Jason A FORSYTH Thomas Jefferson FORSYTH Katie Kathleen SULLIVAN Leonard Jackson FORSYTH Louella Hardeman FORSYTH Emily CHRISTIAN Mini tree diagram
John A FORSYTH

John A FORSYTH3,1,2,4

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

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