M. C. FORBES DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
EARLY IN MORNING
--------
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Friday Afternoon
At Baptist Church
--------
BURIAL AT RIVERSIDE
--------
Community Loses One of
Its Outstanding Civic
And Business Leaders
--------
M. C. Forbes, head of the Forbes Manufacturing Company and for more than fifty years a leader in the business and civic life of Western Kentucky, died suddenly at his borne in the city this morning, of a heart attack that came without a moment's warning. He was at the breakfast table and fell over dead in his chair.
He had been at his office the day before and had attended a meeting or the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College last night, seemingly in his usual good health for one of his age.
Madison C. Forbes was a native of Christian County, born on a farm in the northern part of the county, January 15, 1852, a descendant of pioneer families. His parents were James Kerr Forbes and his wife, Jane Mills Forbes.
He grew to young manhood and came to Hopkinsville to attend a private school, and, ambitious to learn, went to Bethel College, in Russellville afterwards.
He began business In Hopkinsville in a small way with a shop in which he made wagons and did a general repair work for the farmers and gradually expanded his business into many branches of trade. In 1872 he became associated with' his brother, James K. Forbes, who specialized in lumber and the firm of Forbes & Bro. soon built up a business of mammoth proportions. It conducted a planning mill; a wagon factory and a general contracting business that grew by leaps and bounds. In 1882, a great part of Hopkinsville was destroyed by fire and the city was literally rebuilt very largely by this enterprising firm. In the years that followed Mr. Forbes was easily the foremost citizen of' Hopkinsville's commercial life, a leader in business, in public service as a member of the City Council and in building up the growing city in every way. He bought vacant lots and built business houses upon them, acquired property in residence districts and constructed any man in this part of Kentucky.
In 1903 his various lines of business were incorporated into the Forbes Manufacturing Company, of which he continued the head until the end of his useful career.
On Feb. 5, 1879, Mr. Forbes was married to Miss Emma Gary and they reared three children. Mrs. Forbes died in 1926. Their surviving sons are James M. Forbes, who has a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garnett, who has a daughter, Betsy Ann Garnett; William H. Forbes, who has two sons, M. C., II, and James S. Forbes. His only daughter, Miss Annie, is now Mrs. J Wallace Hancock. Mr. Forbes brother, James K. Forbes, died In 1907, and his only sister, Miss Johnnie Forbes, died in 1905.
Mr. Forbes united with the Baptist Church in 1893 and had been a member of the Board of Deacons since 1907.
He had also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College for 25 or 30 years.
He served several terms as City Councilman while Hopkinsville was under the councilmanic form of government.
While Mr. Forbes was in active business life his business was expanded and branches opened in Owensboro and other cities, but as old age crept upon him, he reluctantly gave way to younger men. Although in comparative retirement be still kept a store near where his business career began, and was always to be found busy where he had been for more than 60 years. He is gone, but his memory will be kept green, for no man who ever lived in Hopkinsville made a more useful citizen than M. C. Forbes.
The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. P. C. Walker, his pastor, at the First Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Dr. W. E. Gary, John Gunn, Wallace Henderson, Fred Jackson, Edward Major and L. D. Browning.
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, September 6, 1934, pages 1 & 8
OF HEART ATTACK
EARLY IN MORNING
--------
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Friday Afternoon
At Baptist Church
--------
BURIAL AT RIVERSIDE
--------
Community Loses One of
Its Outstanding Civic
And Business Leaders
--------
M. C. Forbes, head of the Forbes Manufacturing Company and for more than fifty years a leader in the business and civic life of Western Kentucky, died suddenly at his borne in the city this morning, of a heart attack that came without a moment's warning. He was at the breakfast table and fell over dead in his chair.
He had been at his office the day before and had attended a meeting or the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College last night, seemingly in his usual good health for one of his age.
Madison C. Forbes was a native of Christian County, born on a farm in the northern part of the county, January 15, 1852, a descendant of pioneer families. His parents were James Kerr Forbes and his wife, Jane Mills Forbes.
He grew to young manhood and came to Hopkinsville to attend a private school, and, ambitious to learn, went to Bethel College, in Russellville afterwards.
He began business In Hopkinsville in a small way with a shop in which he made wagons and did a general repair work for the farmers and gradually expanded his business into many branches of trade. In 1872 he became associated with' his brother, James K. Forbes, who specialized in lumber and the firm of Forbes & Bro. soon built up a business of mammoth proportions. It conducted a planning mill; a wagon factory and a general contracting business that grew by leaps and bounds. In 1882, a great part of Hopkinsville was destroyed by fire and the city was literally rebuilt very largely by this enterprising firm. In the years that followed Mr. Forbes was easily the foremost citizen of' Hopkinsville's commercial life, a leader in business, in public service as a member of the City Council and in building up the growing city in every way. He bought vacant lots and built business houses upon them, acquired property in residence districts and constructed any man in this part of Kentucky.
In 1903 his various lines of business were incorporated into the Forbes Manufacturing Company, of which he continued the head until the end of his useful career.
On Feb. 5, 1879, Mr. Forbes was married to Miss Emma Gary and they reared three children. Mrs. Forbes died in 1926. Their surviving sons are James M. Forbes, who has a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garnett, who has a daughter, Betsy Ann Garnett; William H. Forbes, who has two sons, M. C., II, and James S. Forbes. His only daughter, Miss Annie, is now Mrs. J Wallace Hancock. Mr. Forbes brother, James K. Forbes, died In 1907, and his only sister, Miss Johnnie Forbes, died in 1905.
Mr. Forbes united with the Baptist Church in 1893 and had been a member of the Board of Deacons since 1907.
He had also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College for 25 or 30 years.
He served several terms as City Councilman while Hopkinsville was under the councilmanic form of government.
While Mr. Forbes was in active business life his business was expanded and branches opened in Owensboro and other cities, but as old age crept upon him, he reluctantly gave way to younger men. Although in comparative retirement be still kept a store near where his business career began, and was always to be found busy where he had been for more than 60 years. He is gone, but his memory will be kept green, for no man who ever lived in Hopkinsville made a more useful citizen than M. C. Forbes.
The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. P. C. Walker, his pastor, at the First Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Dr. W. E. Gary, John Gunn, Wallace Henderson, Fred Jackson, Edward Major and L. D. Browning.
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, September 6, 1934, pages 1 & 8
M. C. FORBES DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
EARLY IN MORNING
--------
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Friday Afternoon
At Baptist Church
--------
BURIAL AT RIVERSIDE
--------
Community Loses One of
Its Outstanding Civic
And Business Leaders
--------
M. C. Forbes, head of the Forbes Manufacturing Company and for more than fifty years a leader in the business and civic life of Western Kentucky, died suddenly at his borne in the city this morning, of a heart attack that came without a moment's warning. He was at the breakfast table and fell over dead in his chair.
He had been at his office the day before and had attended a meeting or the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College last night, seemingly in his usual good health for one of his age.
Madison C. Forbes was a native of Christian County, born on a farm in the northern part of the county, January 15, 1852, a descendant of pioneer families. His parents were James Kerr Forbes and his wife, Jane Mills Forbes.
He grew to young manhood and came to Hopkinsville to attend a private school, and, ambitious to learn, went to Bethel College, in Russellville afterwards.
He began business In Hopkinsville in a small way with a shop in which he made wagons and did a general repair work for the farmers and gradually expanded his business into many branches of trade. In 1872 he became associated with' his brother, James K. Forbes, who specialized in lumber and the firm of Forbes & Bro. soon built up a business of mammoth proportions. It conducted a planning mill; a wagon factory and a general contracting business that grew by leaps and bounds. In 1882, a great part of Hopkinsville was destroyed by fire and the city was literally rebuilt very largely by this enterprising firm. In the years that followed Mr. Forbes was easily the foremost citizen of' Hopkinsville's commercial life, a leader in business, in public service as a member of the City Council and in building up the growing city in every way. He bought vacant lots and built business houses upon them, acquired property in residence districts and constructed any man in this part of Kentucky.
In 1903 his various lines of business were incorporated into the Forbes Manufacturing Company, of which he continued the head until the end of his useful career.
On Feb. 5, 1879, Mr. Forbes was married to Miss Emma Gary and they reared three children. Mrs. Forbes died in 1926. Their surviving sons are James M. Forbes, who has a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garnett, who has a daughter, Betsy Ann Garnett; William H. Forbes, who has two sons, M. C., II, and James S. Forbes. His only daughter, Miss Annie, is now Mrs. J Wallace Hancock. Mr. Forbes brother, James K. Forbes, died In 1907, and his only sister, Miss Johnnie Forbes, died in 1905.
Mr. Forbes united with the Baptist Church in 1893 and had been a member of the Board of Deacons since 1907.
He had also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College for 25 or 30 years.
He served several terms as City Councilman while Hopkinsville was under the councilmanic form of government.
While Mr. Forbes was in active business life his business was expanded and branches opened in Owensboro and other cities, but as old age crept upon him, he reluctantly gave way to younger men. Although in comparative retirement be still kept a store near where his business career began, and was always to be found busy where he had been for more than 60 years. He is gone, but his memory will be kept green, for no man who ever lived in Hopkinsville made a more useful citizen than M. C. Forbes.
The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. P. C. Walker, his pastor, at the First Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Dr. W. E. Gary, John Gunn, Wallace Henderson, Fred Jackson, Edward Major and L. D. Browning.
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, September 6, 1934, pages 1 & 8
OF HEART ATTACK
EARLY IN MORNING
--------
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Friday Afternoon
At Baptist Church
--------
BURIAL AT RIVERSIDE
--------
Community Loses One of
Its Outstanding Civic
And Business Leaders
--------
M. C. Forbes, head of the Forbes Manufacturing Company and for more than fifty years a leader in the business and civic life of Western Kentucky, died suddenly at his borne in the city this morning, of a heart attack that came without a moment's warning. He was at the breakfast table and fell over dead in his chair.
He had been at his office the day before and had attended a meeting or the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College last night, seemingly in his usual good health for one of his age.
Madison C. Forbes was a native of Christian County, born on a farm in the northern part of the county, January 15, 1852, a descendant of pioneer families. His parents were James Kerr Forbes and his wife, Jane Mills Forbes.
He grew to young manhood and came to Hopkinsville to attend a private school, and, ambitious to learn, went to Bethel College, in Russellville afterwards.
He began business In Hopkinsville in a small way with a shop in which he made wagons and did a general repair work for the farmers and gradually expanded his business into many branches of trade. In 1872 he became associated with' his brother, James K. Forbes, who specialized in lumber and the firm of Forbes & Bro. soon built up a business of mammoth proportions. It conducted a planning mill; a wagon factory and a general contracting business that grew by leaps and bounds. In 1882, a great part of Hopkinsville was destroyed by fire and the city was literally rebuilt very largely by this enterprising firm. In the years that followed Mr. Forbes was easily the foremost citizen of' Hopkinsville's commercial life, a leader in business, in public service as a member of the City Council and in building up the growing city in every way. He bought vacant lots and built business houses upon them, acquired property in residence districts and constructed any man in this part of Kentucky.
In 1903 his various lines of business were incorporated into the Forbes Manufacturing Company, of which he continued the head until the end of his useful career.
On Feb. 5, 1879, Mr. Forbes was married to Miss Emma Gary and they reared three children. Mrs. Forbes died in 1926. Their surviving sons are James M. Forbes, who has a daughter, Mrs. Marion Garnett, who has a daughter, Betsy Ann Garnett; William H. Forbes, who has two sons, M. C., II, and James S. Forbes. His only daughter, Miss Annie, is now Mrs. J Wallace Hancock. Mr. Forbes brother, James K. Forbes, died In 1907, and his only sister, Miss Johnnie Forbes, died in 1905.
Mr. Forbes united with the Baptist Church in 1893 and had been a member of the Board of Deacons since 1907.
He had also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Bethel Woman's College for 25 or 30 years.
He served several terms as City Councilman while Hopkinsville was under the councilmanic form of government.
While Mr. Forbes was in active business life his business was expanded and branches opened in Owensboro and other cities, but as old age crept upon him, he reluctantly gave way to younger men. Although in comparative retirement be still kept a store near where his business career began, and was always to be found busy where he had been for more than 60 years. He is gone, but his memory will be kept green, for no man who ever lived in Hopkinsville made a more useful citizen than M. C. Forbes.
The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. P. C. Walker, his pastor, at the First Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Dr. W. E. Gary, John Gunn, Wallace Henderson, Fred Jackson, Edward Major and L. D. Browning.
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, September 6, 1934, pages 1 & 8
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