Simeon was one of six children of Silas & Brittania [Jones] Forbes. His known siblings were Nancy, John, Polly, Sarah & William.
Sources have two dates for Simeon's marriage, 24 Jan 1844 or on 1 Feb 1844. The 24th may be when the license was issued and the 1st when the ceremony was performed. Which ever Simeon married Mary Chloe Morrisette in Shiloh.
The couple had six known children:
1. Penelope, b. 1845
2. Demsey, b. 1848
3. Wm R, b. 1850
4. John, b. 1857
5. Leander, 1867-aft 4/1946
6. Simeon L. 1870-1946
Simeon was a windmill operator at the mill his father built and a farmer.
After his wife Mary died he married the widow Elizabeth Barnard Garrett in 1884.
General Index to Marriages - Camden Co, NC. p 93
m. 1/24/1884, Shiloh; Simeon J. Forbes, 62, w, res NC; Elizabeth Garrett, 45, w, res NC;
Parents groom: Silas & Britany Forbes; Parents bride: Edmond & Gracie Barnard
Simeon's death date is sometime after his Jan 24, 1884 marriage.
At one time his death date was shown as 22 May 1882 Shiloh, Camden Co, NC. That info came from a tree someone posted on ancestry. That tree now shows his Jan 1884 marriage along with the note that he died at an unknown time after that
Sources have two dates for Simeon's marriage, 24 Jan 1844 or on 1 Feb 1844. The 24th may be when the license was issued and the 1st when the ceremony was performed. Which ever Simeon married Mary Chloe Morrisette in Shiloh.
The couple had six known children:
1. Penelope, b. 1845
2. Demsey, b. 1848
3. Wm R, b. 1850
4. John, b. 1857
5. Leander, 1867-aft 4/1946
6. Simeon L. 1870-1946
Simeon was a windmill operator at the mill his father built and a farmer.
After his wife Mary died he married the widow Elizabeth Barnard Garrett in 1884.
General Index to Marriages - Camden Co, NC. p 93
m. 1/24/1884, Shiloh; Simeon J. Forbes, 62, w, res NC; Elizabeth Garrett, 45, w, res NC;
Parents groom: Silas & Britany Forbes; Parents bride: Edmond & Gracie Barnard
Simeon's death date is sometime after his Jan 24, 1884 marriage.
At one time his death date was shown as 22 May 1882 Shiloh, Camden Co, NC. That info came from a tree someone posted on ancestry. That tree now shows his Jan 1884 marriage along with the note that he died at an unknown time after that
Simeon was one of six children of Silas & Brittania [Jones] Forbes. His known siblings were Nancy, John, Polly, Sarah & William.
Sources have two dates for Simeon's marriage, 24 Jan 1844 or on 1 Feb 1844. The 24th may be when the license was issued and the 1st when the ceremony was performed. Which ever Simeon married Mary Chloe Morrisette in Shiloh.
The couple had six known children:
1. Penelope, b. 1845
2. Demsey, b. 1848
3. Wm R, b. 1850
4. John, b. 1857
5. Leander, 1867-aft 4/1946
6. Simeon L. 1870-1946
Simeon was a windmill operator at the mill his father built and a farmer.
After his wife Mary died he married the widow Elizabeth Barnard Garrett in 1884.
General Index to Marriages - Camden Co, NC. p 93
m. 1/24/1884, Shiloh; Simeon J. Forbes, 62, w, res NC; Elizabeth Garrett, 45, w, res NC;
Parents groom: Silas & Britany Forbes; Parents bride: Edmond & Gracie Barnard
Simeon's death date is sometime after his Jan 24, 1884 marriage.
At one time his death date was shown as 22 May 1882 Shiloh, Camden Co, NC. That info came from a tree someone posted on ancestry. That tree now shows his Jan 1884 marriage along with the note that he died at an unknown time after that
Sources have two dates for Simeon's marriage, 24 Jan 1844 or on 1 Feb 1844. The 24th may be when the license was issued and the 1st when the ceremony was performed. Which ever Simeon married Mary Chloe Morrisette in Shiloh.
The couple had six known children:
1. Penelope, b. 1845
2. Demsey, b. 1848
3. Wm R, b. 1850
4. John, b. 1857
5. Leander, 1867-aft 4/1946
6. Simeon L. 1870-1946
Simeon was a windmill operator at the mill his father built and a farmer.
After his wife Mary died he married the widow Elizabeth Barnard Garrett in 1884.
General Index to Marriages - Camden Co, NC. p 93
m. 1/24/1884, Shiloh; Simeon J. Forbes, 62, w, res NC; Elizabeth Garrett, 45, w, res NC;
Parents groom: Silas & Britany Forbes; Parents bride: Edmond & Gracie Barnard
Simeon's death date is sometime after his Jan 24, 1884 marriage.
At one time his death date was shown as 22 May 1882 Shiloh, Camden Co, NC. That info came from a tree someone posted on ancestry. That tree now shows his Jan 1884 marriage along with the note that he died at an unknown time after that
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