Sierra-Nevada County CA Archives Biographies.....Forbes, Robert 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

ROBERT FORBES, a native of Dundas, Ontario, came to Grass Valley, Nevada county,
in the fall of 1864, where he remained two years. In 1866 he came to
Downieville, and worked in the foundry and machine-shop for a number of years.
In 1877, he, in company with James Taylor, purchased the foundry at Downieville,
which is now in a flourishing condition. Mr. Forbes was married in 1872 to
Henrietta Ann Allen, a native of Downieville. They have had three children, two
of whom are living. James Taylor came from Louisville, Kentucky, to Grass
Valley, where he worked as a machinist for his brother. In 1874 he went to
Virginia City, and came to Downieville in 1877, when he entered into partnership
with Robert Forbes, in the foundry. Mr. Taylor was married in 1850, at Dublin,
Ireland, his wife dying in 1874, and has one child living.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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