diarrhea December 3, 1864. He was buried in Grave # 360, Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery.

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Marion was accused of desertion on July 14, 1863 from Company E, 29th state infantry in Montgomery, Alabama. Thomas Washington Isbell applied for a pension on April 7, 1914. It wa approved on April 28, 1914. He was cleared of desertion by a letter written by a P.T. Porter stating that he served in the Confederate Army Co. F, 29 Alabama regiment. He knew F.M. Isbell well from Co. E same regiment. He states that F.M. was at Camp Pellard, Alabama with him and that he never deserted. " F.M. left Camp Pellard with the rest of us and went into Georgia. He stayed in the service in Georgia until about the time of the surrender." The letter is date April 2, 1914 andsigned by R.J. Burke, Judge of Probate.---Copy of original from Mary Lu Johnson On Reclassification of widows legislature approved 10-5-1920, Amanda isbell lists that F.M. enlisted in 1862 in Columbiana, Shelby Co., Alabama in the 29th Alabama regiment, Company E. She states that his Colonel was Cauley(sp?) and his Captain was Cheuaths(sp?). She states that he was wounded, doesn't remember what battle, in the Right hand and left shoulder. He was never captured and he was discharged in Atlanta, GA at the close of the war. States he was paroled, but that it has been misplaced. States his belongings included 1 cow + calf worth $25, and 1 clock worth $150. She signed this on November(?) 1, 1920 Cullman Co., AL--Copy from Mary Lu Johnson

List of personal property dated May 24, 1889, Blount Co., Alabama 3 cows and 1 calf worth $35, 5 hogs worth $100, 1 clock worth $150, household and kitchen furniture worth $25, farming tools and implements worth $500, total appears to be $785.--Copy from Mary Lu Johnson

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Frances married Peter Gray Basden at the age of 14. She was married at her father's house and had her father's consent on her marriage license. Some time after that they settled in Baylor Co., TX. She was a housewife and the family lived on a farm. The 1900 census indicates that she could read but couldn't write, so she must have had some schooling when she was young. Sometime after Peter had built thier new house, Frances's brother Rob visited the family for about a week. From this visit, it is obvious that she corresponded with her family. When the family lived on a farm near Post Oak in Clay Co., Frances would often send one of the children with food left over from their meals to families camped nearby. She went to the fields one day with Peter where they were harvesting hay. On the way back the wagon was stacked high with hay bales and they were riding on top of the bales. The wagon hit a ravine and she fell off injuring herself. She may have been pregnant with her last daughter, or it may have happened after her daughter's birth and death. At any rate it was probably this injury that caused her death.--Dan Yaklin "Isbell Family History"

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The Civil War CSA cavalry sword in the Isbell family probably belonged to this man (it has been passed down and now belongs to Billy M. Day, Jr.). George Washington Isbell (or "Wash") was probably in the Confederate army along with some cousins and his brother Marion (who went by "Shug"). He may have helped get a relative fighting for the Union released from a Confederate prison. Various information has him (or someone of the same name) as having enlisted as a Private in the 29th Alabama Infantry, a Private in Company D of the 11th Alabama Cavalry, or less likely, a Captain in Company G, 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry in Houston, Mississipp at age 21. May have been a battlefield acquisition, as the 29th Alabama Infantry fought at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, where "sabers were lying around thicker than dead and wounded."-Source: Mary Lu Johnson, letter from January 12, 1995

In the 1880 census it states that both of George's parents were born in Alabama. In the 1900 census it states that both were born in Tennessee. On his daughter's marriage certificate to Peter Gray Basden he marks his signature with an "X", but in the 1900 census it states that George can read and write. The "X" may have been some form of protest, but this is not clear since he allowed the marriage to take place in his home. After Mark moved to Oklahoma and Newt followed him (after a fight in which Newt thought he killed a man), George decided to move his family to Oklahoma 1894. As Thomas Washington Isbell recalled many years later, they passed through Hartshorne, Oklahoma on Thanksgiving Day 1894 after a long, grueling wagon trip. When they arrived in Pittsburg Co., George decided to settle his family near a spring with a natural arch formed in rock. It was later to become a popular place for picnickers and young people. In those days in Indian Territory you just found a spot you liked and settled down and started farming it. George and his family lived in a log cabin near the spring, but it is not certain if he built it or if it was already there when he arrived. He farmed the land in the valley near his cabin. The 1900 census also indicates that George did not own the property he was living on. Also four of his sons were living with him. His other two sons were living next door. His youngest son, Charles, was living with his older son Mark and his wife.

He was called "Big Henry."

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In the 1850 census he was listed as 15 years old. In the 1900 census his birth date was given as January 1838. He was called "Big Jim." He served in the War of Northern Aggression along with five of his brothers.

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From Mary Lu Johnson-letter of 11-1-94 Probably the James (Jim) Isbell shown in the old group photo which was taken at Natural Arch, Oklahoma. I have a copy of this photo with the names on the back in Dad's handwriting. Remember on one of our trips out there he sat down with Fannie and T.W. and had them identify people.