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Abraham Forney

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Abraham Forney

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
Dec 1784 (aged 55)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Photo of gravestone can be viewed at the following website -
http://forneydna.com/forneygraveyard/fgy.html

Abraham Forney son of Peter Forney and Anna (Smith) Forney, born about 1729, the 1720 birth year on the field stone (1720-1784) is wrong. He died between 1784 and 1789 according to his Will. He was married to Elizabeth (Spurgeon).

DOB information entered is from contributor Eversearcher3 (member #47514669): " A history of his family was written by Gottfied Fahrni. He provides birth dates and death dates for many in this family including his father Peter who was born Dec 14 1698."

I previously listed his place of birth (from another edit): Steffisburg, Verwaltungskreis Thun, Bern, Switzerland.

NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.

This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.
Photo of gravestone can be viewed at the following website -
http://forneydna.com/forneygraveyard/fgy.html

Abraham Forney son of Peter Forney and Anna (Smith) Forney, born about 1729, the 1720 birth year on the field stone (1720-1784) is wrong. He died between 1784 and 1789 according to his Will. He was married to Elizabeth (Spurgeon).

DOB information entered is from contributor Eversearcher3 (member #47514669): " A history of his family was written by Gottfied Fahrni. He provides birth dates and death dates for many in this family including his father Peter who was born Dec 14 1698."

I previously listed his place of birth (from another edit): Steffisburg, Verwaltungskreis Thun, Bern, Switzerland.

NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.

This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.


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  • Created by: Dana Dancy
  • Added: Jun 26, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72027404/abraham-forney: accessed ), memorial page for Abraham Forney (23 Jan 1729–Dec 1784), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72027404, citing Forney Grave Yard, Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Dana Dancy (contributor 46998072).