ISAAC ALL.—Numbered among the industrious, practical and pros-
perous agriculturists of Lewis township is Isaac All, who is devoting his
time to general farming and stock-raising. A son of Benjamin All, he was
born November 11, 1864, in Vigo county, Indiana, coming from thrifty
Scotch ancestry. His great-grandparents on the parental side were born,
bred and married in Scotland. Emigrating from there to America with
their family, they settled in Taylor county, where the great-grandfather
worked as a millwright.
    Grayson All, grandfather of Isaac, was born in Scotland, but was
brought up in Kentucky. Learning the trade of a millwright from his
father, he followed it first in Kentucky. Subsequently migrating to
Indiana, he located in Vigo county, where he followed his trade for many
years, building a mill first in Prairieton and later in several other places
in that county. He made his home, however, in Linton township, and
there died at the venerable age of eighty-two years.
    Benjamin All was born and reared in Bullitt county, Kentucky.
After coming to Indiana he carried on an extensive business as a dealer
in horses, mules and live stock, buying and shipping them, and was also
a veterinary. He bought land in Prairieton, where he improved a good
farm on which he made his home until his death, in 1882, in the seventy-
seventh year of his age. He married Isabella Norman, who was born in
Kentucky, a daughter of James Norman. She was of Irish descent, her
grandfather, Solomon Norman, having been born, reared and married in
Ireland. Coming from there to the United States, he settled in Kentucky,
it is thought in Bullitt county, and spent his last years in that state.
James Norman was horn in Kentucky, where he spent his earlier years.
Migrating from there to Indiana, he became a pioneer of Linton town-
ship, Vigo county. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on
Sand Prairie, and one hundred and sixty acres of timber on Goose Pond
marsh. Improving the land, he engaged extensively in farming and stock-
raising, taking especial pride in his fine herd of high grade cattle. He
lived to a good old age, dying on his homestead at the age of eighty-six
years. His wife, whose maiden name was Polly Beard, was born in Ken-
tucky, a daughter of Stephen Beard, who owned a large farm in Bullitt
county, and there bred noted race horses. She survived him and passed
away at the remarkable age of ninety-six years. Mrs. Benjamin All sur-
vived her husband more than twenty years, passing away on the home
farm March 14, 1903. She reared eight children, namely: Grayson,
James William, Benjamin F., Joseph, John, Martha J., Hezekiah and
Isaac.
    Educated in the district schools, Isaac All was well drilled in the
many branches of agriculture while young, and on the death of his father
succeeded to the ownership of the parental homestead. As a general
farmer he was quite successful, and in addition to that line of industry he
dealt extensively in stock, remaining on the home farm until 1895. Re-
moving then to Terre Haute, Mr. All resided there three years. Coming
in 1898 to Lewis township, he settled upon the homestead of his father-
in-law, and has since had entire charge of its ons hundred and seventy
acres of land. The buildings are located in a natural grove of about
thirty acres, a most picturesque and secluded spot, the home and its en-
vironments being most attractive.
    On August 12, 1883, Mr. All married Perline Holston, who was
born on the Iklston homestead, in section ten, Lewis township, January
2, 1860. Their union has been blessed by the birth of five children,
namely: Nora Ellen, Gertie Alberta, George Curtis, Lulu Myrtle and
Zula Alice. Politically Mr. All is identified with the Democratic party.