He died Nov. 4, 1863 in Richmond, VA., hospital, a prisoner of War. He was corporal of Company A, 1st Ala. Vidette Cavalry, U.S. Army. His body was shipped Dec. 12, 1863, to Danville for burial in the mass graves with 1,400 Prisoners of War then located two of blocks from downtown near the Danville Prison (six large converted tobacco warehouses). The Danville National Cemetery was created in 1866 and much of the mass grave was reinterred there.
From Margie Beatty, 11 Dec 2016: A cenotaph or memorial marker was placed for him at Old Bethel Cemetery, Marshall Co., Alabama, although he died in Richmond during the Civil War and was buried there.
Database:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (database):
Name:ZACHARIAH Jr Isbell
Service Info.:US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Birth Date:1839
Death Date:1863
Cemetery:Old Bethel Cemetery
Cemetery Address: CO Road Marshall County Crossville, AL 35962.
He is called Jr. in the database because his uncle Zachariah has a veteran's marker in the same cemetery.
Zachariah Isbell and wife Susannah left four sons:
James Monroe Isbell born Jan. 15, 1852/3
Thomas Jefferson Isbell born Oct. 25, 1856/7 d1930
Andrew Jackson Isbell born March 25 (26?), 1858 d.1905
George W. Isbell born Dec. 22, 1861 d.1943
Susannah Culver Birdwell married, as her second husband, her cousin Fleming Culver and had one son, John W. Culver, who married Pearl Birdwell, granddaughter of Zachariah Isbell's second cousin Thomas Gaines Birdwell.
Early Baptists of Jackson County, Alabama, by J. Nelson Varnell, vol. 2, p.20: "A Rev. J.F. Isbell was pastor of churches in Paint Rock Valley in the early 1900's. He descended from James Isbell's son, Zach, who died while in a Confederate Prison during the Civil War. Rev. J.F. Isbell and other descendants of James Isbell lived in the Huntland, Tenn. area."
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: William, James, Henry Jr., Zachariah
4 Hon. Capt. Zachary/Zachariah Isbell b c1722-6
+ Elizabeth
5 Lt. Zachariah Isbell Jr.
+ Elizabeth Miller
6 William Z Isbell
+Sarah Richardson
7 James R Isbell 1791-1844
+ Eliz Birdwell
8 Zachariah Isbell 1835-1863
+ Susannah Jane Culver
He died Nov. 4, 1863 in Richmond, VA., hospital, a prisoner of War. He was corporal of Company A, 1st Ala. Vidette Cavalry, U.S. Army. His body was shipped Dec. 12, 1863, to Danville for burial in the mass graves with 1,400 Prisoners of War then located two of blocks from downtown near the Danville Prison (six large converted tobacco warehouses). The Danville National Cemetery was created in 1866 and much of the mass grave was reinterred there.
From Margie Beatty, 11 Dec 2016: A cenotaph or memorial marker was placed for him at Old Bethel Cemetery, Marshall Co., Alabama, although he died in Richmond during the Civil War and was buried there.
Database:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (database):
Name:ZACHARIAH Jr Isbell
Service Info.:US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Birth Date:1839
Death Date:1863
Cemetery:Old Bethel Cemetery
Cemetery Address: CO Road Marshall County Crossville, AL 35962.
He is called Jr. in the database because his uncle Zachariah has a veteran's marker in the same cemetery.
Zachariah Isbell and wife Susannah left four sons:
James Monroe Isbell born Jan. 15, 1852/3
Thomas Jefferson Isbell born Oct. 25, 1856/7 d1930
Andrew Jackson Isbell born March 25 (26?), 1858 d.1905
George W. Isbell born Dec. 22, 1861 d.1943
Susannah Culver Birdwell married, as her second husband, her cousin Fleming Culver and had one son, John W. Culver, who married Pearl Birdwell, granddaughter of Zachariah Isbell's second cousin Thomas Gaines Birdwell.
Early Baptists of Jackson County, Alabama, by J. Nelson Varnell, vol. 2, p.20: "A Rev. J.F. Isbell was pastor of churches in Paint Rock Valley in the early 1900's. He descended from James Isbell's son, Zach, who died while in a Confederate Prison during the Civil War. Rev. J.F. Isbell and other descendants of James Isbell lived in the Huntland, Tenn. area."
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: William, James, Henry Jr., Zachariah
4 Hon. Capt. Zachary/Zachariah Isbell b c1722-6
+ Elizabeth
5 Lt. Zachariah Isbell Jr.
+ Elizabeth Miller
6 William Z Isbell
+Sarah Richardson
7 James R Isbell 1791-1844
+ Eliz Birdwell
8 Zachariah Isbell 1835-1863
+ Susannah Jane Culver
Family Members
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Mary Ann "Polly" Isbell Talkington
1816–1889
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William Birdwell Isbell
1818–1856
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Susan Anna Isbell Murray
1826–1892
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Judge Benjamin "Ben" Isbell
1832–1906
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James Hugh Isbell
1833–1902
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Elizabeth Catherine Isbell Peters
1838–1865
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Lucinda Isbell Murray
1841–1910
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David Levi Isbell
1842–1918
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Levi Isbell
1843–1918
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