Person:John Forbes (35)
John Burwell Forbes
b.15 May 1842 Armington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
d.10 Jan 1904 Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States
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m. 11 Nov 1841
  1. John Burwell Forbes1842 - 1904
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  • H.  John Burwell Forbes1842 - 1904
  • W.  Nancy Walker1843 - 1893
m. 7 Feb 1867
  1. Kate W Forbes1868 - 1934
  2. Charles John Forbes1869 - 1928
  3. Jesse Warren Forbes1872 - 1946
  4. Maud A Forbes1874 - Aft 1940
  5. Ruby J Forbes1876 - 1942
  6. George G. Forbes1878 - 1940
  7. Pearl Jessie Forbes1886 - 1945
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m. 4 Jul 1900
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Name John Burwell Forbes
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4][8] 15 May 1842 Armington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Military[1][3][4] 1864 Cahaba, Dallas, Alabama, United StatesCahaba Prison, Civil War
Marriage 7 Feb 1867 to Nancy Walker
Census 1870 Illinois, United Stateswith Nancy Walker
Census 1880 Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United Stateswith Nancy Walker
Census[5] 1900 Monona, Iowa, United StatesGrant & West Fork Townships Rodney & Whiting towns,
Marriage 4 Jul 1900 to Maria Artlysia Boblit
Residence 1900 Dodge, Nebraska, United Stateswith Maria Artlysia Boblit
Death[3] 10 Jan 1904 Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States
Burial[1][3][6] Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United States
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Transcription of Bellflower Township Cemetery
    [1], 2000.
  2.   Willson, Verna Forbes. Letter: Cahaba's Murky Past, Smithsonian Magazine
    [[2]].

    "River of Riches" caught my eye because my grandfather, John Burwell Forbes, knew the Cahaba River all too well. In 1864, John was captured by Southern troops. He was one of several thousand Union soldiers sent to Cahaba Prison, located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers. It has been said that when the rivers flooded, the water on the floor (where prisoners slept) rose up to four feet. Grandfather told his children of clinging for several days to whatever was not washed away and of living in his sodden uniform until it dried on his body. When he was released, he weighed barely 100 pounds and never fully recovered.
    Verna Forbes Willson
    Mogden, Utah

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bellflower Township Cemetery, in Find A Grave
    John Burwell Forbes .

    John Forbes was the son of Jerusha Weltha and Abner Warren Forbes.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Forbes, John B., in Nps civilwar
    [3].
  5. ↑ John Forbes in household of Chas Forbes, in Monona, Iowa, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    [4].
  6. ↑ Bellflower, Mclean, Illinois, United States, Bellflower Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, in Illinois, Soldier burial places, 1774-1974
    John B Forbes [5].

    7 Ill V Inf

  7.   BIOGRAPHY:
    Enlisted in Co E, 7th IL
    Infantry in Atlanta, McLean Co, IL on 18 Sep 1861

    Father Abner, and son, John B, were both captured 25 Sep 1864 at Sulphur Springs, AL.

    (Imprisoned in Confederate prison at Cahaba, AL...

    wed Nancy A Walker, a schoolteacher, 7 Feb 1867, at Lexington, McLean Co

    note
    Hittle Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. The population was 658 at the 2000 census. Hittle Township was originally called Union Township. The name was changed from Union to Waterford Township on May 20, 1850, and again from Waterford to Armington Township in August, 1850. Armington was changed to Hittle though on November 11 of that same year.
  8. ↑ Alt birth in Minner, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
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