Benjamin Franklin Forbes (1811-1857)

Benjamin Franklin Forbes

Birth

13 May 1811

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

28 Aug 1857 (aged 46)

Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa, USA

Burial

Garnavillo Cemetery

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Suggested edit: Father is Jared Forbes (16 May 1784 East Hartford CT, died 1860 Cassville, WI); mother Catherine Reeves (1790-1839), all per Ancestry/Familytree
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Parents

Jared Forbes

1784–1860
Catherine Reeves Forbes

1790–1839

Spouse

Anna Hardin Riley Forbes

1817–1893 (m. 1830)

Siblings

Edward Cox Forbes

1816–1880
Ann Elizabeth Forbes LaGrave

1820–1894
James Dennis Forbes

1823–1897
William Wallace Forbes

1824–1905
Jared J. Forbes

1832–1915

Children

Harriet P Forbes Plum

1832–1908
Josephine C Forbes Long

1834–1906
Melvina Amelia Forbes Reed

1842–1923
Eugene Albert Forbes Sr

1843–1931
Anna Cecile Forbes Anderson

1845–1919
Benjamin F. "Ben" Forbes

1855–1915

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Benjamin Franklin Forbes

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Jared Forbes

Catherine Reeves Forbes

Anna Hardin Riley Forbes

Edward Cox Forbes

Ann Elizabeth Forbes LaGrave

James Dennis Forbes

William Wallace Forbes

Jared J. Forbes

Harriet P Forbes Plum

Josephine C Forbes Long

Melvina Amelia Forbes Reed

Eugene Albert Forbes Sr

Anna Cecile Forbes Anderson

Benjamin F. "Ben" Forbes

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