BIO:  David P. FORNEY, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 388-389

DAVID P. FORNEY, farmer, Hanover, York County, Penn., was born February 14, 
1837, in Hanover, Penn.  The progenitor of this well known family was John Adam 
Forney (formerly spelled Fornich), a tailor by occupation, who came to America 
about 1721 from Wachenheim, Germany, with his wife and four children, and 
settled near the site of Hanover.  One of the ancestors of our subject, Philip 
Forney, lived on a part of the old homestead purchased of the Penns, and reared 
a large family.  Philip Forney’s son, David, married a Miss Nace, a daughter of 
Mathias (a tanner), and Elizabeth (Bowman) Nace, who were prominent people in 
Hanover.  David Forney was a tanner by trade; he and his wife died in Baltimore, 
Md., leaving one son, Mathias Nace Forney, who was born in Baltimore, and there 
married Amanda Nace (a cousin), daughter of Hon. George Nace, of Hanover, Penn.  
Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Nace Forney had six children:  George N., Catharine N., 
wife of Rev. J. B. Bittinger, D.D., of Sewicklyville, Penn.; Louise E., wife of 
Henry Wirt, of Hanover, Penn.; Anna M.; Mathias N., a resident of New York, 
formerly editor of the Railroad Gazette; and David P.  Our subject was educated 
in the schools of Hanover and at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Penn.  He has 
been a farmer nearly all his life, and at present has 185 acres of land under a 
good state of cultivation.  He was united in married with Miss Amanda, daughter 
of Dr. G. W. Hinkle and granddaughter of Judge Hinkle, of Hanover, Penn.  Mr. 
and Mrs. David P. Forney have seven children now living:  Anna, George, Harry 
H., Lucy, Catharine, Maggie and Philip.  Squire Forney has been identified with 
the Republican party, but frequently votes for the best man regardless of party.  
In the spring of 1885 he was elected justice of the peace and is filling the 
office with marked ability.