Twin sister of William Joseph Dowdy.
Niece of John Findley (1808-1888) whose farm she and her husband inherited. John and Elmira Findley are buried nearby.
Jane Isbell High School was named for her, 1921. It later became Asbury High School.
She was called Jane. Several references say Eliza Jane. "Little Liza Jane" was a popular folk song of the Civil War era.
Name is given as Elizabeth Jane Dowdy Isbell in the Alabama Legislative Record, Nov. 30, 1923; History of Marshall County (1969) by Katherine McKinstry Duncan and Larry Joe Smith, p.121, and Alabama Life Magazine (Nov.-Dec. 1978), p.41.
Twin sister of William Joseph Dowdy.
Niece of John Findley (1808-1888) whose farm she and her husband inherited. John and Elmira Findley are buried nearby.
Jane Isbell High School was named for her, 1921. It later became Asbury High School.
She was called Jane. Several references say Eliza Jane. "Little Liza Jane" was a popular folk song of the Civil War era.
Name is given as Elizabeth Jane Dowdy Isbell in the Alabama Legislative Record, Nov. 30, 1923; History of Marshall County (1969) by Katherine McKinstry Duncan and Larry Joe Smith, p.121, and Alabama Life Magazine (Nov.-Dec. 1978), p.41.
Family Members
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William Joseph Isbell
1862–1925
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Wesley Sherman Isbell
1865–1956
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Col Dolphus Dowdy "Dee" Isbell
1867–1939
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Sarah Caldonia Isbell Slaten
1870–1942
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John Birdwell Isbell Sr
1872–1960
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Zack Isbell
1875–1948
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Infant Isbell
1876–1876
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Infant Isbell
1876–1876
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Minerva Isbell Beard
1878–1965
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Nora Isbell McGriff
1881–1964
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Dr Arthur Levi Isbell
1883–1964
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Elijah Leander Isbell
1886–1965
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