Caleb B. Isbester

        Caleb B. Isbester, vice-president of the Chattanooga Foundry and Pipe Works, was born in Scotland December 31, 1828, and is a son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Newton) Isbester, both natives of Scotland. Our subject came to the United States in 1832, was reared in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Penn., where he learned the pattern maker's trade (iron business). He came South in 1852, and in 1868 engaged in the foundry business with Mr. Giles, after which, in 1877, they moved the foundry to Chattanooga. He has been vice-president since the organization of the present stock Company. He was united in marriage to Miss Virginia Thornton of Tennessee, and to them were born two children-a son and daughter. Mr. Isbester is a Republican in politics, and an excellent citizen.
       "Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee, Hamilton County." 1887