Isbell Hotel 1886
This 1886 picture shows the old Isbell Hotel as it stood on the
south side of the Putnam County courthouse square on the lot now
occupied by Mills Furniture Co. The old hotel was operated by the
family of William J. Isbell, Putnam County trustee and county
court clerk for some years.A partial list of the people in the photo includes, standing on lower porch, from left, "Aunt Ranie," Hattie Isbell (married a Wade), Mary Ann Isbell (married Nackils), Mrs. Amanda Helen Starnes Isbell, Dora Isbell (married Simon M. Ensor), William Jefferson Isbell, Myrtle Isbell (married John H. Whitson), Sofronia Jones (married Will Draper and was the mother of Mrs. John McCawle ), Nancy Melvina Isbell (married J.W. H. Terry and was the mother of Dr. Fred Terry), Lillie Martin Isbell (married Perler) and Anderson Sloan; top row, the only ones identified are second from right, holding wash bowl, Fate Isbell, father of Mrs. Herman Proffitt; and the third from the right, Ferrell Starnes, brother of Mrs. William J. Isbell. All of the others are unknown.
Photo courtesy of Mrs. Fred Terry was in the "Pictorial History of Putnam County Tennessee" 1988.
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