Birthdate taken from Gentry Family Bible record. His parents were in Jackson County by 1819. Death year taken from hand carved piece of stone in Stewart Cemetery.
Lonnie Adams was interviewed on 17 Sep 1984 by Rev. Sherman Isbell, Pat Isabel Brown and Mary Fowler Geier. Lonnie who was the son of Ellen Isbell Adams had vivid memories of his grandparents. He stayed with them as a child.
When asked what Jesse looked like, Lonnie replied, "His eyes was blue...(he was) great big what I call double jointed fellow. All the Isbells was large. Some people called them rawboned people. Not fleshy, just tall and big boned made. Wasn't no fat on'em because they kept that worked off. I reckon Grandpa was just like a father to might near everybody that lived up and down this valley. He treated 'em just like they was his own kid. You'd go down there, he'd make anything fur'em, and you'd pay him when you got it. He wouldn't make you have the money right then. If you's sick he'd come and help take care of you." When asked if he remembered his grandmother, he said "I orta know her, 'cause I was her pet. Back when I was small, back in them days, women, some of them smoked. She had what she called a jug briar pipe." He said his grandmother's maiden name was Dorcas Watson. Lonnie said that Jesse lived at Stump Lake on Big Branch. "He lived just across the lake - on a branch that comes...from off of this side....That's where he had tanning yards and all. He tanned hides and made shoes for people. He worked in the blacksmith shop, built wagons. You got one of them old homemade wagons you got something that'd last you. He'd go to the woods, cut his timber, and season it. And he'd make a wagon just like one you'd bought. He raised sheep, goats, yearlings, chickens, turkeys and geese. Him and his family made shoes, clothes, anything you'd want made, he made it. Grandaddy could do anything, I reckon, you could do in a blacksmith shop." When asked if Lonnie went with him to the blacksmith shop he replied, "He never would let me. I wasn't very large then." Jesse was probably a Hard-shell Baptist, but Lonnie also said he was Missionary Baptist. He said his grandparents died before 1910 "in the place we entered for the government." Sherman Isbell wrote "He (Jesse) received a grant of 160 acres in St. Clair on 4 October 1855."
Children:
Mary Ellen “Sis” Isbell Richardson Watson (1839-aft 1 Jun 1900) FAG#135428235
Margaret “Marg” Isbell Pack (1842-abt 1914)
James K. Polk “Bud” Isbell (1844-bef 1 Jun 1900)
Hugh Marion “Babe” Isbell (1846-1927)
Missouri Emeline “Dude” Isbell (1848-1920)
Sarah Isbell (1850-aft 1 Jun 1860)
Nancy “Nannie” Dorcas Isbell Epperson (1852-aft 15 Apr 1910)
Elizabeth “Jane” Isbell Nelson (1857-1936)
Mahala “Ellen” Isbell Adams (1861-1940)
Stephen A. Douglas “Steve” Isbell (1862-1924)
America “Merica” Isbell (1864-1911)
Siblings:
Polly Isbell (1820-????)*
Jesse Isbell (1822-1905)*
Hugh G. Isbell (1824-1889)*
William Isbell (1826-1900)**
Zachariah Isbell (1828-1897)**
Female Infant Isbell (1830-1830)**
Godfrey Isbell (1831-1882)**
John Q. Isbell (1832-1915)**
James P. Isbell (1835-1902)**
Ezekiel Isbell (1837-1864)**
George Washington Isbell (1841-1912)**
Henry Isbell (1843-1915)**
Nancy Emaline Isbell Nichols (1845-1900/1910**
Lonnie Adams was interviewed on 17 Sep 1984 by Rev. Sherman Isbell, Pat Isabel Brown and Mary Fowler Geier. Lonnie who was the son of Ellen Isbell Adams had vivid memories of his grandparents. He stayed with them as a child.
When asked what Jesse looked like, Lonnie replied, "His eyes was blue...(he was) great big what I call double jointed fellow. All the Isbells was large. Some people called them rawboned people. Not fleshy, just tall and big boned made. Wasn't no fat on'em because they kept that worked off. I reckon Grandpa was just like a father to might near everybody that lived up and down this valley. He treated 'em just like they was his own kid. You'd go down there, he'd make anything fur'em, and you'd pay him when you got it. He wouldn't make you have the money right then. If you's sick he'd come and help take care of you." When asked if he remembered his grandmother, he said "I orta know her, 'cause I was her pet. Back when I was small, back in them days, women, some of them smoked. She had what she called a jug briar pipe." He said his grandmother's maiden name was Dorcas Watson. Lonnie said that Jesse lived at Stump Lake on Big Branch. "He lived just across the lake - on a branch that comes...from off of this side....That's where he had tanning yards and all. He tanned hides and made shoes for people. He worked in the blacksmith shop, built wagons. You got one of them old homemade wagons you got something that'd last you. He'd go to the woods, cut his timber, and season it. And he'd make a wagon just like one you'd bought. He raised sheep, goats, yearlings, chickens, turkeys and geese. Him and his family made shoes, clothes, anything you'd want made, he made it. Grandaddy could do anything, I reckon, you could do in a blacksmith shop." When asked if Lonnie went with him to the blacksmith shop he replied, "He never would let me. I wasn't very large then." Jesse was probably a Hard-shell Baptist, but Lonnie also said he was Missionary Baptist. He said his grandparents died before 1910 "in the place we entered for the government." Sherman Isbell wrote "He (Jesse) received a grant of 160 acres in St. Clair on 4 October 1855."
Children:
Mary Ellen “Sis” Isbell Richardson Watson (1839-aft 1 Jun 1900) FAG#135428235
Margaret “Marg” Isbell Pack (1842-abt 1914)
James K. Polk “Bud” Isbell (1844-bef 1 Jun 1900)
Hugh Marion “Babe” Isbell (1846-1927)
Missouri Emeline “Dude” Isbell (1848-1920)
Sarah Isbell (1850-aft 1 Jun 1860)
Nancy “Nannie” Dorcas Isbell Epperson (1852-aft 15 Apr 1910)
Elizabeth “Jane” Isbell Nelson (1857-1936)
Mahala “Ellen” Isbell Adams (1861-1940)
Stephen A. Douglas “Steve” Isbell (1862-1924)
America “Merica” Isbell (1864-1911)
Siblings:
Polly Isbell (1820-????)*
Jesse Isbell (1822-1905)*
Hugh G. Isbell (1824-1889)*
William Isbell (1826-1900)**
Zachariah Isbell (1828-1897)**
Female Infant Isbell (1830-1830)**
Godfrey Isbell (1831-1882)**
John Q. Isbell (1832-1915)**
James P. Isbell (1835-1902)**
Ezekiel Isbell (1837-1864)**
George Washington Isbell (1841-1912)**
Henry Isbell (1843-1915)**
Nancy Emaline Isbell Nichols (1845-1900/1910**
Birthdate taken from Gentry Family Bible record. His parents were in Jackson County by 1819. Death year taken from hand carved piece of stone in Stewart Cemetery.
Lonnie Adams was interviewed on 17 Sep 1984 by Rev. Sherman Isbell, Pat Isabel Brown and Mary Fowler Geier. Lonnie who was the son of Ellen Isbell Adams had vivid memories of his grandparents. He stayed with them as a child.
When asked what Jesse looked like, Lonnie replied, "His eyes was blue...(he was) great big what I call double jointed fellow. All the Isbells was large. Some people called them rawboned people. Not fleshy, just tall and big boned made. Wasn't no fat on'em because they kept that worked off. I reckon Grandpa was just like a father to might near everybody that lived up and down this valley. He treated 'em just like they was his own kid. You'd go down there, he'd make anything fur'em, and you'd pay him when you got it. He wouldn't make you have the money right then. If you's sick he'd come and help take care of you." When asked if he remembered his grandmother, he said "I orta know her, 'cause I was her pet. Back when I was small, back in them days, women, some of them smoked. She had what she called a jug briar pipe." He said his grandmother's maiden name was Dorcas Watson. Lonnie said that Jesse lived at Stump Lake on Big Branch. "He lived just across the lake - on a branch that comes...from off of this side....That's where he had tanning yards and all. He tanned hides and made shoes for people. He worked in the blacksmith shop, built wagons. You got one of them old homemade wagons you got something that'd last you. He'd go to the woods, cut his timber, and season it. And he'd make a wagon just like one you'd bought. He raised sheep, goats, yearlings, chickens, turkeys and geese. Him and his family made shoes, clothes, anything you'd want made, he made it. Grandaddy could do anything, I reckon, you could do in a blacksmith shop." When asked if Lonnie went with him to the blacksmith shop he replied, "He never would let me. I wasn't very large then." Jesse was probably a Hard-shell Baptist, but Lonnie also said he was Missionary Baptist. He said his grandparents died before 1910 "in the place we entered for the government." Sherman Isbell wrote "He (Jesse) received a grant of 160 acres in St. Clair on 4 October 1855."
Children:
Mary Ellen “Sis” Isbell Richardson Watson (1839-aft 1 Jun 1900) FAG#135428235
Margaret “Marg” Isbell Pack (1842-abt 1914)
James K. Polk “Bud” Isbell (1844-bef 1 Jun 1900)
Hugh Marion “Babe” Isbell (1846-1927)
Missouri Emeline “Dude” Isbell (1848-1920)
Sarah Isbell (1850-aft 1 Jun 1860)
Nancy “Nannie” Dorcas Isbell Epperson (1852-aft 15 Apr 1910)
Elizabeth “Jane” Isbell Nelson (1857-1936)
Mahala “Ellen” Isbell Adams (1861-1940)
Stephen A. Douglas “Steve” Isbell (1862-1924)
America “Merica” Isbell (1864-1911)
Siblings:
Polly Isbell (1820-????)*
Jesse Isbell (1822-1905)*
Hugh G. Isbell (1824-1889)*
William Isbell (1826-1900)**
Zachariah Isbell (1828-1897)**
Female Infant Isbell (1830-1830)**
Godfrey Isbell (1831-1882)**
John Q. Isbell (1832-1915)**
James P. Isbell (1835-1902)**
Ezekiel Isbell (1837-1864)**
George Washington Isbell (1841-1912)**
Henry Isbell (1843-1915)**
Nancy Emaline Isbell Nichols (1845-1900/1910**
Lonnie Adams was interviewed on 17 Sep 1984 by Rev. Sherman Isbell, Pat Isabel Brown and Mary Fowler Geier. Lonnie who was the son of Ellen Isbell Adams had vivid memories of his grandparents. He stayed with them as a child.
When asked what Jesse looked like, Lonnie replied, "His eyes was blue...(he was) great big what I call double jointed fellow. All the Isbells was large. Some people called them rawboned people. Not fleshy, just tall and big boned made. Wasn't no fat on'em because they kept that worked off. I reckon Grandpa was just like a father to might near everybody that lived up and down this valley. He treated 'em just like they was his own kid. You'd go down there, he'd make anything fur'em, and you'd pay him when you got it. He wouldn't make you have the money right then. If you's sick he'd come and help take care of you." When asked if he remembered his grandmother, he said "I orta know her, 'cause I was her pet. Back when I was small, back in them days, women, some of them smoked. She had what she called a jug briar pipe." He said his grandmother's maiden name was Dorcas Watson. Lonnie said that Jesse lived at Stump Lake on Big Branch. "He lived just across the lake - on a branch that comes...from off of this side....That's where he had tanning yards and all. He tanned hides and made shoes for people. He worked in the blacksmith shop, built wagons. You got one of them old homemade wagons you got something that'd last you. He'd go to the woods, cut his timber, and season it. And he'd make a wagon just like one you'd bought. He raised sheep, goats, yearlings, chickens, turkeys and geese. Him and his family made shoes, clothes, anything you'd want made, he made it. Grandaddy could do anything, I reckon, you could do in a blacksmith shop." When asked if Lonnie went with him to the blacksmith shop he replied, "He never would let me. I wasn't very large then." Jesse was probably a Hard-shell Baptist, but Lonnie also said he was Missionary Baptist. He said his grandparents died before 1910 "in the place we entered for the government." Sherman Isbell wrote "He (Jesse) received a grant of 160 acres in St. Clair on 4 October 1855."
Children:
Mary Ellen “Sis” Isbell Richardson Watson (1839-aft 1 Jun 1900) FAG#135428235
Margaret “Marg” Isbell Pack (1842-abt 1914)
James K. Polk “Bud” Isbell (1844-bef 1 Jun 1900)
Hugh Marion “Babe” Isbell (1846-1927)
Missouri Emeline “Dude” Isbell (1848-1920)
Sarah Isbell (1850-aft 1 Jun 1860)
Nancy “Nannie” Dorcas Isbell Epperson (1852-aft 15 Apr 1910)
Elizabeth “Jane” Isbell Nelson (1857-1936)
Mahala “Ellen” Isbell Adams (1861-1940)
Stephen A. Douglas “Steve” Isbell (1862-1924)
America “Merica” Isbell (1864-1911)
Siblings:
Polly Isbell (1820-????)*
Jesse Isbell (1822-1905)*
Hugh G. Isbell (1824-1889)*
William Isbell (1826-1900)**
Zachariah Isbell (1828-1897)**
Female Infant Isbell (1830-1830)**
Godfrey Isbell (1831-1882)**
John Q. Isbell (1832-1915)**
James P. Isbell (1835-1902)**
Ezekiel Isbell (1837-1864)**
George Washington Isbell (1841-1912)**
Henry Isbell (1843-1915)**
Nancy Emaline Isbell Nichols (1845-1900/1910**
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