Individual Details

Isham enlisted in Co F, 4th VA Reserves on 16 May 1864 at Hillsville, VA. He was transferred to Co K on 24 Nov in Dublin VA and was still on the company records 27 Jan 1865.

The family is on the 1880 census in Carroll Co, Laurel Fork District, but moved to Pulaski County, near Hiwassee sometime soon after that.

1900 Census. Hiwassee Magisterial District, Pulaski Co, VA, Hh 226
Isham Spence, b. Apr 1847, age 53, married 34 years
Mary F., wife, b. Aug 1841, age 58, 10 children - 9 are living
Benjamin H., son, b. Jul 1888, age 11

1920 Census. Mox Creek, Pulaski Co, VA, Hh 263.
(next door to daughter Naomi Nunn)
Isham Spence, 72
Mary F., wife, 79

Isham & Mary lived with their children in their old age. When Mary died in 1929 they were living with their daughter Samantha and her husband John T. Linkous, near Cambria, Montgomery Co, VA. Later Isham lived with his daughter Naomi and son-in-law Jasper Nunn. Both are interred in the Linkous plot at Belmont Christian Church Cemetery in Montgomery Co VA.

The 1930 Census tells a bit different story. Living in Hiwassee, Pulaski Co, VA on Lead Mine Rd.
Joseph T. Spence, age 49, house carpenter, married 1st time at age 24
Carie, wife, 48, married 1st time at 26 [second wife of Joseph]
Isham, Father, 83, widowed, Veteran of the Civil War
Dortha V. Lowman, dau, 22, married at 21
David Lowman, son-in-law, age 27, married at 26
Ruby B. Arington, 17; Irene B; 16; Edna E. 14; Nellie K. 12 - all marked as step-daughters
Skeen H. Thorne, Boarder, age 23, b. TN
Dave A. Rucker, Boarder, age 23, b. TN
Elroy J. Lannom, Boarder, age 25, b. TN

Virginia Death Certificate #2262
Isham Spence died 21 Jan 1933, Hiwasee Dist, Pulaski Co, VA, of acute nephritis. He was born 19 Apr 1846 in Carroll Co VA. He was widowed, wife was listed as Francis "Brance". His father was Eli Spence, b. VA; his mother ____ Jackson, b. VA. The informant was J. T. Spence of Hiwassee. He was buried Montgomery Co on Jan 23rd.

Isham is buried Belmont Community Cemetery, Belmont, Montgomery, VA. Said born 19 Apr 1847, d. 21 Jan 1933. Son of Eli Spence and Martha Ellen Jackson.

Birth	19 Apr 1847	Carroll County, Virginia
Military	1864 - 1865	Co F, 4th VA Reserves, Civil War
Marriage	25 Dec 1866	Carroll County, Virginia - Mary Frances Mabry
Death	21 Jan 1933
Burial		Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Montgomery County, Virginia

Spouse	Mary Frances Mabry (1841 - 1929)
Child	William Floyd Spence (1868 - 1947)
Child	Naomi Elizabeth "Oma" Spence (1870 - 1951)
Child	Lucy Ann Spence (1872 - 1885)
Child	Isham Fielden Spence (1874 - )
Child	Mary Samantha Spence (1877 - 1946)
Child	Joseph Taylor Spence (1880 - 1968)
Child	Alcora "Cora" Spence (1884 - 1960)
Child	Benjamin Harrison Spence (1888 - 1927)

Father	Eli Spence (1816 - 1892)
Mother	Martha Ellen Jackson (1814 - 1908)