ISLEY, John

Date of birth:  12 Aug 1819
Date of death: 11 May 1912 – Shelby County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 17, 1912, page 1 column 2

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COUNTY’S OLDEST MAN DIES.

Shelbyville, Ind., May 13–John Isley, 93 years old, father of City Engineer W. H. Isley of this city, is dead at his home southwest of Shelbyville. He was a prominent farmer and the oldest man living in Shelby county. He is survived by his widow, seven other children, fifty grand children and twenty great grand children.

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Link to John Isley’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry