Pendleton Monroe Isbell

Confederate Civil War soldier. Company B, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry. First cousin of Pendleton Monroe Isbell (1842-1896), a Union soldier who is buried in the same cemetery.

Grandson of John Miller Isbell, the son and grandson of Zachariah Isbell Jr. and Sr., Revolutionary War soldiers and pioneer settlers of Tennessee (First Families of Tennessee). Zach Jr. was a first cousin of Henry Jr's son, Capt. Pendleton Isbell, Revolutionary War officer and a member of George Washington's Guard.

Pendleton Monroe Isbell and Nancy Dean Gunn married 28 December 1859 in Monroe County, Tennessee. After her death, he married Amanda Jane Howard Bird.

The Sweetwater Telephone, Thursday, March 9, 1905: "Pent Isbell, one of the oldest and best known citizens of the county, died Tuesday night at nine o'clock, at the residence of John McDaniel, near Gaines' School House. Deceased was 75 years of age, and was a familiar character in this section. He was an ex-Confederate soldier."

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 William Jr., Henry + wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation 3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 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; possibly others 4 Hon. Capt. Zachary/Zachariah Isbell b c1722 + Elizabeth 5 Lt. Zachariah Isbell Jr. + Elizabeth Miller John Miller Isbell 1777-1853 +1st wife unknown 6 Martin Isbell + Ann Walker 7 Pendleton Monroe Isbell 1828-1905* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 12 2021, 18:12:20 UTC