James Lisle married Mary Anne
Leeper, with
whose parents he had lived since his father, John Lisle, had died in
1840. He and Mary left Ohio shortly after his marriage to travel
westward, undoubtedly following the National Road. He stopped in
Illinois until 1852, where at least his
two eldest children were born. By 1856 they had moved on to
Keokuk Co, Iowa, where several more children were born. Sometime
after 1870, they removed to a farm in Poweshiek Co, Warren Twp near the
present town of Guernsey, IA. About 1875 they moved to a farm
just north of Victor, IA in Iowa Co, Hartford, Twp. They sold
this farm in 1885, returning to Poweshiek Co, where they settled in
Guernsey owning and operating a general store. Mary Anne died in
1900 and James died in 1908. They were the parents of 13
children, all of whom, save two, lived to adulthood. The photos
on the following pages are of several of these children and their
descendants, particularly the descendants of John Belle Lisle, the
eldest son.
I wish to thank Elizabeth Earl Custer, Great Grand Daughter of James and Mary Anne, for her genealogical research on this branch of the Lisle family. It is because of her kindness that the photos here are available since many were kept in a wonderful album by her mother, Mabel Tubbs.
Dean M. Lisle
Email: lisle@bigfoot.com
I wish to thank Elizabeth Earl Custer, Great Grand Daughter of James and Mary Anne, for her genealogical research on this branch of the Lisle family. It is because of her kindness that the photos here are available since many were kept in a wonderful album by her mother, Mabel Tubbs.
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Powesheik, Iowa, Cass, and Keokuk Counties
are in White. The Capital of Iowa is in Red.
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| Iowa Map:
After moving
from Ohio, James Lisle and family lived in Iowa in Keokuk, Powesheik, and Iowa Counties. John Belle Lisle and his family moved to Cass County, Iowa, before moving on to settle in Dixon County, in North Eastern Nebraska. |
James and Mary Anne
Leeper
Lisle, Ancestors of the Lisles on this site. |
| The source for many
of the
pictures on this site is the photo album seen below |
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| Mabel Tubbs' Photo
Album
1880 - 1935 |
Desk of Hattie
Brown Lisle Ludlow |
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| Links: |
| Genealogy Page: |
| Photo
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11 |
Dean M. Lisle
Email: lisle@bigfoot.com