Caleb Morgan Forbes was the only son of Caleb & Nellie (Green) Forbes. His middle name was from his Great Great Grandfather Morgan Jones the pioneer and the Morgan ancestors from Wales. Caleb's first name goes four generations back to a Caleb Forbes b. 1730-40 d. abt 1792 in Camden Co, NC.
Caleb had two sisters, Sarah (Shelley) and Claudia (Heininger).
On Nov 20 1903 Caleb married Lauretta Baumeisster. The couple had only one child, a daughter Cleo. She married Thomas Kepper (he is buried in this cemetery). Cleo had a son Thomas Forbes Kepper on 16 Mar 1936.
After Caleb died it is not known what happened to his wife.
Caleb was the last Forbes to live on the 1831 homestead where the Forbes family cemetery is. For over 100 years family were buried there. (There were over 50 burials in the cemetery.) Caleb is the first owner of the Forbes homestead not to be buried in the Forbes family cemetery.
After Caleb died the land was rented for farming. When his daughter died in 2000 the land was sold. It is sad to see the abuse & neglect that the Forbes family cemetery in Marshall County has been subjected to by those who farm it. Illinois laws should do more to protect it's old family cemeteries where civil war veterans and settlers from the 1830s are buried.
Update the Forbes Cemetery has been restored, the grave markers (most) repaired and reset.
Caleb had two sisters, Sarah (Shelley) and Claudia (Heininger).
On Nov 20 1903 Caleb married Lauretta Baumeisster. The couple had only one child, a daughter Cleo. She married Thomas Kepper (he is buried in this cemetery). Cleo had a son Thomas Forbes Kepper on 16 Mar 1936.
After Caleb died it is not known what happened to his wife.
Caleb was the last Forbes to live on the 1831 homestead where the Forbes family cemetery is. For over 100 years family were buried there. (There were over 50 burials in the cemetery.) Caleb is the first owner of the Forbes homestead not to be buried in the Forbes family cemetery.
After Caleb died the land was rented for farming. When his daughter died in 2000 the land was sold. It is sad to see the abuse & neglect that the Forbes family cemetery in Marshall County has been subjected to by those who farm it. Illinois laws should do more to protect it's old family cemeteries where civil war veterans and settlers from the 1830s are buried.
Update the Forbes Cemetery has been restored, the grave markers (most) repaired and reset.
Caleb Morgan Forbes was the only son of Caleb & Nellie (Green) Forbes. His middle name was from his Great Great Grandfather Morgan Jones the pioneer and the Morgan ancestors from Wales. Caleb's first name goes four generations back to a Caleb Forbes b. 1730-40 d. abt 1792 in Camden Co, NC.
Caleb had two sisters, Sarah (Shelley) and Claudia (Heininger).
On Nov 20 1903 Caleb married Lauretta Baumeisster. The couple had only one child, a daughter Cleo. She married Thomas Kepper (he is buried in this cemetery). Cleo had a son Thomas Forbes Kepper on 16 Mar 1936.
After Caleb died it is not known what happened to his wife.
Caleb was the last Forbes to live on the 1831 homestead where the Forbes family cemetery is. For over 100 years family were buried there. (There were over 50 burials in the cemetery.) Caleb is the first owner of the Forbes homestead not to be buried in the Forbes family cemetery.
After Caleb died the land was rented for farming. When his daughter died in 2000 the land was sold. It is sad to see the abuse & neglect that the Forbes family cemetery in Marshall County has been subjected to by those who farm it. Illinois laws should do more to protect it's old family cemeteries where civil war veterans and settlers from the 1830s are buried.
Update the Forbes Cemetery has been restored, the grave markers (most) repaired and reset.
Caleb had two sisters, Sarah (Shelley) and Claudia (Heininger).
On Nov 20 1903 Caleb married Lauretta Baumeisster. The couple had only one child, a daughter Cleo. She married Thomas Kepper (he is buried in this cemetery). Cleo had a son Thomas Forbes Kepper on 16 Mar 1936.
After Caleb died it is not known what happened to his wife.
Caleb was the last Forbes to live on the 1831 homestead where the Forbes family cemetery is. For over 100 years family were buried there. (There were over 50 burials in the cemetery.) Caleb is the first owner of the Forbes homestead not to be buried in the Forbes family cemetery.
After Caleb died the land was rented for farming. When his daughter died in 2000 the land was sold. It is sad to see the abuse & neglect that the Forbes family cemetery in Marshall County has been subjected to by those who farm it. Illinois laws should do more to protect it's old family cemeteries where civil war veterans and settlers from the 1830s are buried.
Update the Forbes Cemetery has been restored, the grave markers (most) repaired and reset.
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