Daughter of David Hume Allen and Sarah Griffin Taylor of "Clifton" Plantation in Clarke County.
Married 19 Feb 1850 in Clarke County to Thomas Montague Isbell, planter, state senator (1860 Census), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 1861-62 session) and the Secession Convention.
Murder in Lexington: VMI, Honor and Justice in Antebellum Virginia (2013), By Daniel S. Morrow: "The Blackburn family home was sold after the Civil War to Thomas Montague Isbell of nearby Berryville. He had married Frances Thornton Allen, the daughter of David Hume Allen, a neighbor of the Blackburns. Ironically, Montague was a distant cousin of Colonel Terry Dillard, a neighbor and one of the character witnesses for Charles Burks Christian.
Isbell's first cousin Lewis Daniel Isbell lived in Appomattox just across the river from the Christians. His mother-in-law was Mary Elizabeth Christian, Charles Burks Christian's third cousin."
Frances Allen Isbell died at their home, "Wortley" Plantation.
Clifton Plantation straddles the Clarke County, Virginia/Jefferson County, W.V. county and state lines but the house Clifton is on the Virginia side. Wortley was on the W.V. side.
The children of Frances Thornton ("Fanny") Allen and Thomas Montague Isbell:
Ada Allen Isbell b. 2 Dec 1851 (who married in 1883 in Clarke Co, VA. to Armistead Selden Lippitt)d 29 Jul 1930 Washington, D.C.
Mary Montague Isbell born 10 Oct 1853 in Jefferson Co., West Virginia, Died 28 Mar 1920 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, never married
Francis Allen Isbell (some say Allen Montague Isbell) unmarried in 1880, born 28 Mar 1858 in Virginia, died 1 May 1939 in Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia.
Although Ada Allen Isbell was 32 when she married Armistead Lippitt, she had two children:
A son, Montague I. Lippitt, b. May 1888 unmd. in 1920
a daughter, Mary A. Lippitt, b. Oct 1890 unmd. in 1920
They were both living with their parents and Aunt Mary Isbell in 1920 at Kabeltown, Jefferson Co., W.V.
Armistead Selden Lippitt was born Dec. 1844, according to the 1900 census, while Robert E. Lee Jr. was born 1843. He was the son of Rev. Edward Russell Lippitt and Mary Ann Frances (Alexander) Lippitt. He was visiting at Arlington Plantation on June 29, 1848 when Robert E. Lee 1848 returned home after an absence of 22 months. As related in ROBERT E. LEE: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman, Chapter 18:
"Where is my little boy?" he asked, after he had greeted the others. Answering his own question, he took up a youngster from the floor and kissed him joyfully. There was a shout of laughter from the other children and signs of acute distress from another little boy, who was proudly dressed for the occasion in a new dress. Truth was, Lee had picked up the wrong youngster. His smallest son and namesake had a guest, Armistead Lippitt, whom the father had mistaken for his own son."
Married 19 Feb 1850 in Clarke County to Thomas Montague Isbell, planter, state senator (1860 Census), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 1861-62 session) and the Secession Convention.
Murder in Lexington: VMI, Honor and Justice in Antebellum Virginia (2013), By Daniel S. Morrow: "The Blackburn family home was sold after the Civil War to Thomas Montague Isbell of nearby Berryville. He had married Frances Thornton Allen, the daughter of David Hume Allen, a neighbor of the Blackburns. Ironically, Montague was a distant cousin of Colonel Terry Dillard, a neighbor and one of the character witnesses for Charles Burks Christian.
Isbell's first cousin Lewis Daniel Isbell lived in Appomattox just across the river from the Christians. His mother-in-law was Mary Elizabeth Christian, Charles Burks Christian's third cousin."
Frances Allen Isbell died at their home, "Wortley" Plantation.
Clifton Plantation straddles the Clarke County, Virginia/Jefferson County, W.V. county and state lines but the house Clifton is on the Virginia side. Wortley was on the W.V. side.
The children of Frances Thornton ("Fanny") Allen and Thomas Montague Isbell:
Ada Allen Isbell b. 2 Dec 1851 (who married in 1883 in Clarke Co, VA. to Armistead Selden Lippitt)d 29 Jul 1930 Washington, D.C.
Mary Montague Isbell born 10 Oct 1853 in Jefferson Co., West Virginia, Died 28 Mar 1920 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, never married
Francis Allen Isbell (some say Allen Montague Isbell) unmarried in 1880, born 28 Mar 1858 in Virginia, died 1 May 1939 in Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia.
Although Ada Allen Isbell was 32 when she married Armistead Lippitt, she had two children:
A son, Montague I. Lippitt, b. May 1888 unmd. in 1920
a daughter, Mary A. Lippitt, b. Oct 1890 unmd. in 1920
They were both living with their parents and Aunt Mary Isbell in 1920 at Kabeltown, Jefferson Co., W.V.
Armistead Selden Lippitt was born Dec. 1844, according to the 1900 census, while Robert E. Lee Jr. was born 1843. He was the son of Rev. Edward Russell Lippitt and Mary Ann Frances (Alexander) Lippitt. He was visiting at Arlington Plantation on June 29, 1848 when Robert E. Lee 1848 returned home after an absence of 22 months. As related in ROBERT E. LEE: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman, Chapter 18:
"Where is my little boy?" he asked, after he had greeted the others. Answering his own question, he took up a youngster from the floor and kissed him joyfully. There was a shout of laughter from the other children and signs of acute distress from another little boy, who was proudly dressed for the occasion in a new dress. Truth was, Lee had picked up the wrong youngster. His smallest son and namesake had a guest, Armistead Lippitt, whom the father had mistaken for his own son."
Daughter of David Hume Allen and Sarah Griffin Taylor of "Clifton" Plantation in Clarke County.
Married 19 Feb 1850 in Clarke County to Thomas Montague Isbell, planter, state senator (1860 Census), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 1861-62 session) and the Secession Convention.
Murder in Lexington: VMI, Honor and Justice in Antebellum Virginia (2013), By Daniel S. Morrow: "The Blackburn family home was sold after the Civil War to Thomas Montague Isbell of nearby Berryville. He had married Frances Thornton Allen, the daughter of David Hume Allen, a neighbor of the Blackburns. Ironically, Montague was a distant cousin of Colonel Terry Dillard, a neighbor and one of the character witnesses for Charles Burks Christian.
Isbell's first cousin Lewis Daniel Isbell lived in Appomattox just across the river from the Christians. His mother-in-law was Mary Elizabeth Christian, Charles Burks Christian's third cousin."
Frances Allen Isbell died at their home, "Wortley" Plantation.
Clifton Plantation straddles the Clarke County, Virginia/Jefferson County, W.V. county and state lines but the house Clifton is on the Virginia side. Wortley was on the W.V. side.
The children of Frances Thornton ("Fanny") Allen and Thomas Montague Isbell:
Ada Allen Isbell b. 2 Dec 1851 (who married in 1883 in Clarke Co, VA. to Armistead Selden Lippitt)d 29 Jul 1930 Washington, D.C.
Mary Montague Isbell born 10 Oct 1853 in Jefferson Co., West Virginia, Died 28 Mar 1920 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, never married
Francis Allen Isbell (some say Allen Montague Isbell) unmarried in 1880, born 28 Mar 1858 in Virginia, died 1 May 1939 in Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia.
Although Ada Allen Isbell was 32 when she married Armistead Lippitt, she had two children:
A son, Montague I. Lippitt, b. May 1888 unmd. in 1920
a daughter, Mary A. Lippitt, b. Oct 1890 unmd. in 1920
They were both living with their parents and Aunt Mary Isbell in 1920 at Kabeltown, Jefferson Co., W.V.
Armistead Selden Lippitt was born Dec. 1844, according to the 1900 census, while Robert E. Lee Jr. was born 1843. He was the son of Rev. Edward Russell Lippitt and Mary Ann Frances (Alexander) Lippitt. He was visiting at Arlington Plantation on June 29, 1848 when Robert E. Lee 1848 returned home after an absence of 22 months. As related in ROBERT E. LEE: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman, Chapter 18:
"Where is my little boy?" he asked, after he had greeted the others. Answering his own question, he took up a youngster from the floor and kissed him joyfully. There was a shout of laughter from the other children and signs of acute distress from another little boy, who was proudly dressed for the occasion in a new dress. Truth was, Lee had picked up the wrong youngster. His smallest son and namesake had a guest, Armistead Lippitt, whom the father had mistaken for his own son."
Married 19 Feb 1850 in Clarke County to Thomas Montague Isbell, planter, state senator (1860 Census), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 1861-62 session) and the Secession Convention.
Murder in Lexington: VMI, Honor and Justice in Antebellum Virginia (2013), By Daniel S. Morrow: "The Blackburn family home was sold after the Civil War to Thomas Montague Isbell of nearby Berryville. He had married Frances Thornton Allen, the daughter of David Hume Allen, a neighbor of the Blackburns. Ironically, Montague was a distant cousin of Colonel Terry Dillard, a neighbor and one of the character witnesses for Charles Burks Christian.
Isbell's first cousin Lewis Daniel Isbell lived in Appomattox just across the river from the Christians. His mother-in-law was Mary Elizabeth Christian, Charles Burks Christian's third cousin."
Frances Allen Isbell died at their home, "Wortley" Plantation.
Clifton Plantation straddles the Clarke County, Virginia/Jefferson County, W.V. county and state lines but the house Clifton is on the Virginia side. Wortley was on the W.V. side.
The children of Frances Thornton ("Fanny") Allen and Thomas Montague Isbell:
Ada Allen Isbell b. 2 Dec 1851 (who married in 1883 in Clarke Co, VA. to Armistead Selden Lippitt)d 29 Jul 1930 Washington, D.C.
Mary Montague Isbell born 10 Oct 1853 in Jefferson Co., West Virginia, Died 28 Mar 1920 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, never married
Francis Allen Isbell (some say Allen Montague Isbell) unmarried in 1880, born 28 Mar 1858 in Virginia, died 1 May 1939 in Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia.
Although Ada Allen Isbell was 32 when she married Armistead Lippitt, she had two children:
A son, Montague I. Lippitt, b. May 1888 unmd. in 1920
a daughter, Mary A. Lippitt, b. Oct 1890 unmd. in 1920
They were both living with their parents and Aunt Mary Isbell in 1920 at Kabeltown, Jefferson Co., W.V.
Armistead Selden Lippitt was born Dec. 1844, according to the 1900 census, while Robert E. Lee Jr. was born 1843. He was the son of Rev. Edward Russell Lippitt and Mary Ann Frances (Alexander) Lippitt. He was visiting at Arlington Plantation on June 29, 1848 when Robert E. Lee 1848 returned home after an absence of 22 months. As related in ROBERT E. LEE: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman, Chapter 18:
"Where is my little boy?" he asked, after he had greeted the others. Answering his own question, he took up a youngster from the floor and kissed him joyfully. There was a shout of laughter from the other children and signs of acute distress from another little boy, who was proudly dressed for the occasion in a new dress. Truth was, Lee had picked up the wrong youngster. His smallest son and namesake had a guest, Armistead Lippitt, whom the father had mistaken for his own son."
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