Forsythe Family Network

Posted by: Betty Jean Norman Date: May 26, 2001 at 19:48:22
In Reply to: Re: Forsythe -Illinois connection 1890's by Dan Forsythe of 775

In Clark County Illinois is the Forsythe Cemetery and most of them are buried in that area if not in that cemetery. We go back to William who married Ester Ashmore in Kentucky and his grandson Benjamin Bradford fought in the Civil War. There are agreat many of us who have resources for the different lines. Please e-mail me at my e-mail address bjcan2@hotmail.com

I found this posting on 2/2005 @ http://genforum.genealogy.com/forsythe/messages/435.html

I emailed bjcan2 to see if she's still around.

RF

She responded and we spoke on the phone for a bit. Unfortunately, she was quite guarded with her information, asking that none of anything she supplies be made available via the internet.

Notes for ESTHER HETTY ASHMORE:

Source 1860 Census
State Illinois County Clark Township Douglas
enumeration date August 31, 1860
enumerator W. Dougherty Post Office Marshall
Dwelling 2228 Family 12
Benjamin B. Forsythe age 22 val of real estate 3000
val of personal estate 950 born Illinois
married within one year
Martha age 19 born Ohio
married within one year
Esther age 59 born Tennesse
Rebecca age 27 born Illinois
Emily age 20 born Illinois
Robert age 17 born Illinois
Benjamin lives two doors from his brothers Chesterfield and Samuel.

Source 1870 Census
State Illinois County Clark Township Douglas
enumeration date August 5, 1870
enumerator Burns Archer Post Office Marshall
Dwelling 6 Family 6
Esther Forsythe age 70 occ keeping house
val of real estate 6000 val of personal estate 900
born Kentucky
Rebecca age 30 occ at home born Illinois
Robert age 27 occ farmer born Illinois
William age 33 occ farmer born Illinois

More About ESTHER HETTY ASHMORE:
Burial: Forsythe Cemetery

More About WILLIAM BRADFORD FORSYTHE:
Burial: Forsythe Cemetery

More About WILLIAM FORSYTHE and ESTHER ASHMORE:
Marriage: January 27, 1822, Bulter County, Kentucky

ASHMAN, ESTHER---was born in Butler County, Tennessee, March 19, 1801. She married William Forsythe in 1820 and they had eleven children. In 1829 she came to Illinois and lived near Marshall. Esther died April 20, 1896 and she was buried in the Forsythe Cemetery. Found in: April 22, 1896, issue of the Clark County Herald.