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m. 11 Nov 1841 - John Burwell Forbes1842 - 1904
Facts and Events
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] |
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Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United States |
Image Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Transcription of Bellflower Township Cemetery
[1], 2000. - 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
- ↑ 3.0 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Forbes, John B., in Nps civilwar
[3].
- ↑ John Forbes in household of Chas Forbes, in Monona, Iowa, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
[4].
- ↑ Bellflower, Mclean, Illinois, United States, Bellflower Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, in Illinois, Soldier burial places, 1774-1974
John B Forbes [5].
- 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.
- ↑ Alt birth in Minner, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
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