Foresman, John Oakes – Fort, Greenberry Lafayette
Foresman, John Oakes
educator, clergyman, was born May 18, 1835, in Lycoming county, Pa. After receiving nis education at the Western Reserve college of Ohio he entered into educational work.
In 1858 he became a teacher in the Delaware Indian Mission school, and in 1860 a missionary in the Rocky mountains. He is a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church of Horton, Kan.
Forest, John Anthony
clergyman, bishop, was born Dec. 25, 1838, in France. He was pastor for thirty-three years at Halletsville, Tex.; and in 1895 was consecrated catholic bishop of San Antonio.
Forester, John B
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837. He died Aug. 31, 1845.
Forker, Samuel C
congressman, was born March 16, 1821, in Mount Holly, N. J. He was cashier of the Bordentown Banking company; and was elected to the forty-second congress.
Forman, David
soldier, jurist, was born near Englishtown, N. J. He commanded the New Jersey militia at Germantown. After the war he was a judge of the county court, and a member of the council of state. He died about 1812.
Forman, Emily Shaw
author, poet.
She is the vice-president of the Boston Browning club; and the author of a volume of poems illustrated by Fidelia Bridges.
Forman, George W
physician, surgeon, was born Dec. 18, 1820, in Nelson county, Ky. In 1869 he received the appointment of deputy internal revenue collector for the fourth Kentucky district, and in 1873 accepted the additional duties of assessor.
Forman, Joshua
manufacturer, legislator, was born Sept. 6, 1777, in Pleasant Valley, N. Y. In 1807 he was elected to the New York legislature; and in 1808 founded the celebrated Plaster company of Camillus. He was the founder of the city of Syracuse. He died Aug. 4, 1848, in Rutherfordton, N. C.
Forman, William S
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1847, in Natchez, Miss. He was a member of the state senate, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth general assemblies; and was elected to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Fornance, Joseph
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.
Forney, Daniel M
soldier, congressman, was born in May, 1784, in Lincoln county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1815 to 1818, and in 1820 was appointed commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians. From 1823 to 1826 he was a member of the state legislature. He died in October, 1847, in Lowndes county, Ala.
Forney, John Weiss
journalist, author, was born Sept. 30, 1817, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a journalist of Philadelphia and Washington of prominence, and a politician, and secretary of the United States senate in 1861-68. He was the author of Life of General Hancock; Anecdotes of Public Men; The New Nobility, a story of England and America; What I Saw in Texas; A Centennial Commissioner in Europe; Letters from Europe; and Forty Years of American Journalism. He died Dec. 9, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.
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.
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.
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.
Forsyth, James W
soldier, was born about 1835, in Ohio. He served in the civil war and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864; colonel in the regular army in 1865; and brigadier-general for services during the war.
Forsyth, John
lawyer, statesman, was born Oct. 22, 1780, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was attorney-general of the state; was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1813 to 1818, and from 1823 to 1827. He was a senator in congress during the years 1818 and 1819, and from 1829 to 1837. He was governor of Georgia in 1827, 1828, and 1829; minister to Spain from 1819 to 1822; and was secretary of state under President Jackson. He died Oct. 21, 1841, in Washington City.
Forsythe, Albert P
soldier, congressman, was born May 24, 1830, in New Richmond, Ohio. He was a first lieutenant in the union army during the war of the rebellion. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-sixth congress.
Forsythe, John Auld
soldier, journalist, meteorologist, was born July 10, 1834, in Zanesville, Ohio. He received a liberal education, and his early years were devoted to educational work and literature. His military service began with the march of the army of the invasion to Utah in 1857. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; and was promoted to lieutenant of artillery and aidede-camp. At the close of the war he entered journalism, and is now the editor and owner of The Democrat of Seymour, Ind. He is a practical meteorologist; the observer for the weather bureau at Seymour, Ind.; and is the inventor of a code of steam whistle signals for the more general dissemination of the weather forecast.
Fort, George Franklin
governor, author, was born in May, 1809, in Pemberton, N. J. He was a governor of New Jersey in 1850-54, and the author of Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry. He died April 22, 1872, in New Egypt, N. J.
Fort, Greenberry Lafayette
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1825, in Sciota county, Ohio.
In 1834 he moved to Illinois. In 1866 he was elected to the state senate; and was elected to the forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as a republican. He died Jan. 13, 1883, in Lacon, Ill. 4