The extended Isbell family (later spelled Isbelle) was represented by Wellington’s first judge, first store owner, first baby, one of the first and most successful ranchers and the first graduate of Wellington High School, one of two sisters whose literary accomplishments put Wellington on the map.
In 1889, John Miller “J.M.” Isbell, a veteran of the Confederate Cavalry, sold hi...
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