Born into the Mennonite/Brethren faith. Son of Jacob Forney and Magdalena Saylor. Moved with his family from PA to Tuscarawas/Holmes Co, OH in about 1815. Christian left Ohio and moved to Indiana in about 1841. Christian had 9 children; Christian H, Jacob, Christina, Abraham, Mary, Daniel, Magdalena, George W. and William Forney. After the death of his wife Christianna, he married the widow Mary (Browning) Iams. They are both buried in Twibell Cemetery.
Born into the Mennonite/Brethren faith. Son of Jacob Forney and Magdalena Saylor. Moved with his family from PA to Tuscarawas/Holmes Co, OH in about 1815. Christian left Ohio and moved to Indiana in about 1841. Christian had 9 children; Christian H, Jacob, Christina, Abraham, Mary, Daniel, Magdalena, George W. and William Forney. After the death of his wife Christianna, he married the widow Mary (Browning) Iams. They are both buried in Twibell Cemetery.
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Epitaph from William Collins Dirge in Cymbeline
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Each lonely scene shall thee restore, For thee the tear be duly shed; Beloved till life could charm no more, And mourned till Pity's self be dead.
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