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John Forsythe

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John Forsythe

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
Aug 1828
Mississippi, USA
Burial
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Natchez, Mississippi
John Forsyth/e was one of David and Margaret's sons. John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.) See a partial story under David Forsyth/e who migrated to America from Ireland. A copy of a book about the family can be found on the internet and downloaded.


http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff

For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.
Natchez, Mississippi
John Forsyth/e was one of David and Margaret's sons. John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.) See a partial story under David Forsyth/e who migrated to America from Ireland. A copy of a book about the family can be found on the internet and downloaded.


http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff

For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.


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