William Riley Isbell, son of Robert Carrol Isbell Jr. and great-grandson of Zachariah Isbell & Margaret (Brown) was killed by a tornado in April 1908 in Lamar County, Texas. Some researchers show his death as April 25, but from this newspaper dateline of the 24th, it appears he died April 23, 1908. I don't find his tombstone at findagrave.com so don't know what it might say. Baltimore Sun, April 25, 1908, Section 1, p. 2: PARIS, Texas. April 24. About 6 P.M. yesterday a tornado destroyed the eastern portion of Deport, a town 20 miles southeast of Paris, killing W.R. Isbell, a druggist., an injuring several others. The Isbell family was at supper when the storm came and Mrs. Isbell and the children ran to the stormhouse and were unhurt. Mr. Isbell remained in the house and was crushed to death when it fell. Practically all the residences on the east side of the town were destroyed, at least 25 or 30 being scattered over the country in fragments. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009

Ray, I have the following in my notes for William Riley: Interment Record for W. R., Dr. Isbell Name: W. R., Dr. Isbell Born: 28 Mar 1874 Died: 23 Apr 1908 Buried: Mt. Pleasant Location: NOT PLOTTED Notes: Woodmen of the World marker. Near child of I.R. and N.R. Rhodes and Fannie E. Brown. Pat Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Isbell" <isbell2@hotmail.com> To: <isbell@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: [ISBELL] April 23, 1908 Lamar Co., Texas William Riley Isbell, son of Robert Carrol Isbell Jr. and great-grandson of Zachariah Isbell & Margaret (Brown) was killed by a tornado in April 1908 in Lamar County, Texas. Some researchers show his death as April 25, but from this newspaper dateline of the 24th, it appears he died April 23, 1908. I don't find his tombstone at findagrave.com so don't know what it might say. Baltimore Sun, April 25, 1908, Section 1, p. 2: PARIS, Texas. April 24. About 6 P.M. yesterday a tornado destroyed the eastern portion of Deport, a town 20 miles southeast of Paris, killing W.R. Isbell, a druggist., an injuring several others. The Isbell family was at supper when the storm came and Mrs. Isbell and the children ran to the stormhouse and were unhurt. Mr. Isbell remained in the house and was crushed to death when it fell. Practically all the residences on the east side of the town were destroyed, at least 25 or 30 being scattered over the country in fragments. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009 Did your paper trail end? Are you up against a brick wall? Genetic genealogy can help you here; http://www.familytreedna.com/cj.asp?ftdna_ref=251 Anderson County Tennessee http://www.AndersonCoTn.com Campbell County Tennessee http://www.CampbellCoTn.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISBELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message