Youngest son of James Isbell and Elizabeth Birdwell.
Reference: The Heritage of Jackson County, Alabama (1998), pp. 207-208.

His death certificate lists Name of Cemetery: "Acuff Place."
An Isbell family history says: "They are buried at Acuff Cemetery."
There are tombstones for them at Pleas Mount Cemetery. The tombstone says Levi Isbell, not David Levi Isbell.

Name in the family bible: Levi Isbell.
Name in Heritage of Jackson County, Alabama (1998), pp.206-207: Levi Isbell.
Name in many online family trees: David Levi Isbell.
His son David Zachariah Isbell had a son David Levi Isbell (1893-1910).
Name on death certificate: Levy Isbel.

In the 1850 and 1860 censuses, he is shown as Levi Conaway, shown in the household of his mother Elizabeth Birdwell Isbell Conaway and her second husband, his stepfather John Conaway.

James Isbell Jr. family bible says Levi Isbell, son of James and Elizabeth Isbell, was born 17 July 1843. Tombstone says 1842.

1850 Census: Jackson Co, AL:
Levi Conaway, age 7 AL (listed with stepfather John Conaway and mother Elizabeth (Birdwell Isbell) Conaway
1860- Census: Jackson Co., AL:
Levi Conaway age 17 AL (with mother Elizabeth (Birdwell Isbell) Conaway
1870 Census: Jackson Co., AL:
Levi Isbell 23(sic) AL, wife Rachel and family
1880 Census: Madkson Co., AL:
Levi Isbell 36 , wife Rachel and family

Legal records documenting Levi Isbell was the son of James and Elizabeth Isbell:
Jackson County, Alabama, Will and Probate Record K, p. 108;
Jackson County, Alabama, Probate Court (April 1857, pages 181-182; June 1857, pages 241-242);
Dekalb County, Alabama, Probate Minute Book K, pp. 582-586.


Levi Isbell (1843-1918) was a double first-cousin of Elijah Miller Isbell who died in 1920 and used to visit their family, according to E.M. Isbell's son A.L. Isbell who died in 1964.

Alabama Marriage Index
Name Levi Isbell
Spouse Rachael Roussaw (Rousseau)
Marriage Date 12 Jun 1862
County Jackson
State Alabama
Performed By Title Minister of the Gospel
Performed by Name Simeon Hawk (Houk)


Alabama Deaths & Burials Index
Name Levy Isbel
Birth Date 17 Jul 1842
Birth Place Alabama
Death Date 12 Dec
Death Place Madison, Alabama
Burial Date 14 Dec 1918
Cemetery Name Acuff Place
Death Age 76
Occupation Farmer
Race White
Marital Status Married
Gender Male
Father Name James Isbel
Father Birth Place Alabama
Spouse Name Pachall Isbel (Rachael)
FHL Film Number 1908201
Wills and Probates Levy Isbel - 1918


Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 2041, pp. 514: Q. Please state if you know the following-named men, whose names appear on the poll-list for Maysville precinct for the election held Nov. 2, 1880, for member of Congress or Presidential electors, viz: …Levi Isbell….
p. 515: A. I know all….
Q. What is the politics of the white men mentioned in the preceding question?
A. To the best of my recollection they were considered Greenbackers. (Republicans.)

Children of Levi Isbell and Rachel:
Ellen C Isbell
Martha Elizabeth Mattie Isbell
James Levi Isbell
Mary Alabama "Bam" Isbell
John Birdwell Isbell
William Zachariah Isbell
Reuben Riley Isbell