William Bradley Isham

Namesake of Manhattan's Isham Park: http://myinwood.net/history-of-inwoods-isham-park/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isham_Park

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From the 1860 federal census, William B. Isham lived in New York City with his wife and sons. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head William B Isham 30
• Wife Julia Isham 30
• Son Charles Isham 7
• Son Samuel Isham 5
• Son William Isham 3 From the 1870 federal census, William B. Isham lived in New York City with his wife and children. The family at the time consisted of:
• Head (implied) William B Isham 43
• Wife Julia B Isham 41
• Son Charles Isham 17
• Son Samuel Isham 15
• Son William B Isham 12
• Son Porter Isham 7
• Daughter Julia Isham 4 From the 1880 federal census, William B. Isham lived in New York City with his wife and children. The family at the time consisted of:
• Head William B. Isham 53
• Wife Burhans Isham 50
• Son Charles Isham 26
• Son Samuel Isham 24
• Son William B. Isham 22
• Son Porter Isham 17
• Daughter Julia Isham 14
• Daughter Flora Isham 7

The New York Times reported on April 10, 1909 that the will of William B. Isham, a retired leather merchant, who died at his home at 5 East 61st Street on March 23 and that of his daughter-in-law, Sarah Collins Isham, who died on September 4, were filed on April 9, 1909. The value of the real and personal estate left by Mr. Isham is said in the petition to be more than $10,000 in each case. He bequests to his wife, Julia B. Isham, his residence with its contents, and expresses a wish that his children Samuel and William B., and daughters Flora and Julia, shall have the privilege of living there.