Biographical Sketch of George Forbes, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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George W. Forbes is a Virginian by birth, born in Nelson County of the 
Old Dominion, in 1830.  William A. and Mary (Fitzgerald) Forbes, his
parents, had a family of thirteen children, of whom George W. was the
eleventh, and he grew up to an agricultural experience.  In addition
to the limited education obtained from the common schools of his native
State, he has acquired a good general information from observation and
self-application in later years.  In 1854 Mr. Forbes was married to 
Miss Martha A. Kinkade, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gillaspie) Kin-
kade, and soon after this event they removed to Franklin County, MO.,
living on a rented farm part of the time.  During this period Mr. 
Forbes also devoted some time to the carpenter's trade, and by economy
and good management was soon enabled to purchase his present homestead
in Crawford County, on which he has since resided.  This embraced a
first only forty acres of unimproved land, to which he has added from
time to time, until he now has a comfortable homestead of 150 acres.
Upon locating here he suffered many inconveniences, having to go ten
miles to mill and a long distance to church.  He took no active part 
in the war, but during that troublous period he and his wife were in-
strumental in keeping up a warm religious interest throughout the 
community, often having services held at his house.  They have long
been worthy members of the Methodist Church, of which they are still
warm supporters.  Mr. and Mrs. Forbes have had ten children, eight of
whom survive: Mary J., Sarah A., Nancy C., John W., James S., Margaret
C., Jossie M. and Jessie P.  Mr. Forbes has served continuously as
justice of the peace for twenty-six years.  He is a Republican, polit-
ically, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Triple Alliance
of Steelville.  He is postmaster of Delhi, which office is kept in his
residence; this position he has occupied some three years.

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