Date: March 22, 1903
Location: Oregon
Paper: Oregonian

PASSING OF A LINN COUNTY PIONEER

John Isom, a pioneer citizen of LINN COUNTY, who died last week at the country home of his son, J.D. Isom, near Peterson’s Butte, was born in 1827. He was a pioneer of 1853, having come to Oregon from his native state, Virginia. He was closely identified with the early growth of LINN COUNTY and the City of Albany. Besides being a large owner of real property in the county, Mr. Isom owned considerable property in Albany, and was for many years proprietor of the Red Crown Flouring Mills in Albany. In this latter capacity he became one of the most widely known men in LINN COUNTY. During the panic of 1893 Mr. Isom lost most of his property. He is survived by a wife and ten children. The children are: Mrs. Skinner, of Sodaville; Mrs. Scott Ward and Mrs. Monroe Ward, of Albany; Mrs. E.J. Lanning, of Tacoma; Mrs. F.H. Pfeiffer, of Albany; Dave Isom, of Halsey; J.D. Isom and John Isom, Jr., of Alaska

Posting for research purposes,
Eellitta