Administrator, Superintendent, President of the Board of Managers, Christ’s Home, Warminster, Pennsylvania. Attended Philadelphia Bible College; lay preacher, 1942-1985; draftsman, Philco Corp., c1945 -1948. Became Superintendent of Christ's Home in 1948 at just 28 years of age.
"Established in 1903," the official history states, "Christ’s Home was founded as a faith based non-denominational organization caring for children in Philadelphia. Christ’s Home moved to Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1907. The Warminster campus currently operates three group homes for children ages 4-16, an Infant & Toddler program, a Teen Mother/Baby program, and a Transitional Living Program for teenage boys.
"In 1936, a branch of Christ’s Home for Children opened in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Originally serving preschool age children, the Paradise campus currently operates two group homes for children ages newborn-16 and a Transitional Living Program for teenage girls. Our second Teen Mother/Baby house opened on our Paradise Campus in October 2015.
"Christ’s Home purchased St. Stephen’s Farm in Warminster and opened the Retirement Community in 1923 as a modest home to meet the needs of aging adults in the area. Over the years several small expansions took place to add additional independent living apartments, personal care, and skilled nursing care."
In 1964, Christ’s Home consisted of 300+ residents and a staff of 50, 350 acres, 30 buildings including 8 children’s dormitories in Warminster and two in Paradise, dormitories for homeless men, women, elderly residences, a farm, bakery, etc. His own residence, where he and Edna raised six children, was the former “home of William Tennant whose Log College graduates founded 63 schools including Princeton University.” (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9). (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9).
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell married Edna Kapral in 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edna May Kapral, (born 18 Nov 1922 Philadelphia, died 13 Oct 2020) was the daughter of Edward and Mary/Marie ("May") Sophie Taylor Kapral.
Obituary: ISBELL, Robert Morris, 87; Ft Myers FL; Ft. Myers News Press, July 11, 2007:
ISBELL, ROBERT MORRIS, 87, of Fort Myers, died Monday. Arrangements by ICS Cremation Society, Inc.
Author: "Giving Attendance to Reading" by Robert Morris Isbell; Preacher's Magazine, v.68 number 4 (June 1, 1993) pp. 24-5.
In “The Most Excellent Way” (1968), Rev. Isbell edited and published Rev. Robert C. Kircher’s (1893-1953) sermon entitled “The Way of Love,” and described his predecessor in words that might apply to himself in many respects: “His labors at Christ’s Home, during some forty-two years were many and varied. He worked at baking, digging trenches for pipelines, removing poison ivy. He dug graves, cleaned cesspools, and operated a sewage disposal plant. He and his wife were house-parents to a group of twenty-two teen-age boys, and raised four children of their own besides. His last five years were spent as President of the Board of Managers and Superintendent of the Home.”
Social Security Death Index
Name: Robert M. Isbell
Last Residence: 33908 Fort Myers, Lee, Florida
Born:4 Oct 1919
Died:9 Jul 2007
State (Year) SSN issued:Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell was the grandfather of horror film producer Jeremy Isbell.
Descendant of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass. c1634 and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655. According to family trees, he was a 3rd-great-uncle of Digory Isbell (1714-1795), an early convert of John Wesley (1703-1791) The Reformer, and whose home in Cornwall is a Methodist museum today.
Lineage:
Robert Isbell 1600-1655 Cornwall to Salem
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell 1640-1677
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III 1676-1718
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Eleaser Isbell II 1740-1777 (3rd cousin of Digory Isbell)
+Hannah Parmalee
Eleazer Isbell III 1768-1850
+Sarah Isbell
Frederick Isbell 1813-1881
+Jane Roxanna Bogue Wicks
Charles Edmond Isbell 1855-1942
+Blanche R. Lamberton
Charles Albert Isbell 1886-1947
+Dora Kohn
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell 1919-2007
"Established in 1903," the official history states, "Christ’s Home was founded as a faith based non-denominational organization caring for children in Philadelphia. Christ’s Home moved to Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1907. The Warminster campus currently operates three group homes for children ages 4-16, an Infant & Toddler program, a Teen Mother/Baby program, and a Transitional Living Program for teenage boys.
"In 1936, a branch of Christ’s Home for Children opened in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Originally serving preschool age children, the Paradise campus currently operates two group homes for children ages newborn-16 and a Transitional Living Program for teenage girls. Our second Teen Mother/Baby house opened on our Paradise Campus in October 2015.
"Christ’s Home purchased St. Stephen’s Farm in Warminster and opened the Retirement Community in 1923 as a modest home to meet the needs of aging adults in the area. Over the years several small expansions took place to add additional independent living apartments, personal care, and skilled nursing care."
In 1964, Christ’s Home consisted of 300+ residents and a staff of 50, 350 acres, 30 buildings including 8 children’s dormitories in Warminster and two in Paradise, dormitories for homeless men, women, elderly residences, a farm, bakery, etc. His own residence, where he and Edna raised six children, was the former “home of William Tennant whose Log College graduates founded 63 schools including Princeton University.” (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9). (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9).
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell married Edna Kapral in 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edna May Kapral, (born 18 Nov 1922 Philadelphia, died 13 Oct 2020) was the daughter of Edward and Mary/Marie ("May") Sophie Taylor Kapral.
Obituary: ISBELL, Robert Morris, 87; Ft Myers FL; Ft. Myers News Press, July 11, 2007:
ISBELL, ROBERT MORRIS, 87, of Fort Myers, died Monday. Arrangements by ICS Cremation Society, Inc.
Author: "Giving Attendance to Reading" by Robert Morris Isbell; Preacher's Magazine, v.68 number 4 (June 1, 1993) pp. 24-5.
In “The Most Excellent Way” (1968), Rev. Isbell edited and published Rev. Robert C. Kircher’s (1893-1953) sermon entitled “The Way of Love,” and described his predecessor in words that might apply to himself in many respects: “His labors at Christ’s Home, during some forty-two years were many and varied. He worked at baking, digging trenches for pipelines, removing poison ivy. He dug graves, cleaned cesspools, and operated a sewage disposal plant. He and his wife were house-parents to a group of twenty-two teen-age boys, and raised four children of their own besides. His last five years were spent as President of the Board of Managers and Superintendent of the Home.”
Social Security Death Index
Name: Robert M. Isbell
Last Residence: 33908 Fort Myers, Lee, Florida
Born:4 Oct 1919
Died:9 Jul 2007
State (Year) SSN issued:Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell was the grandfather of horror film producer Jeremy Isbell.
Descendant of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass. c1634 and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655. According to family trees, he was a 3rd-great-uncle of Digory Isbell (1714-1795), an early convert of John Wesley (1703-1791) The Reformer, and whose home in Cornwall is a Methodist museum today.
Lineage:
Robert Isbell 1600-1655 Cornwall to Salem
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell 1640-1677
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III 1676-1718
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Eleaser Isbell II 1740-1777 (3rd cousin of Digory Isbell)
+Hannah Parmalee
Eleazer Isbell III 1768-1850
+Sarah Isbell
Frederick Isbell 1813-1881
+Jane Roxanna Bogue Wicks
Charles Edmond Isbell 1855-1942
+Blanche R. Lamberton
Charles Albert Isbell 1886-1947
+Dora Kohn
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell 1919-2007
Administrator, Superintendent, President of the Board of Managers, Christ’s Home, Warminster, Pennsylvania. Attended Philadelphia Bible College; lay preacher, 1942-1985; draftsman, Philco Corp., c1945 -1948. Became Superintendent of Christ's Home in 1948 at just 28 years of age.
"Established in 1903," the official history states, "Christ’s Home was founded as a faith based non-denominational organization caring for children in Philadelphia. Christ’s Home moved to Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1907. The Warminster campus currently operates three group homes for children ages 4-16, an Infant & Toddler program, a Teen Mother/Baby program, and a Transitional Living Program for teenage boys.
"In 1936, a branch of Christ’s Home for Children opened in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Originally serving preschool age children, the Paradise campus currently operates two group homes for children ages newborn-16 and a Transitional Living Program for teenage girls. Our second Teen Mother/Baby house opened on our Paradise Campus in October 2015.
"Christ’s Home purchased St. Stephen’s Farm in Warminster and opened the Retirement Community in 1923 as a modest home to meet the needs of aging adults in the area. Over the years several small expansions took place to add additional independent living apartments, personal care, and skilled nursing care."
In 1964, Christ’s Home consisted of 300+ residents and a staff of 50, 350 acres, 30 buildings including 8 children’s dormitories in Warminster and two in Paradise, dormitories for homeless men, women, elderly residences, a farm, bakery, etc. His own residence, where he and Edna raised six children, was the former “home of William Tennant whose Log College graduates founded 63 schools including Princeton University.” (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9). (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9).
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell married Edna Kapral in 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edna May Kapral, (born 18 Nov 1922 Philadelphia, died 13 Oct 2020) was the daughter of Edward and Mary/Marie ("May") Sophie Taylor Kapral.
Obituary: ISBELL, Robert Morris, 87; Ft Myers FL; Ft. Myers News Press, July 11, 2007:
ISBELL, ROBERT MORRIS, 87, of Fort Myers, died Monday. Arrangements by ICS Cremation Society, Inc.
Author: "Giving Attendance to Reading" by Robert Morris Isbell; Preacher's Magazine, v.68 number 4 (June 1, 1993) pp. 24-5.
In “The Most Excellent Way” (1968), Rev. Isbell edited and published Rev. Robert C. Kircher’s (1893-1953) sermon entitled “The Way of Love,” and described his predecessor in words that might apply to himself in many respects: “His labors at Christ’s Home, during some forty-two years were many and varied. He worked at baking, digging trenches for pipelines, removing poison ivy. He dug graves, cleaned cesspools, and operated a sewage disposal plant. He and his wife were house-parents to a group of twenty-two teen-age boys, and raised four children of their own besides. His last five years were spent as President of the Board of Managers and Superintendent of the Home.”
Social Security Death Index
Name: Robert M. Isbell
Last Residence: 33908 Fort Myers, Lee, Florida
Born:4 Oct 1919
Died:9 Jul 2007
State (Year) SSN issued:Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell was the grandfather of horror film producer Jeremy Isbell.
Descendant of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass. c1634 and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655. According to family trees, he was a 3rd-great-uncle of Digory Isbell (1714-1795), an early convert of John Wesley (1703-1791) The Reformer, and whose home in Cornwall is a Methodist museum today.
Lineage:
Robert Isbell 1600-1655 Cornwall to Salem
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell 1640-1677
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III 1676-1718
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Eleaser Isbell II 1740-1777 (3rd cousin of Digory Isbell)
+Hannah Parmalee
Eleazer Isbell III 1768-1850
+Sarah Isbell
Frederick Isbell 1813-1881
+Jane Roxanna Bogue Wicks
Charles Edmond Isbell 1855-1942
+Blanche R. Lamberton
Charles Albert Isbell 1886-1947
+Dora Kohn
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell 1919-2007
"Established in 1903," the official history states, "Christ’s Home was founded as a faith based non-denominational organization caring for children in Philadelphia. Christ’s Home moved to Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1907. The Warminster campus currently operates three group homes for children ages 4-16, an Infant & Toddler program, a Teen Mother/Baby program, and a Transitional Living Program for teenage boys.
"In 1936, a branch of Christ’s Home for Children opened in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Originally serving preschool age children, the Paradise campus currently operates two group homes for children ages newborn-16 and a Transitional Living Program for teenage girls. Our second Teen Mother/Baby house opened on our Paradise Campus in October 2015.
"Christ’s Home purchased St. Stephen’s Farm in Warminster and opened the Retirement Community in 1923 as a modest home to meet the needs of aging adults in the area. Over the years several small expansions took place to add additional independent living apartments, personal care, and skilled nursing care."
In 1964, Christ’s Home consisted of 300+ residents and a staff of 50, 350 acres, 30 buildings including 8 children’s dormitories in Warminster and two in Paradise, dormitories for homeless men, women, elderly residences, a farm, bakery, etc. His own residence, where he and Edna raised six children, was the former “home of William Tennant whose Log College graduates founded 63 schools including Princeton University.” (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9). (Trenton, N.J. Evening Times, Dec. 13, 1964, pp.V-1,V-9).
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell married Edna Kapral in 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edna May Kapral, (born 18 Nov 1922 Philadelphia, died 13 Oct 2020) was the daughter of Edward and Mary/Marie ("May") Sophie Taylor Kapral.
Obituary: ISBELL, Robert Morris, 87; Ft Myers FL; Ft. Myers News Press, July 11, 2007:
ISBELL, ROBERT MORRIS, 87, of Fort Myers, died Monday. Arrangements by ICS Cremation Society, Inc.
Author: "Giving Attendance to Reading" by Robert Morris Isbell; Preacher's Magazine, v.68 number 4 (June 1, 1993) pp. 24-5.
In “The Most Excellent Way” (1968), Rev. Isbell edited and published Rev. Robert C. Kircher’s (1893-1953) sermon entitled “The Way of Love,” and described his predecessor in words that might apply to himself in many respects: “His labors at Christ’s Home, during some forty-two years were many and varied. He worked at baking, digging trenches for pipelines, removing poison ivy. He dug graves, cleaned cesspools, and operated a sewage disposal plant. He and his wife were house-parents to a group of twenty-two teen-age boys, and raised four children of their own besides. His last five years were spent as President of the Board of Managers and Superintendent of the Home.”
Social Security Death Index
Name: Robert M. Isbell
Last Residence: 33908 Fort Myers, Lee, Florida
Born:4 Oct 1919
Died:9 Jul 2007
State (Year) SSN issued:Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell was the grandfather of horror film producer Jeremy Isbell.
Descendant of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass. c1634 and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655. According to family trees, he was a 3rd-great-uncle of Digory Isbell (1714-1795), an early convert of John Wesley (1703-1791) The Reformer, and whose home in Cornwall is a Methodist museum today.
Lineage:
Robert Isbell 1600-1655 Cornwall to Salem
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell 1640-1677
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III 1676-1718
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Eleaser Isbell II 1740-1777 (3rd cousin of Digory Isbell)
+Hannah Parmalee
Eleazer Isbell III 1768-1850
+Sarah Isbell
Frederick Isbell 1813-1881
+Jane Roxanna Bogue Wicks
Charles Edmond Isbell 1855-1942
+Blanche R. Lamberton
Charles Albert Isbell 1886-1947
+Dora Kohn
Rev. Robert Morris Isbell 1919-2007
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