Edgar Co. Il Biographies - A. P. Forsyth


Surname: Forsyth
Submitter: Tracy Smith
EMAIL: tjpblshr@phnx.uswest.net
DATE: Jun 26 2000

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From the book, "History of Edgar County, Illinois, 1879":


HON. A. P. FORSYTH, Isabel, Congressman-elect from the Fifteenth District,
Illinois; was born in Ohio, May 24, 1830; came to this State in 1865; his
farm consists of eighty acres, valued at $40 per acre. He was a participant
in the late war, having enlisted in the 97th Ind. V. I.; served two years,
and was discharged with honor, on account of disabilities.