18th May 18831,2 - 29th Apr 19651,2
Life History
18th May 1883 |
Born in Bowie County, Texas.1,2 |
18th Nov 1906 |
Married Katie Kathleen SULLIVAN in Bowie County, Texas.1,4 |
6th Sep 1962 |
Death of Katie Kathleen SULLIVAN in Bowie County, Texas.1,2 |
29th Apr 1965 |
Died in Naples, Morris, Texas.1,2 Pulmonary Emphysema for 5 years |
about 29th Apr 1965 |
Buried in Roberts Cemetery, DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas.1,2 |
Notes
- In the 1900 census, John was reported as the 17-year-old son of Jason A Forsyth and his wife Lavonia. An oddity here is that an 1880 marriage record in Cass County, Texas, (just south of Bowie County) reports the marriage of Jason A Forsyth to Emily Christian, ages of neither one reported on the marriage record. John's death certificate in Morris County, just west of Cass County, reported his mother as Emily McChristian.
This is consistent with the marriage record, and we do find some of the Christian family line reported under the name of McChristian as well as Christian. This census record would make it appear that Lavonia here is a different wife from the Emily Christian whom Jason married in 1880. However, in the 1910 and 1920 censuses the wife of Jason is again reported as Amanda, which Christian family researchers know as another name of Emily Christian, as Amanda Emily Christian. The 1920 census reports Jason's wife as Mandy.
The ages reported make Amanda/Mandy younger than the age we would expect for Emily to match an 1880 marriage. On the other hand, we do know that reported ages varied considerably record to record in that era, that not being a technical focus like it became over the course of the 20th century into the modern world.
1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 1 June, Precinct 4, District 12, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
Forsyth, Jason A Head W M Jun 1860 39 Married 2 yrs TX MO TN Farmer Owns
Forsyth, Lavonia Wife W F F[eb?] 1882 18 Married 2 yrs 0 children/0 living TX Unknown TX
Forsyth, John Son W M May 1883 17 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer
In 1906 Johbn married Katie Sullivan.
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
John Forsythe
Kate or Katie Sullivan
Marriage 18 Nov 1906 Bowie County, Texas, USA
Katie's name is found spelled Katy sometimes, and on her gravestone, it is even spelled Kattie, which would normally represent the pronunciation "cattie." But her name was pronounced Katie, as her husband reported it on his WWI registration. Her daughter's Social Security records reports the name under the spellilng Katy.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Bernice Delean Caddenhead [Bernice For Cox] [Bernice Cox] [Bernice Delean Forsyth]
Birth 8 Apr 1915 Dekalb, Bowie County, Texas
Death Date 26 Jan 1997
Father John A Forsyth
Mother Katy K Sullivan
SSN 457188840
Feb 1938 Name listed as BERNICE DELEAN CADDENHEAD; Jan 1954 Name listed as BERNICE FOR COX; 08 Dec 1974 Name listed as BERNICE DELEAN COX; 10 Feb 1977 Name listed as BERNICE DELEAN FORSYTH COX; 05 Feb 1997 Name listed as BERNICE COX
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
John A Forsyth
Age 81 yrs, 11 mos, 11 days
Birth 18 May 1883 Texas
Farming, Widowed
Residence Route 4, DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas
Father Jason Forsyth
Mother Emily McChristian
Informant Horace Forsyth
Death 29 April 1965 Granberry Memorial Hospital, Naples, Morris County, Texas, stay of 4 days
Cause of Death Pulmonary Emphysema for 5 years
Removal 29 April 1965 for preparation for burial in Roberts Cemetery, DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, by Hanner, Clyde and Rolf
Certificate #32342 filed 6 May 1965, filed State 4 June 1985
John A Forsyth
Birth May 18, 1883 Texas, USA
Death Apr 29, 1965 Naples, Morris County, Texas, USA
Parents:
Jason Forsyth 1860 - unknown
Emily Christian Forsyth 1860 - unknown
Spouse Kattie K Sullivan Forsyth 1887 - 1952 (m. 1906)
Siblings:
Brother Thomas J Forsyth 1881-1940
Louella Hardeman Forsyth Allen 1892-1943
Half Siblings:
Ira J Forsyth 1902-1902
Children:
Lela Mae Forsyth Van Noy 1907-1983
Horace Clifton Forsyth 1912-1979
Clarence Edward Forsyth 1918-2006
Burial Roberts Cemetery, Bowie County, Texas
Created by Granville & Patricia Aug 15, 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial #74971871, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74971871
Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
- 3. 1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
- 1 June, Precinct 4, District 12, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
- 4. Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
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