John Leforge
Birth: Jan. 8, 1808
Rockbridge County
Virginia, USA
Death: Oct. 8, 1883
Highland County
Ohio, USA
Born 1/8/1808 Rockbridge Co., Virginia (Now West Virginia)
Died 10/8/1883 Highland Co., Ohio (Recorded at Highland Co., Ohio Probate Court, Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio Volume 1 Page 278)
Records of The Recorder's Office of Highland County, Ohio 1805-1850"
Compiled by David N. McBride, Published by The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society,
Highland Co., Ohio Page 35
Transcribed Deed Book 2, Page 573 Dec. 3, 1828. Wallace Cadwallader and Ruth hw of Ross Co.,
Ohio to John LaForge of Highland Co., 96A
Newspaper Article
Thursday, November 30, 1995 Hillsboro, Ohio "Press Gazette"
Early Settler Noted in Fairfax Cemetery
The name LeForge carved in large letters is prominent on a row of stones. Here is buried John and Susan LeForge with several of their children. Susan was a sister of Benjamin Pulliam and had accompanied him from Virginia.
In Highland County she met and married - in 1840 - John LeForge, a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia. In 1850 they erected a modest two-story frame home in Fairfax which is still standing today.
In this house the LeForge's conducted a general store and received a license dated August 1850 to operate a tavern here.
Family links:
Spouse:
Susannah Pulliam LeForge (1807 - 1894)*
Children:
Lucy Ann Leforge (1841 - 1876)*
Martha Millie Leforge (1842 - 1877)*
Philip Leforge (1844 - 1878)*
Infant Son Leforge (1846 - 1846)*
Inscription: Age 75y 9m
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