Isabella Doyle
Isabella Doyle was born on April 8, 1844, in Pennsylvania to John and Hannah Doyle. Her father was a miller who owned $150 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Shirley, Pennsylvania, until the 1850s, when they moved to Cerro Gordo, Illinois. She married Willard Musson on July 31, 1867, and they had at least two children: May, born around 1868; and Layton, born around 1871.
They lived in Jonesboro, Illinois, and her husband worked as a miller and mechanic. They moved to Louisburg, Kansas, in the 1870s. Her husband died on June 5, 1916, and she applied for a widow’s pension the following month. By 1920, she was living with her children in Elk City, Kansas. She died on August 20, 1926.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (91) | Doyle, Isabella ~ Musson, Isabella | 1844-04-08 | 1926-08-20 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (394) [recipient] ~ Benjamin F. Peter to Isabella Doyle, 1 February 1863
People - Records: 1
- (90) Peter, Benjamin F. is the [sibling of] (91) Doyle, Isabella
Places - Records: 3
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, available from Ancestry.com; “Isabella Doyle Musson” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com
