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BENJAMIN F. ISETT, a leading grocer of Pottstown, was born June 13, 1847, in Limerick township, Montgomery county. He is the son of Samuel and Harriet (Brower) Isett.

Samuel Isett (father) resided in Limerick township, where both he and his wife died, aged about sixty years. He was a miller and a farmer. They are buried in the burial ground of the Mennonite meeting house. They were members of the Dunkard church. Their children, all living, are: Abraham, Benjamin F., Hannah, Augustus, and Mary.

Benjamin F. Isett completed his education when he was sixteen years of age, and went to Washington, D. C., where he was employed to drive a wagon for the paymaster’s office, and served in that capacity during the war. Later he learned the carpenter trade, and followed it for seven years. He started the butchering business, and continued thus occupied for twenty-four years in Limerick Square. At the end of that time he removed to Pottstown and established the grocery store which he has managed ever since. Mr. Isett is a Republican in politics. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and the P. O. S. of A., of Schwenksville, and is a prominent worker in these lodges.

In 1871 Benjamin F. Isett married Mary Kendall, daughter of Henry and Charlotte (Evans) Kendall. The Kendalls lived in Limerick township, where he was a farmer. Mrs. Mary Isett died in 1871, she and her infant child dying of the smallpox. Later Mr. Isett married Sallie, daughter of John and Catharine (Cassel) Cassel, of Perkiomenville, where Mr. Cassel was a farmer. By the second marriage Mr. Isett had four children: 1. Clayton, who married Mary Wisimer; they have one child, Alma, born in 190, and reside in Pottstown. 2. Hattie, married to R. K. Kline, and they reside at Douglassville; they have two children, Katharine and Dorothy. 3. Emma B., who is a school teacher. 4. Viola B., who is a seamster.