Sam (S.R.) and Orlena Blackwelder moved from Springfield, Illinois to 
     Isabel in 1885. Their son Earl was two, Ida a few months when they came on
     the train to Medicine Lodge bringing their wagon, livestock, and other
     necessities - then by wagon to Isabel.
          In 1900 they build a new home sout of Ashton School. Other children
     were Charles, Eva, Rose, Bill, Roy and Edith. All the boys farmed in the
     Isabel community at one time. S.R. retired and moved to Pratt, where he
     spent the rest of his life.
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 45    
     
     Submitted by: Dell Blackwelder