Isabella Jane Ryburn

b. December 1859, d. 5 August 1946
FatherJames Orr Ryburn1,2 b. 30 May 1820, d. 12 Jan 1881
MotherMargaret J. Beattie3,1 b. 11 Apr 1822, d. 9 Oct 1867
BirthDec 1859 Isabella Jane Ryburn was born in Dec 1859 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia.1,4,5,6,7 
 Isabella Jane Ryburn's exact date of birth is not clear. Transcribed county birth records list the exact date as December 10th 1859, but Isabella's daughter, Peggy Shugart, reported her mother's date of birth as December 21st, 1859 in several family memoirs. The state birth records, transcribed from information forwarded by the counties, lists her birth as occuring on Dec. 21, 1860. This year is clearly incorrect but adds support to Dec. 21st as the month and day. 
Cens-1870Oct 1870  Isabella was about 8 years old when her mother died. Her father remarried and Isabella was raised by her stepmother, Elizabeth Clark Ryburn, who was also her first cousin (once removed).8 
Marriage29 Aug 1882 Isabella married Mathew Ryburn Shugart, son of Claiborne Lewis Shugart and Mary Carson Ryburn, on 29 Aug 1882 in Johnson County, Tennessee.9 [they were first cousins] 
Widowed2 Nov 1889 Isabella was widowed at the age of twenty-nine when Mathew died while working for the railroad in Glade Spring. She was about three months pregnant with her 4th child at the time.10 
ChildDeath  In the years following Mathew's death, Isabella also suffered the loss of two of her children. Mary died in 1893 at the age of ten, and Martha died in 1897, just shy of her ninth birthday. 
Cens-19005 Jun 1900  When the 1900 census was recorded in Washington County, Isabella was listed as a 40 year old widow who was the mother of 4 children, 2 of whom were living. Those children, Peggy 14, and Mathew "Ryburn", 10, were enumerated in the home with her.11 
Cens-191020 Apr 1910  Mathew, who worked at a saw mill, continued to live with her for some years.12 
Cens-19202 Jan 1920 By 1920, they had moved to Eckman in McDowell County, West Virginia, where Isabella was recorded as "Jenny". Mathew was working as a salesman in a store. His sister, Margaret, who was recently divorced, was also living with them.13 
Cens-19301930  However by 1930 Jennie may have returned to Virginia. 
Death5 Aug 1946 Isabella died on 5 Aug 1946 at age 86.14 
Burial She was buried in the Shugart-Ryburn square at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.15 

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Isabella's headstone
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Family

Mathew Ryburn Shugart b. 21 Aug 1851, d. 2 Nov 1889
Children
ChartsDescendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Descendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Last Edited11 Feb 2010

Citations

  1. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 126. Isabella J. Ryburn, b. 10 Dec. 1859, parents: James O. & Margaret Ryburn.
  2. [S165] James Ryburn household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 94, page 51 (78A stamped), dwelling 442, family 445, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 51 of 54. James Ryburn, 60, farmer; Elizabeth, wife, 45; Jennie, 19, dau; Margaret, 9, dau; Lucy, 7, dau; James, 5, son; John, 4/12, son; Thomas Smith, 12, servant; Ellen Clark, sister-in-law, 35; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  3. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 102-6.
  4. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 4. This source, compiled by Isabella's daughter, lists the date as December 21, 1859.
  5. [S723] Isabella J. Ryburn entry, Washington Co. birth records submitted to the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics: 47, p. 74 (1860). Isabella J. Ryburn, female, born 21 Dec. 1860 in Washington Co., Virginia to James O. and M. J. Ryburn (single birth). The year of birth appears to have been mistranscribed when this record was forwarded to the state; Isabella was enumerated as a six month old on the 1860 census, recorded in July of that year.
  6. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 102-6. This source reports Isabella's date of birth as 21 Dec. 1859. The information was probably contributed by Peggy Shugart, Isabella's daughter.
  7. [S2176] "Johnson Co. Tennessee Marriage License Records", Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002, digital images, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com : viewed Dec. 2008), M.R. Sugart - I.J. Ryburn entry (provides place of birth for both parties).
  8. [S635] James Ryburn household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., 1st Division, p. 203 (stamped), dwelling 271, family 288, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2003, image 405 of 426. Recorded data includes: James Ryburn, 50, farmer, owns real estate valued at $5,000; Elizabeth 38, keeping house; William 10; Isabella 8; Ellen 6; William 36, farmer; all b. VA.
  9. [S2176] "Johnson Co. Tennessee Marriage License Records", Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002, digital images, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com : viewed Dec. 2008), M.R. Sugart - I.J. Ryburn entry.
  10. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 8. Mathew was Peggie's father.
  11. [S574] Jennie Shugart household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 4B, dwelling 65, family 68, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 8 of 70. Jennie Shugart, 40, widowed, b. Dec. 1859, mother of 4 children, 2 living; Peggy, dau, 14, b. Dec. 1885; Ryburn, son, 10, b. Apr 1890; all b. VA.
  12. [S237] Isabella Jane Shugart household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 6B, dwelling 97, family 107, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  13. [S691] Jennie Shugart household, 1920 U.S. cens., McDowell Co., West Virginia, pop. sched., Browns Creek District/Eckman precinct, ED 62, sheet 1A (p. 43 stamped), dwelling 1, family 1, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2003, image 1 of 50. The enumerator recorded: Jennie Shugart, 60, widowed; Peggie, dau, 34, sgl, teacher; Mathew R., 29, sgl, salesman in store; Minerva, sister-in-law, sgl, 65; all born VA; all parents b. VA.
  14. [S29] Leonidas Littleton Papers titled "Ryburn Family."
  15. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 187. Stone reported to read: Isabell J. Shugart, 1859-1946.
  16. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 8. Peggy (Margaret) was the daughter of Isabella Jane Ryburn and Mathew Ryburn Shugart. Her manuscript documented names and additional information for herself and her siblings.
  17. [S723] Margaret R. Shugarts entry, Washington Co. birth records submitted to the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics: reel 47, p. 289 (1885). Parents listed as M.R. Shugarts and Isabell J. Shugarts. Date of birth listed as Dec. 30, 1885.