During his young manhood he attended Waynesburg College and was graduated in the class of 1859, among his classmates being Hon. J. B. Donley, Judge James Inghram, Judge Higginbotham, Samuel Montgomery and others.
At the close of the civil war he went west, locating at Ancona, Ill., where he studied medicine and beacme a successful physician. He also became a large land-owner. He had visited here several times in recent years and those visits were most enjoyable to himself and his friends. In politics he was a Republican and was prominent in his party. He was united in marriage to Miss Joan Cole, of near Pine Bank, this county, who with seven children, five sons and two daughters, survive him. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: J. B. Fordyce, of Pine Bank; Mrs. Henrietta Rice, of New Freeport; Mrs. Mary Smith, of Rogersville; Mrs. William Huffman, of Bluff, and Homer Fordyce, of East Waynesburg. The late J. G. Fordyce, of Waynesburg, was a brother.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, February 13, 1913
During his young manhood he attended Waynesburg College and was graduated in the class of 1859, among his classmates being Hon. J. B. Donley, Judge James Inghram, Judge Higginbotham, Samuel Montgomery and others.
At the close of the civil war he went west, locating at Ancona, Ill., where he studied medicine and beacme a successful physician. He also became a large land-owner. He had visited here several times in recent years and those visits were most enjoyable to himself and his friends. In politics he was a Republican and was prominent in his party. He was united in marriage to Miss Joan Cole, of near Pine Bank, this county, who with seven children, five sons and two daughters, survive him. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: J. B. Fordyce, of Pine Bank; Mrs. Henrietta Rice, of New Freeport; Mrs. Mary Smith, of Rogersville; Mrs. William Huffman, of Bluff, and Homer Fordyce, of East Waynesburg. The late J. G. Fordyce, of Waynesburg, was a brother.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, February 13, 1913
Family Members
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Eliza Ann Fordyce Smith
1830–1902
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Elizabeth Fordyce Church
1832–1889
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Mary Fordyce Smith
1836–1917
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Joab Baily Fordyce
1838–1915
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John G. Fordyce
1841–1907
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Henrietta Fordyce Rice
1846–1920
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Joseph Fordyce
1847–1852
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Jennie Fordyce Huffman
1848–1927
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Sarah E Fordyce
1850–1851
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Homer Corbly Fordyce
1855–1927
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