Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Isbell was born about 1786, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Tompkins Isbell, was 22 and his mother, Lydia Isbell Barnes, was 17. He married Tabitha Cheatham in 1822, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died about 1845, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 61.
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Family Time Line
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- 1840 United States Federal Census
- Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
- Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: from the female personal name Isabel or its variant Isabell(a), cognates of Elizabeth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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