11. Ursula Ison
1 _MDCL She was blind for 20 years prior to death-retinitis pigmentosis
They lived at the mouth of Adams Branch on Rock House Cr. near IsomKentucky.
91. Gideon Adams
1 _MDCL Had Retinitis pigmentosis
No children.
Not Married.
12. John Ison
1 _MDCL had retinitis pigmentosa but didn't go blind
John and Nancy lived at the fork of Kingdom Come Creek in Letcher CoKentucky. Just above the old home of Marion Ison....Home of Carol SmithLetcher County Judge Executive1994-2002. It later became the BlackburnHogg Place then Bertha Ison lived there and her daughter ForrestineAckmon and son Parnell Fields . Eventually Bertha moved down to themouth of Cotton Patch as did Forrestine and Parnell moved to Mill Branchnear Roxana. And the old house has been torn down. The road, fromArthur Ison Place on to where the road turns up the hill at the HenryIson Place, goes through the creek most of the way. Was illiterate per1850 census.
101. Job Ison
1 _MDCL born deaf, lost vision in one eye and then the other
Job was born deaf and sometime during childhood he lost vision in one ofhis eyes. His inheritance went to his brother William for his care andhe lived with William. He did chores around the place and they includedchopping wood for the cook stove. While chopping wood, Job's other eyewas blinded by a flying piece of wood. He had never learned universalsign language and deaf and blind and unable to speak he was almostcompletely without means of communication with the world. His brotherWilliam died in 1933 and he had to find another place to live. Hissister-in-law, Cillar, took him in and kept him until he died in 1954 andgave him the very best of care.
105. Eli Ison
Sally had left Henry and come home and Henry had come to see her and wasabusing her and there was a fight and Henry killed Eli who wasn't yet 12years old.
1 _MDCL had retinitis pigmentosis was blind for about 15 years prior to his death
George made his home at the mouth of Paw Paw Hollow on the North Fork ofthe Kentucky River in Letcher Co., Kentucky approximately eight milesdown river from Whitesburg. He owned from the top of the mountain to theriver on the north side of the valley from just above the Premium Depotto within a hundred yards of the sharp curve at the Armilda Combs placeabout 1/2 mile above the mouth of Kingdom Come Creek. His property onthe south side of the river started across from the starting line on thenorth side and went from the river to the top of the ridge and continuedup to a short distance up river from the present day bridge access toKingdom Come Creek and extended up Kingdom Come from hill top to hill topand extended to the Donald Gaye Ison property (about 1 1/2mile) borderinghis brother John's property which included most of the rest of KingdomCome. His property ended at the upper end of his son Eli's farm on theright side of the creek. That area belonged to the Fields family. Hewas the owner of nine slaves at the end of the civil war and they adoptedthe name Isom and were living in the area of Isom, Kentucky for some timeafter they were freed.He made his living by farming and harvesting and selling his timber. Hebecame blind about 15 to 20 years prior to his death. He continued towork around his home and could tell by feeling of his hogs while theyate, which ones were growing well and which were not. He was illiterateper 1850 census.
He started a burial ground on the ridge adjacent to his home and it hasmany members of the family buried there as well as many friends and inlaws of the extended family. He and Hannah are buried side by side. TheSons of the Confederacy placed a stone on his grave.
All of their sons had a liking for moonshine.
Hannah was the daughter of Eli Hall and grew up on Defeated Creek.George grew up at the mouth of Defeated Creek so Hannah was the girl nextdoor even though they lived 5 or 6 miles apart. She helped George raise their family and would have had to face a number of hardships in order to do so. During the Civil War, she kept her milch cows in the woods near the top of the mountain and hid her meat out and what she brought to the house to use she kept hidden in the fire place under the ashes until she was ready to prepare it for a meal.
The soldiers and deserters of both sides were roaming the countryside and would take anything they needed if you were unfortunate enough for them to find you in possession of things useful to them. They took clothing, blankets, horses and food. Hannah and George managed to make it through the war and when their children grew up their property was divided up among them. Their families have been very successful and have scattered to the four winds.
She smoked a clay pipe. When she was old she is said to have been trying to get a calf to go into a barn stall or gate and had it by the head and tail and while twisting its tail she told it "You had better get in there for I'm as stout as the devil!"
1 _MDCL died at age 47 and no record of retinitis pigmentosa and no record of decendants having it
He, Bony, is buried at the mouth of Defeated Creek, Linefork Creek acrossLinefork Creek from where Defeated empties into Linefork on the pointbehind the old Gideon IV home place. Also buried there is his fatherGideon IV and his son Kelly. He and Lethiann lived at the mouth of thesecond branch on the right as you go up Defeated Creek. She lived therewith Matthew Fields after Boney died. The two room log house with a dogtrot was still standing in the late '50's early '60's. When they married(Bony and Malitha), she was only 17 years old, 20 years younger than the37 year old Bony. They had been married only 10 years when he died ofpneumonia.Marvin Ingram, Kelly's grandson, said that he had heard some of the sonsof Kelly sitting around talking and one of the older ones said that whenhe was about eight years old a black man came around to Kelly's and said"Kelly, I am your brother." He stayed around Defeated Creek for sometime then moved on. I don't know what kind of reception he was given byKelly. This fits in with my suspicions that Bony had spent a lot of timewith the slave girls and felt no need to marry a white girl. In the timebetween puberty and 37 years old, he could have fathered a large numberof children. Even though he may have had tender feelings for the slavewomen, it would have been very hard for a man to marry or even keep as acommon law wife a black woman after the freeing of the slaves so itbecame necessary for him to marry a white woman. His mother-in-law,Katie, was about three years younger than he was and she lived on the farend of his farm after he was married.....
From the way Hazel talked, her grandmother had a rough time growing up.It seems that Katie (Lethiann's Mother) was a good time girl and that herchildren had to see to her male guests, carry them water and wood and doother things for them which caused their lives to be less than pleasant.
Her name was Malitha Ann per the 1870 census but she was calledLethiann. She had eight half siblings by her father and four halfsiblings by her mother so she was well endowed with siblings.
Her second husband, Mat, is listed as being a boarder and farm laborerwith her neighbors Gideon and Mary Ison in the 1880 census and is listedas being 20 years old which would make him 8 years younger than Lethiann.
She reared her family, both Ison and Fields, on Defeated Creek offLinefork Creek in Letcher County, Kentucky at the mouth of the secondbranch on the right side going up in a log cabin which consisted of 2 logrooms separated by an open passage between the two rooms which wasreferred to as a dog-trot. The cabin was still standing in the 1950's.
Her mother in law, Rachel Stamper Ison, was blind for around twenty yearsfrom retinitis pigmentosa during the latter part of her life and she hadbeen living with her son Bony and Lethiann at the time of Bony's deathand was listed as being a resident of their household in 1880 census.
15. Elijah Ison
1 _MDCL no record of retinitis pigmentosa but some of his decendants have it
He lived at Isom, Kentucky and his son established the Isom stock yardsand the business area built up from his efforts. He lived near where hismother Rachel had lived at the time she married his father Gideon. Abranch was named after his mother's family, Stamper branch, at Isom andthe water of the branch flowed through the Isom stock yards. He was oneof two Elijas who joined the Confederate army and since he was the elderof the two he was listed as Sr. and enlisted on October 10, 1862 in Co.H, 13th Regiment Cavalry, KY Volunteers, CSA
16. Moses Ison
1 _MDCL had retinitis pigmentosis
He lived and reared his family on one of the finer pieces of propertyalong the Kentucky River located up river from Blackey Kentucky aboutfour miles and in the mouth of a nice hollow. It had large fields andwas nicely laid out. It remained in his family up until the 1980's andone of his grand daughters Arlie Hall and her husband built a lovelyyellow brick home up in the hollow and it was a mighty fine home in itsday.
17. Jonah Ison
He reared his family on Leatherwood Creek, Perry Co., Kentucky. His songrandson George was known as Logging George and lived in Letcher Countyand George's sons and grandsons live in Letcher Co., Kentucky.
George married Arminta first then Juda then Mahala. George was a wealthyman who was blunt and rather a rough type of person. He traded indifferent things including land, timber, livestock, merchandising andsawmilling. It is said that he went to do some business in Lexington andin the business establishment a sales person approached with an extendedhand and said "My name is Pigg." George extended his hand and said"Hogg." The man became red faced and angry thinking that George wasmaking fun of his name. George rectified the situation by saying "I'mHogg by name and hog by nature and if you do any business with me youwill find this to be true." and proceeded to tell him what his businessthere was.
148. Harvey Ison
Not married
151. Cora Ison
Not Married
1 _MDCL had Retinitis Pigmentosis
Daniel D. was known as Dock Ison and lived and reared his family in themouth of the "Boyd Caudill Hollow" at UZ, Letcher Co., Kentucky.Apparently he owned property along the North Fork of the Kentucky Riverbeginning on the south side of the river just above the 1915 bridge atKingdom Come Creek and beginning at the first river bottom up river fromthe bridge on the north side of the river and extending up river to ornear Ice, Kentucky extending from mountain top to mountain top both sidesof the river. I am not sure if or how far up the Dry Fork Creek his landextended. His son, John, got the home place and reared his own familythere. Later, John's nephew, Boyd Caudill, bought the place and thenafter he had his family grown he sold the place to a coal company. Son,Zack, lived up the hollow from John and daughter Lucinda and husbandlived in the mouth of the hollow on the right looking up the hollow.Daughter Mahala "Hade" got the land across the river from the homeplace. Son Eke lived on the up river side of the UZ school. Daughter,Malissa, and husband got land on the up river side of the tunnel.
19. Gideon Ison V
He lived in his father's home place and reared his family in hischildhood home. He passed it on to his son Byrd. The home place wasburned in the 1980's. The family cemetery is located on the edge of thehill just back of where the home stood.
Enlisted in the Confederate army on August 29, 1862 and was a Pvt. in Co.B, 13th Regiment Cavalry, KY Volunteers, CSA
Divorced Mary Halcomb. Cynthia died shortly after they were married
No Children