Husband John S. Isett 1 2
Born: 14 Oct 1799 - Arch Spring, Sinking Valley, Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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Father: Jacob Isett (1760-1852) 1
Mother: Eleanor Stockdale ( -1827) 4
Marriage: 19 Jul 1825 5
Wife Mary Ann Bell 2 5
AKA: Mary N. Bell 3
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Father: Edward Bell ( - ) 3
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1 M Edward B. Isett 3
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2 M William D. Isett 3
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3 M Jacob H. Isett 3
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4 M John D. Isett 3
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5 F Eleanor Isett 2 3
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Spouse: James Kennedy Lawrence (1830-1888) 2 3 6
Marr: Aug 1867 2
6 F Mary Isett 3
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Spouse: James Gardner ( -1858) 3
7 F Ann Isett 3 7
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Spouse: Chauncey Forward Sargent ( -1904) 3 7
Marr: 29 Jul 1862 7
8 F Lucretia Isett 3
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Spouse: Dr. Sidney Thompson ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - John S. Isett
After the Revolution Abraham Sells lived a number of years at the mouth of Spruce Creek, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and later Jacob Beigle owned a tract of six hundred acres on both sides of the river, including the mill-seat, which was parceled out among his sons. In 1827, Jacob Isett purchased the property, and the same year his son, John S., made it his home, residing at Spruce Creek for some time thereafter.
He had done but little, except going to school, until his return from Alexandria in April, 1814, where he had been attending school a couple of years. He there had obtained a good education for that day, and his father gave him his choice, either to go to the Carlisle College or take his axe and go into the clearing. He chose the latter, as he was tired of study. The next fall he went into the store of Cyrus Cartwright as a clerk, where he remained a few months, then went home, and in his father's mill learned the miller's trade. In 1817 he took charge of the mill, receiving the same share of the profits as other millers did. When he had accumulated four hundred dollars he determined to go to St. Louis, where he expected to at once become rich. His father consented to his going, telling him that when his money was gone to come back, if he wished to do so. In company with John Wray, he bought in Pittsburgh a skiff, in which they went to Cincinnati, thence in a raft to Louisville, and then by steamboat to Shawneetown, from there on foot by the way of Kaskaskia to St. Louis. Not finding employment to suit him he went to Carlisle, Missouri, where he met Dr. J. H. Lambert and family, with whom he visited a short time, then went into partnership with the doctor in a small store. He was soon taken sick, and on his recovery found the business in such a condition that he was glad to accept the doctor's offer to take his money back and work on a salary. He got the work, but, owing to the failure of the doctor, never got his money, and he returned to his home a sadder but wiser young man than when he left it. For more than a year he worked on the farm after his St. Louis trip, then went into the mill again. In 1824 his father built a new mill (the one at Arch Spring), which he managed, as well as a store owned by him and his brother-in-law.
In 1826 his father bought of ex-Governor Heister the Spruce Creek property, and in October, 1827, the family moved to the new purchase, which was then their home. In 1828 the mill at Spruce Creek was built by Mr. John S. Isett, which he managed in connection with the mercantile business. In 1831 he built a residence, intending it for a tavern, but changed his mind and occupied it as a dwelling-house. During this time he was also running the farms owned by him, and was prosperous in all his business matters. In 1836 he built a small bloom forge with one hammer and two refining fires, which he carried on until 1861. In January, 1839, he was appointed by the Hon. Thomas Burnside, president judge of the Huntingdon court, sequestrator of the Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana Turnpike Company, which pike extended from Huntingdon borough to Blairsville, in Indiana County, and for twenty-six years he had charge and control of the road.
In 1844, he, with his son Jacob H., made an extended trip to the Hot Springs, Arkansas; thence, by wagon, through Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and in the following year, with his son Edward B., he went to Missouri and purchased a tract of land, on which he intended to move the next spring and raise stock; but the season was sickly, and he did not deem it advisable to move his family there.
In his religious views Mr. Isett was liberal; in his political views Democratic.
He and his wife had eight sons and four daughters, of whom three sons and four daughters were still living in 1883.