Forbes, Stephen Alfred – Forepaugh, Joseph Lybrandt
Forbes, Stephen Alfred
naturalist, author, was born May 29, 1844, in Silver Creek, Ill. He is a professor of zoology in the university of Illinois and state entomologist, and the author of Studies of the Food of Birds, Fishes, and Insects; and Contagious Diseases of Insects.
Force, Manning Ferguson
soldier, jurist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1824, in Washington, D. C. In 1845 he graduated from Harvard; and three years later from the law school of that institution. In 1861 he was appointed major of the twentieth Ohio regiment, promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was engaged at Fort Donelson and Shiloh.
He was then made colonel, took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers.
He was with Sherman on his march to Meridian in his Atlanta campaign, his march to the sea, and across the Carolinas; and brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865. During 1867-77 he was judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, Ohio; and from that time till 1887 was judge of the superior court of Cincinnati. In 1888 he was appointed commandant of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' home, which position he still holds. He is the author of From Fort Henry to Corinth; Marching Across Carolina; The Mound Builders; Prehistoric Man; and Recollections of the Vicksburg Campaign.
Force, Peter
journalist, historian, was born Nov. 26, 1790, near Little Fails, N. J. He was a journalist and historian of Washington who began in 1833 a documentary history of the American colonies. Thirty years' labor was spent upon the task, and nine volumes completed, entitled American Archives. His other works include Tracts and Other Papers relating to the Origin of the North American Colonies; and Grinnell Land. His immense and valuable library was purchased by congress in 1867. He died Jan. 23, 1868, in Washington, D. C.
Force, William Quereau
meteorologist, author, was born March 7, 1820, in Washington, D. C. He was a meteorologist of Washington who assisted his father in preparing American Archives, and published Builder's Guide; and The Picture of Washington. He died Dec. 15, 1880, in Washington, D. C.
Ford, Corydon La
physician, author, was born Aug. 29, 1813, in Lexington, N. Y. He is a physician of note who has held several medical professorships, and since 1886 has been professor emeritus in the Long Island College hospital. He is the author of Questions on Anatomy, etc.; Questions on the Structure and Development of the Human Teeth; and Syllabus of Lectures on Odontology, Human and Comparative.
Ford, Daniel Roberts
clergyman, was born June 8, 1836, in North Berwick, Maine. He has filled various positions in mercantile and manufacturing businesses; and has attained success as a clergyman in his native state.
Ford, Daniel S
journalist, was born April 15, 1822, in Cambridgeport, Mass. He purchased from N. P. Willis The Youth's Companion, and has now for thirty-five years, under the business nom de plume of Perry Mason and Co., edited and published that paper.
Ford, Edward Lloyd
publisher, was born March 10, 1845, in England. In 1867 he became a partner in the newly established publishing house of J. B. Ford and Co., and contributed largely to the success of the Christian Union. He died Dec. 16, 1880, in Morristown, N. J.
Ford, Mrs. Emily Ellsworth
(FOWLER), author, poet, was born Aug. 26, 1826, in Greenfield, Mass. She is a Brooklyn writer who has published My Recollections, a volume of poetry.
Ford, Gabriel Hogarth
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 3, 1765, in Morristown, N. J. He became presiding judge of the court of common pleas for the eastern district of New Jersey; and in 1820-40 was a justice of the supreme court. He died Aug. 27, 1849, in Morristown, N. J.
Ford, George
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1846, in South Bend, Ind.
He was prosecuting attorney in South Bend from 1875 until 1885, when he resigned, having been elected a representative from Indiana to the fortyninth congress as a democrat.
Ford, Gordon Lester
lawyer, railroad president, was born Dec. 16, 1823, in Lebanon, Conn. From 1873 till 1881 he was the business manager of the New York Tribune; and in 1883 became president of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island railroad. He died Nov. 14, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ford, James
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He served two years in the Pennsylvania legislature, and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1833. He died in August, 1850, in Lawrence, Pa.
Ford, James Lauren
journalist, author, was born in 1854, in Missouri. He is a journalist and litterateur of New York city, and the author of Dr. Dodd's School; The Third Alarm, are tales for juvenile readers. Other works of his are Hypnotic Tales; The Literary Shop; Bohemia Invaded; and Dolly Dillenback.
Ford, Jason P
educator, jurist, was born Jan. 19, 1855, in Marion county, Ala.
He has filled various public positions of trust; and is now judge of probate court of his native county.
Ford, John S
soldier, congressman, was born May 26, 1815, in Greenville, S.
C. In 1844 he was a representative in congress from Texas; and in 1850 was a member of the state senate. He served through the civil war and attained the rank of colonel.
Ford, John Thomson
theatrical manager, was born April 16, 1829, in Baltimore, Md. He has been a state director of the Maryland penitentiary for eighteen years, and is active in philanthropic work in Baltimore.
Ford, Joshua Edwards
missionary, author, was born Aug. 3, 1825, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. He edited several books in the Arabic language, and wrote a work in that tongue, entitled Fasting and Prayer. He died April 3, 1866, in Geneseo, N. Y.
Ford, Melbourne H
lawyer, congressman, was born June 30, 1849, in Saline, Mich. He has been official stenographer of several Michigan courts since 1874; was a member of the Michigan legislature in 1885-86, and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Ford, Nicholas
merchant, congressman, was born in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1848, and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.
Ford, Paul Leicester
author, was born March 23, 1865, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
He is a resident of Brooklyn; and the author of Bibliotheca Hamiltonia; Franklin Bibliography; The Honorable Peter Stirling, a novel of New York society; and The True George Washington.
Ford, Mrs. Sallie Rochester
author, was born in 1828 in Rochester Springs, Ky. She is a St. Louis writer whose early writings were very popular, Grace Truman, her first book, having an extensive sale. Other works of hers are:
Romance of Freemasonry; Raids and Romance of Morgan and His Men; Mary Bunyan, the Dreamer's Blind Daughter; Evangel Wiseman; and Ernest Quest.
Ford, Samuel Howard
clergyman, author, was born in 1823, in Missouri. He was a baptist clergyman of Memphis, Mobile and elsewhere, living in retirement in St. Louis since 1887. He is the author of The Origin of the Baptists; and Servetus, Hero and Martyr.
Ford, Seabury
state legislator, governor, was born Oct. 15, 1801, in Pomfret, Conn. He served several terms in the state legislature, and was at different times speaker in each branch. He was governor of Ohio in 1848 and 1850; and major-general of militia. He died May 8, 1855, in Burton, Ohio.
Ford, Smith Thomas
clergyman, was born Feb. 3, 1851, in Camden, N. Y.
He has filled pastorates in numerous baptist churches in Hamilton, Greene, Albany, and Syracuse, N. Y.
Ford, Thomas
lawyer, governor, author, was born in 1804. He was a judge of the superior court of Illinois; and was the author of a History of Illinois from 1818 to 1847. He was governor of the state from 1842 to 1846. He died in January, 1851, in Peoria, Ill.
Ford, Timothy
lawyer, was born Dec. 4, 1762, in Morristown, N. J. He was a member of the legislature and the Charleston city council; a trustee of Charleston college, and president of various literary societies. He died Dec. 7, 1830.
Ford, William D
congressman, was born in Providence, R. I. He served in the New York assembly in 1816 and 1817, and was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1821.
Ford, William Henry
surgeon, author, was born Oct. 7, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Philadelphia surgeon, and twice president of the municipal board of health. He has published Healthy Dwelling-Houses and How to Build Them.
Ford, Worthington Chauncey
author, was born Feb. 16, 1858, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a government statistician at Washington, and the author of American Citizens' Manual; and The Standard Silver Dollar.
Fordyce, Samuel Wesley
soldier, financier, was born Feb. 7, 1840, in Guernsey county, Ohio. He was a private in the civil war, and steadily rose to a captaincy of cavalry. At the close of the war he established the banking house of Fordyce and Rison of Huntsville, Ala.; and is the president of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway company.
Forepaugh, Joseph Lybrandt
merchant, was born Jan. 6, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1865, with Mr. Justice, he established the firm of J. L. Forepaugh and Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., the first exclusively wholesale dry goods house in that state.