Biographical Sketch of Philip Isley, Johnson County, Missouri
Kingsville Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

PHILIP ISLEY,
farmer and stock raiser, Post Office, Kingsville. Born in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, May 7, 1840. His father, George Isley, was a native of
Orange County, North Carolina, and emigrated to Missouri in 1852, and
settled on a farm near Kingsville. He died in 1864 at the advanced age
of eight-five years. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army, and served
four years, participating in many battles. He returned to his farm in
the spring of 1866. He was married in 1864, himself and bride, each on
horseback, dressed in martial array, with pistols and other offensive
weapons girded to their belts. This ocurred on the side of Boat
Mountain, Arkansas. She was the daughter of General William King.


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