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 | | He was born September 12, 1806 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the son of Thomas and Discretion (Howard) Isbell, the former being a Revolutionary Soldier. Major Isbell settled in Lowndesboro, Alabama, in 1831, and removed to Talladega in 1836. He married Rutelia Houston, of Knoville, Tennessee in 1853. |
 | | Major Isbell also organized the City National Bank of Selma, Alabama, in 1870, and served as the President of the bank until his death on December 6, 1871. |
 | | The Isbell Bank is the longest continually operated bank in Alabama history. In 1978, on it's 139th anniversary it became Isbell's First National Bank of Talladega. The original bank building however is still standing, with ISBELL in raised letters over the dome. It is on the same street as the new bank building. |
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