Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Isham Harrell *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Goodspeed Publishing Co Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Isham Harrell, who is also successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Price Township, is a native of Fort Gibson, I. T., born February 25, 1832, and is the second of four children born to his parents, Joel and Elizabeth (Carter) Harrell. The father was born in North Carolina in 1801, and the mother in Virginia in 1805. They were married at Fort Tousen, I. T., and from there moved to Fort Gibson, I. T., where they remained some time. In 1839 they moved to , Ark., where they passed the remainder of their lives. He was murdered in 1864 by a band of robbers, and she died in 1880. He was a farmer by occupation, although he furnished horses and provisions for the Government while in the Territory, and he and wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a Whig until the demise of that party, and then affiliated with the Democratic party. Isham Harrell moved with his parents to in 1839, and received a very meager education, owing to the fact that the nearest school was a distance of over three miles from his home. He remained with his parents until grown, after which he engaged in farming and stock raising for himself, and this continued until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in Capt. A. C. Baty's company of the Second Cherokee Regiment, serving until the surrender. He then returned to farming and stock raising, which he has continued ever since. Previous to the war, in 1856, he married Miss Mary L. Thomason, a native of , Ark., born November 11, 1836, and a daughter of Col. Daniel Thomason. To this union were born six children, four now living: Jennie E., T. H., Nolie and Mary J. After marriage Mr. Harrell settled upon his present farm, which consists of 380 acres, 125 being under cultivation. He has made this county his home for forty-nine years, and is a successful farmer and a good man. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and Democratic in his political views. Mrs. Harrell is a member of the Christian Church.