Son of George B. Isbell Jr. and Frances Pryor (Bates) Isbell. Grandson of George B. Isbell and Susanna Eubank Smith Isbell. Great-grandson of William and Ann Dillard Isbell.
He married his cousin Elizabeth Ann Branch, daughter of John Archibald Branch and Eliza (Isbell) Branch.
James Isbell graduated from LaGrange College at LaGrange, Alabama. He and his wife settled on a plantation near Gainesville in 1841. James and his son George died of typhoid fever in 1857 and were buried in the small family cemetery now called the Winston Cemetery. The Isbell plantation lay near or adjoining the property of John Anthony Winston (1812-1871), who was governor of Alabama (1853-57) and at some point later the Isbell plantation was acquired by Gov. Winston. James Bates Isbell's daughter Frances Eliza also married Isaac Jones Winston, first cousin of Governor. Winston and his sister Sarah Miller Winston (1832-1905) who married Robert Burns Lindsay (1824-1902), governor of Alabama 1870-72.
(Gainesville, AL) THE INDEPENDENT, p. 3, column 2: (date?)
GEORGE ISBELL.
"Departed this life at the residence of his father near Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, Oct. 22d, of typhoid fever, George Isbell, aged 15."
THE INDEPENDENT, Nov. 21, 1857, page 3, column 2:
JAMES ISBELL.
Obituary.
"Died in this county on the 5th inst of typhoid fever Mr. James Isbell, aged about 40. Mr. Isbell's death will bring sadness to many hearts, for he was known to a large circle and universally esteemed. In various capacities as a public man in this County his place will be difficult to fill. He follows soon to the still house of the dead his beloved and promising son George, a youth of 15."
Also buried in this small graveyard is Gov. Winston and his daughter Agnes Winston Goldsby, of Mobile. Gov. Winston lived with her in Mobile in 1870. An item in the Montgomery newspaper in 1905 refers to a popular New Year's Eve tradition celebrated in Mobile from the mid 19th Century to early 20th Century and mentions Agnes Winston Goldsby and her co-hostesses who were cousins of James B. Isbell and his wife. In Mobile several of the most prominent homes held receptions each New Year's Eve where a steady stream of guests were greeted throughout the evening. Visitors moved from one reception to the next, sharing a toast at each, with the goal of visiting all the open houses or as many as possible for as long as one was able to stand. The selection of host houses usually rotated each year also.
Montgomery Advertiser, Jan. 3, 1905, page 10:
"Mobile Society news.
The following list is of the hostesses who kept open house this evening and their receiving parties.
Mrs. Agnes Winston Goldsby, Mrs. Joel Goldsby and Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby received on new year at their home, 432 Government Street, assisted by Mrs. Charles J. Torrey, Mrs. Palmer Pillans, Misses Clara Ross, Hazel Pape, Emma and Elizabeth Rhett, Julia Lake, Mary (Isbell Pillans) and Laura Pillans, Annie Stewart, Carrie Dukes, Nan, Blanche and Sue Planck, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Miss Emily Upton of New Orleans and Miss Scott, of Claiborne, Ala. Miss Mary Easley Goldsby and Miss Etta Gaillard presided at the punch bowl."
Of interest is the mention that Mrs. Agnes Winston Golsby was assisted by Mrs. Charles John Torrey (Helen Dolly Dellet Gibbons) and her niece Emmie Danner Price Pillans (Mrs. Palmer Pillans), and other nieces Mary Isbell Pillans (later Mrs. George Stark Gaines) and Miss Laura Pillans. George Stark Gaines was a grandson of Col. George Strother Gaines of Gaineswood, Demopolis, and for whom Gainesville was named.
James Bates Isbell was a 2nd cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother who was grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans. James Bates Isbell's wife was the daughter of his second cousin who was a first cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother, the grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans.
James Bates Isbell's son James B. is shown as "James Bates Isbell Jr." in Southside Virginia Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. 1 (1955), p.42 and Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. III (1959), pp.178, 180. Descendant Rosemary Holdredge says this may be an incorrect assumption as he never told anyone what his middle name was and she has not found it recorded anywhere in original documents.
Lineage:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell, Sr. of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County;
+ wife unknown
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of Elizabeth & "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spotsylvania Orders, 7 Aug, p.240)
4 William Isbell b c1722 d 1807 Goochland Co., Virginia
+ Ann Dillard
George B. Isbell 1746-1817
+Susanne Eubank Smith
George B. Isbell 1791-1819
+Frances Pryor Bates
James Bates Isbell 1813-1857
+Eliz Ann Branch (his cousin)*
James B. Isbell 1844-1914
+Harriett Aurelia Eddins
James Branch Isbell 1872-1943
+Elizabeth Mitchell Perrin
James Branch Isbell II 1903-1951
+Estelle Williams
James Branch Isbell III
+Elsie Marie Martin
He married his cousin Elizabeth Ann Branch, daughter of John Archibald Branch and Eliza (Isbell) Branch.
James Isbell graduated from LaGrange College at LaGrange, Alabama. He and his wife settled on a plantation near Gainesville in 1841. James and his son George died of typhoid fever in 1857 and were buried in the small family cemetery now called the Winston Cemetery. The Isbell plantation lay near or adjoining the property of John Anthony Winston (1812-1871), who was governor of Alabama (1853-57) and at some point later the Isbell plantation was acquired by Gov. Winston. James Bates Isbell's daughter Frances Eliza also married Isaac Jones Winston, first cousin of Governor. Winston and his sister Sarah Miller Winston (1832-1905) who married Robert Burns Lindsay (1824-1902), governor of Alabama 1870-72.
(Gainesville, AL) THE INDEPENDENT, p. 3, column 2: (date?)
GEORGE ISBELL.
"Departed this life at the residence of his father near Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, Oct. 22d, of typhoid fever, George Isbell, aged 15."
THE INDEPENDENT, Nov. 21, 1857, page 3, column 2:
JAMES ISBELL.
Obituary.
"Died in this county on the 5th inst of typhoid fever Mr. James Isbell, aged about 40. Mr. Isbell's death will bring sadness to many hearts, for he was known to a large circle and universally esteemed. In various capacities as a public man in this County his place will be difficult to fill. He follows soon to the still house of the dead his beloved and promising son George, a youth of 15."
Also buried in this small graveyard is Gov. Winston and his daughter Agnes Winston Goldsby, of Mobile. Gov. Winston lived with her in Mobile in 1870. An item in the Montgomery newspaper in 1905 refers to a popular New Year's Eve tradition celebrated in Mobile from the mid 19th Century to early 20th Century and mentions Agnes Winston Goldsby and her co-hostesses who were cousins of James B. Isbell and his wife. In Mobile several of the most prominent homes held receptions each New Year's Eve where a steady stream of guests were greeted throughout the evening. Visitors moved from one reception to the next, sharing a toast at each, with the goal of visiting all the open houses or as many as possible for as long as one was able to stand. The selection of host houses usually rotated each year also.
Montgomery Advertiser, Jan. 3, 1905, page 10:
"Mobile Society news.
The following list is of the hostesses who kept open house this evening and their receiving parties.
Mrs. Agnes Winston Goldsby, Mrs. Joel Goldsby and Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby received on new year at their home, 432 Government Street, assisted by Mrs. Charles J. Torrey, Mrs. Palmer Pillans, Misses Clara Ross, Hazel Pape, Emma and Elizabeth Rhett, Julia Lake, Mary (Isbell Pillans) and Laura Pillans, Annie Stewart, Carrie Dukes, Nan, Blanche and Sue Planck, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Miss Emily Upton of New Orleans and Miss Scott, of Claiborne, Ala. Miss Mary Easley Goldsby and Miss Etta Gaillard presided at the punch bowl."
Of interest is the mention that Mrs. Agnes Winston Golsby was assisted by Mrs. Charles John Torrey (Helen Dolly Dellet Gibbons) and her niece Emmie Danner Price Pillans (Mrs. Palmer Pillans), and other nieces Mary Isbell Pillans (later Mrs. George Stark Gaines) and Miss Laura Pillans. George Stark Gaines was a grandson of Col. George Strother Gaines of Gaineswood, Demopolis, and for whom Gainesville was named.
James Bates Isbell was a 2nd cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother who was grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans. James Bates Isbell's wife was the daughter of his second cousin who was a first cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother, the grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans.
James Bates Isbell's son James B. is shown as "James Bates Isbell Jr." in Southside Virginia Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. 1 (1955), p.42 and Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. III (1959), pp.178, 180. Descendant Rosemary Holdredge says this may be an incorrect assumption as he never told anyone what his middle name was and she has not found it recorded anywhere in original documents.
Lineage:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell, Sr. of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County;
+ wife unknown
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of Elizabeth & "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spotsylvania Orders, 7 Aug, p.240)
4 William Isbell b c1722 d 1807 Goochland Co., Virginia
+ Ann Dillard
George B. Isbell 1746-1817
+Susanne Eubank Smith
George B. Isbell 1791-1819
+Frances Pryor Bates
James Bates Isbell 1813-1857
+Eliz Ann Branch (his cousin)*
James B. Isbell 1844-1914
+Harriett Aurelia Eddins
James Branch Isbell 1872-1943
+Elizabeth Mitchell Perrin
James Branch Isbell II 1903-1951
+Estelle Williams
James Branch Isbell III
+Elsie Marie Martin
Son of George B. Isbell Jr. and Frances Pryor (Bates) Isbell. Grandson of George B. Isbell and Susanna Eubank Smith Isbell. Great-grandson of William and Ann Dillard Isbell.
He married his cousin Elizabeth Ann Branch, daughter of John Archibald Branch and Eliza (Isbell) Branch.
James Isbell graduated from LaGrange College at LaGrange, Alabama. He and his wife settled on a plantation near Gainesville in 1841. James and his son George died of typhoid fever in 1857 and were buried in the small family cemetery now called the Winston Cemetery. The Isbell plantation lay near or adjoining the property of John Anthony Winston (1812-1871), who was governor of Alabama (1853-57) and at some point later the Isbell plantation was acquired by Gov. Winston. James Bates Isbell's daughter Frances Eliza also married Isaac Jones Winston, first cousin of Governor. Winston and his sister Sarah Miller Winston (1832-1905) who married Robert Burns Lindsay (1824-1902), governor of Alabama 1870-72.
(Gainesville, AL) THE INDEPENDENT, p. 3, column 2: (date?)
GEORGE ISBELL.
"Departed this life at the residence of his father near Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, Oct. 22d, of typhoid fever, George Isbell, aged 15."
THE INDEPENDENT, Nov. 21, 1857, page 3, column 2:
JAMES ISBELL.
Obituary.
"Died in this county on the 5th inst of typhoid fever Mr. James Isbell, aged about 40. Mr. Isbell's death will bring sadness to many hearts, for he was known to a large circle and universally esteemed. In various capacities as a public man in this County his place will be difficult to fill. He follows soon to the still house of the dead his beloved and promising son George, a youth of 15."
Also buried in this small graveyard is Gov. Winston and his daughter Agnes Winston Goldsby, of Mobile. Gov. Winston lived with her in Mobile in 1870. An item in the Montgomery newspaper in 1905 refers to a popular New Year's Eve tradition celebrated in Mobile from the mid 19th Century to early 20th Century and mentions Agnes Winston Goldsby and her co-hostesses who were cousins of James B. Isbell and his wife. In Mobile several of the most prominent homes held receptions each New Year's Eve where a steady stream of guests were greeted throughout the evening. Visitors moved from one reception to the next, sharing a toast at each, with the goal of visiting all the open houses or as many as possible for as long as one was able to stand. The selection of host houses usually rotated each year also.
Montgomery Advertiser, Jan. 3, 1905, page 10:
"Mobile Society news.
The following list is of the hostesses who kept open house this evening and their receiving parties.
Mrs. Agnes Winston Goldsby, Mrs. Joel Goldsby and Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby received on new year at their home, 432 Government Street, assisted by Mrs. Charles J. Torrey, Mrs. Palmer Pillans, Misses Clara Ross, Hazel Pape, Emma and Elizabeth Rhett, Julia Lake, Mary (Isbell Pillans) and Laura Pillans, Annie Stewart, Carrie Dukes, Nan, Blanche and Sue Planck, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Miss Emily Upton of New Orleans and Miss Scott, of Claiborne, Ala. Miss Mary Easley Goldsby and Miss Etta Gaillard presided at the punch bowl."
Of interest is the mention that Mrs. Agnes Winston Golsby was assisted by Mrs. Charles John Torrey (Helen Dolly Dellet Gibbons) and her niece Emmie Danner Price Pillans (Mrs. Palmer Pillans), and other nieces Mary Isbell Pillans (later Mrs. George Stark Gaines) and Miss Laura Pillans. George Stark Gaines was a grandson of Col. George Strother Gaines of Gaineswood, Demopolis, and for whom Gainesville was named.
James Bates Isbell was a 2nd cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother who was grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans. James Bates Isbell's wife was the daughter of his second cousin who was a first cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother, the grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans.
James Bates Isbell's son James B. is shown as "James Bates Isbell Jr." in Southside Virginia Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. 1 (1955), p.42 and Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. III (1959), pp.178, 180. Descendant Rosemary Holdredge says this may be an incorrect assumption as he never told anyone what his middle name was and she has not found it recorded anywhere in original documents.
Lineage:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell, Sr. of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County;
+ wife unknown
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of Elizabeth & "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spotsylvania Orders, 7 Aug, p.240)
4 William Isbell b c1722 d 1807 Goochland Co., Virginia
+ Ann Dillard
George B. Isbell 1746-1817
+Susanne Eubank Smith
George B. Isbell 1791-1819
+Frances Pryor Bates
James Bates Isbell 1813-1857
+Eliz Ann Branch (his cousin)*
James B. Isbell 1844-1914
+Harriett Aurelia Eddins
James Branch Isbell 1872-1943
+Elizabeth Mitchell Perrin
James Branch Isbell II 1903-1951
+Estelle Williams
James Branch Isbell III
+Elsie Marie Martin
He married his cousin Elizabeth Ann Branch, daughter of John Archibald Branch and Eliza (Isbell) Branch.
James Isbell graduated from LaGrange College at LaGrange, Alabama. He and his wife settled on a plantation near Gainesville in 1841. James and his son George died of typhoid fever in 1857 and were buried in the small family cemetery now called the Winston Cemetery. The Isbell plantation lay near or adjoining the property of John Anthony Winston (1812-1871), who was governor of Alabama (1853-57) and at some point later the Isbell plantation was acquired by Gov. Winston. James Bates Isbell's daughter Frances Eliza also married Isaac Jones Winston, first cousin of Governor. Winston and his sister Sarah Miller Winston (1832-1905) who married Robert Burns Lindsay (1824-1902), governor of Alabama 1870-72.
(Gainesville, AL) THE INDEPENDENT, p. 3, column 2: (date?)
GEORGE ISBELL.
"Departed this life at the residence of his father near Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, Oct. 22d, of typhoid fever, George Isbell, aged 15."
THE INDEPENDENT, Nov. 21, 1857, page 3, column 2:
JAMES ISBELL.
Obituary.
"Died in this county on the 5th inst of typhoid fever Mr. James Isbell, aged about 40. Mr. Isbell's death will bring sadness to many hearts, for he was known to a large circle and universally esteemed. In various capacities as a public man in this County his place will be difficult to fill. He follows soon to the still house of the dead his beloved and promising son George, a youth of 15."
Also buried in this small graveyard is Gov. Winston and his daughter Agnes Winston Goldsby, of Mobile. Gov. Winston lived with her in Mobile in 1870. An item in the Montgomery newspaper in 1905 refers to a popular New Year's Eve tradition celebrated in Mobile from the mid 19th Century to early 20th Century and mentions Agnes Winston Goldsby and her co-hostesses who were cousins of James B. Isbell and his wife. In Mobile several of the most prominent homes held receptions each New Year's Eve where a steady stream of guests were greeted throughout the evening. Visitors moved from one reception to the next, sharing a toast at each, with the goal of visiting all the open houses or as many as possible for as long as one was able to stand. The selection of host houses usually rotated each year also.
Montgomery Advertiser, Jan. 3, 1905, page 10:
"Mobile Society news.
The following list is of the hostesses who kept open house this evening and their receiving parties.
Mrs. Agnes Winston Goldsby, Mrs. Joel Goldsby and Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby received on new year at their home, 432 Government Street, assisted by Mrs. Charles J. Torrey, Mrs. Palmer Pillans, Misses Clara Ross, Hazel Pape, Emma and Elizabeth Rhett, Julia Lake, Mary (Isbell Pillans) and Laura Pillans, Annie Stewart, Carrie Dukes, Nan, Blanche and Sue Planck, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Miss Emily Upton of New Orleans and Miss Scott, of Claiborne, Ala. Miss Mary Easley Goldsby and Miss Etta Gaillard presided at the punch bowl."
Of interest is the mention that Mrs. Agnes Winston Golsby was assisted by Mrs. Charles John Torrey (Helen Dolly Dellet Gibbons) and her niece Emmie Danner Price Pillans (Mrs. Palmer Pillans), and other nieces Mary Isbell Pillans (later Mrs. George Stark Gaines) and Miss Laura Pillans. George Stark Gaines was a grandson of Col. George Strother Gaines of Gaineswood, Demopolis, and for whom Gainesville was named.
James Bates Isbell was a 2nd cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother who was grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans. James Bates Isbell's wife was the daughter of his second cousin who was a first cousin of Charles J. Torrey's mother, the grandmother of Palmer Pillans, Mary Isbell Pillans and Laura Pillans.
James Bates Isbell's son James B. is shown as "James Bates Isbell Jr." in Southside Virginia Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. 1 (1955), p.42 and Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. III (1959), pp.178, 180. Descendant Rosemary Holdredge says this may be an incorrect assumption as he never told anyone what his middle name was and she has not found it recorded anywhere in original documents.
Lineage:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell, Sr. of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County;
+ wife unknown
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of Elizabeth & "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spotsylvania Orders, 7 Aug, p.240)
4 William Isbell b c1722 d 1807 Goochland Co., Virginia
+ Ann Dillard
George B. Isbell 1746-1817
+Susanne Eubank Smith
George B. Isbell 1791-1819
+Frances Pryor Bates
James Bates Isbell 1813-1857
+Eliz Ann Branch (his cousin)*
James B. Isbell 1844-1914
+Harriett Aurelia Eddins
James Branch Isbell 1872-1943
+Elizabeth Mitchell Perrin
James Branch Isbell II 1903-1951
+Estelle Williams
James Branch Isbell III
+Elsie Marie Martin
Inscription
THIS MONUMENT
is erected
to the memory of
my Idolized Husband and
son, Whose faults were
few & Virtues many.
They trusted alone in
the merits of Jesus
for Salvation.
Elizabeth Isbell 1858.
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