Isabella Shultz

Brief Life History of Isabella

Isabella Shultz was born on 1 April 1819, in Virginia, United States as the daughter of George Shultz. She married James W Smith on 20 June 1837, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pike, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Riverhead District, Augusta, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 2 July 1892, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Steeles Tavern, Augusta, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James W Smith
1816–1904
Isabella Shultz
1819–1892
Marriage: 20 June 1837
Susannah Smith
1838–1912
William Henry Smith
1840–1920
John Nelson Smith
1841–1923
Mary G Smith
1844–1918
Eliza Jane Smith
1847–1918
George Washington Smith
1849–1913
James H Smith
1850–1910
Luther Alexander Smith
1853–
Alvin Sylvester Smith
1855–1911
Albert S. Smith
1855–
Samuel Speak Smith
1857–1929
Rose B Smith
1862–1955

Sources (78)

  • Isabella Smith in household of James W Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Isabella, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Isabella Shultz, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schulz and Schultz , Polish Szulc , and Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Šulc (see Sulc ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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