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Forney, Peter – Forsyth, Benjamin
Forney, Peter
soldier, congressman, was born in April, 1756, in Lincoln county, N. C. He served as a member of the state legislature for several years; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1813 to 1815.
He died Feb. 1, 1834, in Lincoln county, N. C.
Forney, William Henry
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 9, 1823, in Lincolnton, N. C. In 1859 he was elected to the state legislature. He served in the confederate army during the rebellion, rising to the rank of brigadiergeneral. In 1865 he was elected a state senator. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the fortyfourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fiftyfirst and fifty-second congresses as a democrat.
Forrest, Edwin
actor, was born March 9, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the most successful of American actors. He died Dec. 12, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Forrest, French
naval officer, was born in 1796, in Maryland. At the beginning of the civil war, when Virginia seceded, he joined the confederates, and was given the command of the navy. He died Dec. 22, 1866, in Georgetown, D. C.
Forrest, Herbert Arthur
lawyer, was born March 10, 1860, in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. He received his education in the schools of Michigan, and has attained success as an able lawyer of Saginaw. He has been a member of the Michigan state board of corrections and charities; in 1892 he was lay delegate to the general conference of the methodist episcopal church; and has filled various positions of honor connected with educational and religious institutions.
Forrest, Thomas
congressman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1821, and again from 1822 to 1823, to fill a vacancy. He died March 20, 1825.
Forrest, Uriah
soldier, congressman, was born in 1756, in St. Mary's county, Md. He was a general in the revolutionary war. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1786 to 1787; and was a representative in congress from Maryland during the years 1793 and 1794, and resigned. He died in April, 1805, near Georgetown, D. C.
Forry, Samuel
physician, surgeon, author, was born June 23, 1811, in Berlin, Pa. He was a physician and surgeon of New York city, and the author of The Climate of the United States and its Endemic Influences; and Meteorology. He died Nov. 8, 1844.
Forshey, Caleb Goldsmith
engineer, was born July 18, 1812, in Somerset county, Pa. In 1855 he established the Texas military institute and conducted it till 1861, when, though opposed to secession, he entered the confederate service as a lieutenant-colonel of engineers. He died July 25, 1881, in Carrollton, La.
Forster, William
missionary, was born in 1784, in England. In 1803 he became a minister of the society of Friends, and thenceforth his life was devoted to missionary and benevolent labors throughout the British Isles, the continent of Europe, and the United States. He died in 1854, in Knox county, Tenn.
Forsyth, Alexander
business man, state senator, was born Aug. 16, 1860, in Adelaide, Canada. Since 1876 he has been engaged principally in educational work and the fire insurance and banking business at Standish, Mich. In 1897-98 he served as a member of the Michigan state senate.
Forsyth, Benjamin
soldier, state legislator, was born in Stokes county, N.
C. He was a member of the legislature of North Carolina in 1807-8. He commanded in the successful assault on Gananoque, Upper Canada, in 1812, and also at the capture of the British guard at Elizabethtown, Canada, in 1813. He died June 28, 1814, in Oldtown, N. Y.