Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 27 July, PO Mt Pleasant, page 107, Hse/Fam #741
  Forsythe, James B 37 M W Farming $320 Real Estate $100 Personal Estate born Georgia Cannot read
  Forsythe, Francis 27 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot read [b abt 1843]
  Forsythe, Jacin [Jason] 10 F W born Texas Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
  Forsythe, Robert 7 M W born Texas
  Forsythe, Page 2 M W born Texas
  
  1880 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 31 June, Precinct 4, page 13, District 5, Hse/Fam #111
  Forsythe, James B  W M 47 Farmer Cannot Read or write TN NC NC
  Forsythe, Francis A  W F 37 Wife Keeps House TN -- --
  Forsythe, Jason  W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
  Forsythe, Robert W M 17 Son Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
  Forsythe, Page W M 12 Son Works on Farm Cannot Read or write TX TN TN
  Forsythe, James W M 9 Son TX TN TN
  Forsythe, Lucy J WF 6 Dau TX TN TN
  Forsythe, Jackson W M 1mo Son TX TN TN
  
  "Edith Perkins said" Robert was shot and died from a stray buckshot.  He was 19 years old.
  --  Kathy Gautesen-Sharber, posted 06 Oct 2006 on Ancestry, accessed 15 March 2020
  
  "James Bailey & Francis had another son, Robert, who was killed in 1882 when he was 19. There is no grave memorial for him and no details about his burial, only that they were living in Bowie County at the time. There is a story 'Edith Perkins Said' that gives the account of his death. Edith was Winfred Scott & Harriet Angeline Forsyth Perkins' daughter as was my grandmother."
  --  Lynda Lewis, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 March 2020
  

Sources

• 1. Funeral Cards/Programs
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas
  • 27 July, PO Mt Pleasant, page 107, Hse/Fam #741
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
  • 31 June, Precinct 4, page 13, District 5, Hse/Fam #111
• 4. Ancestry Stories
• 5. Email Sources