George "Fighting George" Ison b 10 Apr 1810 VA d 28 Mar 1878 s/o
George Gideon Ison
and Annie Ingram. George "Fighting George" Ison m. 17 Dec 1829 Perry
Co, KY to Lucinda Combs b about 1812 Perry Co KY d 11 Nov 1865 Letcher
Co, KY. (1860
Letcher Co KY Census). Children of George "Fighting George" Ison and Lucinda Combs;
I. George Ison b about 1833 KY
II. Elijah Ison (also see
Elijah C Ison)
b about 1839 KY d 12 Dec 1885 m. 18 Jan 1874 Letcher Co KY to Margaret
"Martha" Brashear b 18 Oct 1842 Perry Co KY d/o Isaac Brashear and Jane
"Jennie" Adams. Children of Elijah Ison and Margaret "Martha" Brashears;
1. Moses T Ison b 1868 Letcher Co KY m. 5 Nov 1893 Letcher Co KY to
Sarah Ann Pritchard b Sept 1873 Letcher Co KY d Jun 1946 d/o Henry
James Pritchard and Malinda Edwards
2. Ira Ison b about 1872 m. Bertha Banks
3. Mary Ison b 1 Aug 1872 d 5 Jul 1931 m. Joseph "Little Joe" Holcomb (aka
Halcomb) b 10 Oct 1869. Children; i. Henry Holcomb b 6 Oct 1894 m.
Dicey Ison b 24 Jan 1899 d/o Bill Ison and Sarah Dixon. ii. Carl
Holcomb b 8 Jan 1906 m. Thursa E Huff b 19 Feb 1911 Letcher Co KY d May
1986 Adams Co OH; d/o Hiram Lewis Huff and Josephine Fields. Thursa E Huff m. (2) Enoch Arden Franklin b 30 Dec 1908 Letcher Co KY d
13 Jan 2000 Horry Co SC; s/o Benjamin J "Ben" Franklin and Sarah Jane
Craft. Enoch Arden Franklin m. Mildred Smith b 25 Sept 1912 d 27 Apr
1938.
4. George Ison b 1873 d 19 Jan 1941 m. Parsha Creech b about 1873; d/o
Joe Creech. Children of George Ison and Parsha Creech; i. Pearl Ison b
28 Jan 1898 d 14 Jun 1983 Harlan Co KY m. Grant Creech s/o William
Creech and Elizabeth Ann Bailey ii. Ed Ison m. Martha Watts.
5. Cynthia Ison b about 1875 d 16 Jan 1941
6. Isaac Ison b 16 Jun 1878 d 24 Mar 1911 m. Cordelia Roark b 1885 d
1937 d/o Henry Lincoln Roark and Melvina Whitaker. Cordelia Roark m.
(2) Solomon Hammond
Margaret "Martha" Brashear m. 1861 Perry Co KY to Hiram Wesley
Hogg b
about 1840 Kings Creek, Letcher Co KY d 22 Sept 1863 Blountsville, TN;
in the Civil War; s/o Kelly Hogg and Mary "Polly" Ison. Children of
Margaret "Martha" Brashear and Hiram Wesley Hogg;
1. Kelly Hogg b about 1861 Letcher Co KY d 12 JAN 1937 m. (1) to
Susannah Ison b 15 DEC 1871 Letcher Co KY; d/o Gideon Ison IV and Mary
Ann Banks. Children of Kelly Hogg and Susannah Ison; i. Virgie Hogg m.
Henry Shang. ii. Myrtle Hogg m. Arlin Hughes iii. Pearlie Hogg iv.
Gideon Hogg v. Troy Hogg vi. Susannah Ison m. 18 Dec 1889 Letcher Co KY
to James Holcomb b 1 Sept 1862 s/o John D Holcomb and Althea Henrietta
"Ritter" Morgan.
Kelly Hogg m. 13 May 1882 Letcher Co KY to (2) Sarah "Sally" FIELDS
b
4 APR 1866 KY; d 25 Mar 1896 Letcher Co KY; d/o Ambrose J Fields and
Mary "Polly" Wilson. Children of Kelly Hogg and Sarah "Sally" Fields; i.
Polly Ann Hogg b 24 JUL 1885 d 7 May 1948; m. Zachariah "Zack" Day b
21 Jan 1885 d 1968 s/o David Day and Mary Ann "Polly" Ison. Children of
Zachariah "Zack" Day and Polly Ann Hogg; (i. Lavana DAY ii. Sallie DAY
iii. Lawrence DAY iv. Harve DAY v. Eva DAY vi. Ethel DAY vii. Kelly DAY
viii. Mary DAY ix. Martha DAY). ii. Maggie Hogg. iii. George Hogg b ? d
12 Apr 1965 m. (1) Maggie Shepherd. Children of George Hogg and Maggie
Shepherd; (i. Fess Hogg ii. Una Mae Hogg iii. Hazel Hogg iv. George
Hogg , Jr. b 15 JAN 1923). George Hogg m. (2) Hettie Ison. iv. Ambrose
Hogg v. Milton Hogg vi. Walter Hogg vii. Ida Hogg
2. Mary Hogg b about 1862 m. Joe Holcomb b 1856 d 1929
III. Elisha Ison b 1842 KY
IV. Sarah Ison b about 1845 KY
V. Lucinda Ison b about 1848 KY
VI. Jesse Ison b 4 Jan 1849-1850 Letcher Co KY d 1929 Letcher Co KY; m.
27 Sept 1872 Letcher Co KY to Francis "Fanny" Whitaker b 7 Jan 1844 d
24 Apr 1921; d/o Esquire "Squire" Whitaker and Harriett Hagins. Child
of Jesse Ison and Francis "Fanny" Whitaker;
1. Vina Ison b 6 Apr 1877 d 16 Jan 1953 Skyline, Letcher Co KY; buried
Morgan Cemetery, Linefork, Letcher Co KY; m. Douglas Irvin "Erb" Morgan
b 10 May 1876 Letcher Co, KY d 24 May 1928 Letcher Co, KY; buried D.I.
Morgan Cemetery, Linefork, Letcher Co. KY; s/o Henry Morgan and
Elizabeth Combs. Children of Douglas Irvin "Erb" Morgan and Vina
Ison;
i. Jesse MORGAN b 4 Nov 1899 Skyline, Letcher Co KY d 13 Mar 1993
Fayette Co KY; buried Lexington Cemetery, Fayette Co KY m. 8 Mar 1921 Blackey, Letcher Co KY to Ethel STAMPER
b 2 Mar 1903 Banks, Letcher Co
KY. Children: I. Parmley Orin MORGAN b 27 Dec 1929 Covington, KY II.
Coburn MORGAN b 29 Jan 1922 Skyline, Letcher Co., KY III.
Beatrice MORGAN b 5 Feb 1924 Cumberland, Harlan Co KY. ii. Stella
MORGAN b 8 Oct 1902 Letcher Co KY iii. Henry MORGAN b 27 May
1906 Letcher Co KY iv. Reva MORGAN b 28 Oct 1908 Letcher Co KY v. Reda
MORGAN b 28 Oct 1908 vi. Bertha MORGAN b 4 Oct 1912 Letcher Co KY
VII. Archable Ison b about 1853 KY
VIII. Jefferson Ison b about 1853 KY
IX. Gideon Ison b 1830 Hallie, Letcher Co., KY
X. Anna Ison (also see
Annie Ison)
b 9 Nov 1835 d 12 May 1923 d 12 MAY 1923 in Roxana, Letcher County,
Kentucky; m. Moses E. Whitaker b 22 OCT 1837 Roxana, Letcher County,
Kentucky d 6 MAR 1919 Roxana, Letcher County, Kentucky; s/o Isaac
"Little Ide" Whitaker and Ellender "Nellie" Adams. Children:
1. Jefferson "Jeptha" Ison b 1854 d 27 Nov 1927 Blackey, Letcher Co
KY; m. 1874 Letcher Co KY to Mary Stamper b 1857 d 1924 d/o Isaac
Daniel Stamper and Mary "Polly" Adams. Children of Jefferson "Jeptha"
Ison and Mary Stamper; i. Polly Ann Ison b 6 SEP 1875 ii. Lucinda Ison
b 16 MAY 1878 iii. Print Ison b 16 AUG 1880 iv. Millie Ison b 14 OCT
1882 v. Samantha Ison b 1886
2. Lucinda Whitaker b 10 MAR 1860 in Kentucky d 8 May 1938 Letcher Co
KY; m. 9 May 1879 Letcher Co KY; to Isaac D Caudill b 17 Feb 1859 KY d
19 Feb 1938; s/o William J "Stiller Bill" Caudill and Nancy Dixon.
Children of Isaac D Caudill and Lucinda Whitaker; i. Moses Caudill b 15
Apr 1879 ii. HarrIson Caudill b 26 Dec 1889
3. George D. Whitaker b 11 JUL 1862 in Kentucky d 10 Dec 1949 Letcher
Co KY; m. 24 Jan 1884 to Susan Combs b 15 May 1867 Letcher Co KY d 1
Jul 1947; d/o Edward "Big Ed" Combs and Martha "Patsy" Polly. Child; i.
Jefferson Whitaker b 1885.
4. Mary Whitaker b 11 OCT 1864 d 21 Jun 1954 m. 1880 to George W
Caudill b 5 Oct 1863 KY d 2 Feb 1946 d/o William J "Stiller Bill"
Caudill and Nancy Dixon. Children; i. Lucinda Caudill m. 1908 to Samuel
Boggs b 4 Jun 1886 Letcher Co KY ii. William Caudill b 27 Jan 1882
Roxana, Letcher Co KY d 14 Oct 1973 m. 9 Jan 1901 Letcher Co KY to
Armilda Frazier b 14 Jun 1874 Smoot Creek, Letcher Co KY d 6 Apr 1932
d/o Jonathon H "Jont" Frazier and Leodicia "Dicy" Combs. iii. Ardelia
Caudill b 23 Oct 1888 d 19 May 1922; m. George Bee Ison b 25 May 1879 d
18 Mar 1958; d/o Jesse Ison and Frances "Fannie" Whitaker. iv. Susan
Caudill b 7 Sept 1892 Letcher Co KY d 14 Sept 1930 Letcher Co KY; m. 5
Oct 1921 Letcher Co KY to Esquire Eldridge b 12 Dec 1889 d 1 Sept 1968
KY; s/o Matthew C Eldridge and Ozina Fields.
5. Margaret "Peggy Sue" Whitaker b 4 JAN 1869 d 12 Apr 1941 Letcher Co
KY; m. 26 Sept 1889 to Stephen M Back b 6 Jul 1867 Jeremiah, Letcher Co
KY d 5 Dec 1947 s/o David Back and Rachel Caudill. Stephen M Back m. 6
Nov 1942 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Martha A Maggard b 5 Feb 1871
Eolia, Letcher Co KY d/o David M "Preacher Dave" Maggard and Sarah
Mullins. Martha A Maggard m. Henry Crase b about 1870; Martha A Maggard
m. Jim Caudill. Martha A Maggard m. 17 Nov 1887 Letcher Co KY to John R
Sumpter b 1865 Letcher Co KY d 1894 Letcher Co KY.
6. Nellie Whitaker b 10 JAN 1877 d 11 Sept 1937 m. 22 Mar 1900 Letcher
Co KY to Henry C Dixon b 2 Nov 1869 KY d 21 May 1954 s/o James Dixon
and Susannah Caudill.
7. Julia Whitaker b 11 JUL 1880 d 2 Dec 1946 Letcher Co KY m. 1910
Frazier Hampton b 1879 d 20 Feb 1951 Roxana, Letcher Co KY; s/o Stephen
C Hampton and Anna Adams.
Melvina "Vina" Polly b 1839 Perry Co KY d/o
Henry Polly
and Martha Patsy Hall. Melvina "Vina" Polly m. 19 Mar 1859 Whitesburg,
Letcher Co KY to Wiley Adams b about 1836 Smoot Creek, Perry Co KY d
about 1869 Letcher Co KY s/o
Isaac B Adams and
Nancy Hayes. (1860
Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Melvina "Vina" Polly and Wiley Adams;
I. Richard Adams b about 1860 KY
The following was in the book written by Fess Whitaker, "HISTORY
OF CORPORAL FESS Whitaker". Fess Whitaker who wrote about himself, was a man who
worked with the large coal companies to aid them in purchasing land from those
folks in and around Letcher County, Kentucky, who owned the land and mineral
rights. He wrote (regarding George "Fighting George" Ison):
"One of the most peculiar men ever Letcher County had was old fighting
George Ison, on Line Fork, whom we wrote about in the first of the
book. In the time of the Civil War the Yankees had stolen all of Uncle
George's horses and cattle except one old black and white pied cow.
When Spring came he would have one of his negroes, named Wesley, to
plow the old cow and cultivate the land. He would put one half yoke on
the old cow and a home-made plow stock and plow from one-half of an
acre to one acre per day. He would milk his old cow every morning and
evening and make gravy for his slaves.
He stayed full of moonshine whisky very near all of the time after he
lost his first wife. He left Line Fork to go courting above Whitesburg
to see Aunt Vina Adams. He had a brinnal cow bringing to Whitesburg to
be shot for and the old cow would not lead very well and he wanted to
get up to Aunt Vina's home before dark, so he tied his cow to his old
horses's tail and put the spur to his old horse, which was well known
in Letcher County by the name of Blue Jack, and just as he crossed the
river at Whitesburg the old cow got stuck up in the quicksand, and the
man, feeling so good and his mind on his "sweetheart', then about fifty
years old; he looked back to see his cow about the time he hit main
street on Whitesburg and he noticed that his cow was gone and also old
'Blue Jack' had lost his tail completely.
He got James H. Frazier to look after his cow and he got one quart as
he went through Whitesburg and went on the see Aunt Vina. The next day
he came back to Whitesburg and some had heard of him being such a
fighter and told him that he had come over two hundred mile to fight
him. So he got down off of 'Blue Jack' and in about fifty minutes old
man Ison had him well whipped. That was the biggest fist and scull
fight that was ever fought in the mountains of Kentucky. After the
fight was all over old man Ison set his opponent up a glass of good
apple brandy and they drank friendly and shook hands and parted.
Old man Ison and Gudson Ingram, both of Line Fork, two large, strong
men, uneducated, and when Letcher County was cut off of Perry County,
Letcher County had to have a jail house, so the contract was let to
build twenty by thirty, and those two big strong men took the contract
to deliver all of the windows and doors and iron fixtures. There were
no roads, no teams hardly and a very few wagons, so they carried all of
the iron on their backs from Lexington. They walked every step over the
mountains and every step each way. They made three trips in one month
from Whitesburg to Lexington and returned and only got thirty-seven
dollars for the whole job. They averaged one hundred and forty pounds a
piece per load. On the first trip to Lexington they enjoyed themselves
fine and everybody that saw them enjoyed themselves. They was the pure
typical mountain type; work home-made shoes, called moccasins, old
jeans pants and coat made by their wives on the old-fashioned looms,
and flax shirts." from HISTORY OF CORPORAL FESS Whitaker, pp. 84-86,
Whitaker, Fess, 1918, Standard Printing, Louisville, KY
