Biography of Thomas C. Folbre, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Birth: Jun. 15, 1841 Indiana, USA Death: 1911-St. Francis County, Arkansas, USA
City Cemetery The Forrest City Times' Art Souvenir-1905-Page 81: This sketch is
about Judge Thomas C. Folbre, now judge of the County and Probate Courts of St.
Francis County, and one of the most popular and efficient officers the county
has ever had. He is a son of Charles L. and Mary J. (Baldwin) Folbre, and was
born on June 15, 1841, at Aurora, Indiana. He was educated in private schools in
Indiana and Kentucky, and in 1850 became a citizen of Arkansas. At the age of
sixteen years he began business for himself at Linden. in this county. He came
to Forrest City from near that place in 1869, to accept a situation as salesman
for the Altheimer Brothers, who were then doing a general merchandise business
on the corner of Washington and North Front Streets, now occupied by the
Rollwage building in which J. S. Shields & Co. are doing general drug business.
Forrest City was incorporated the following year, 1870, and he was elected the
first Mayor, and G. Altheimer and Capt. Frank M. Prewett were also members of
the Board of Aldermen. During his residence he has frequently been elected to
the Town Council, Board of Health, and other official bodies, and in 1894 was
elected Circuit and County Clerk, which he held two years. He was elected in
1902 to the office of County and Probate Judge of St. Francis County, and was
re-elected in 1904. Judge Folbre was a gallant Confederate soldier. He enlisted
in Confederate service in August 1861, and served through the entire period,
surrendering May 25, 1865, at which time he held the rank of Lieutenant of Co.
A., Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry. He was the father of ten children. His wife was
Mary M. Folbre and died earlier in 1886.

Copyright With Permission: 1905 Art Souvenir-Forrest City Times NewspaperWeston
McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas