Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Forshey, John Arad

soldier, stock-raiser, legislator, was born July 7, 1845, in Danville, Mo. He received a thorough education, and attended the Texas State Military institute. He served through the civil war in the confederate army under General Sterling Price, and held a captain's commission at the close of the war. He then drifted west, and in 1870 settled in Wyoming. He has filled numerous public offices of trust, and is now a member of the fourth legislature of Wyoming. He is also a successful ranchman and stock-grower of Uinta county, Wyo.

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