Information from WHO'S WHO IN TOPEKA, 1905
W. M. Forbes was born in 1847 in Ind.; son of John G. and Elizabeth (Mathews) Forbes; educated in the academy and law dept. of Iowa State Univ.; married, 1874, to Lucretia Parsons; was principal of South Hill School, Burlington, Iowa; practiced law, Beatrice, Neb.; co. judge, Neb.,1 term; to Topeka, 1886; has been in real estate and loan business since then; member of the board of education for 10 years; mayor of Potwin Place, 2 terms; nat. treas. of the Knights and Ladies of Security for past 8 years. Office: Security Bldg, 7th and Kansas Avenue.
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W. M. Forbes was born in 1847 in Ind.; son of John G. and Elizabeth (Mathews) Forbes; educated in the academy and law dept. of Iowa State Univ.; married, 1874, to Lucretia Parsons; was principal of South Hill School, Burlington, Iowa; practiced law, Beatrice, Neb.; co. judge, Neb.,1 term; to Topeka, 1886; has been in real estate and loan business since then; member of the board of education for 10 years; mayor of Potwin Place, 2 terms; nat. treas. of the Knights and Ladies of Security for past 8 years. Office: Security Bldg, 7th and Kansas Avenue.
Contributed by JH
Information from WHO'S WHO IN TOPEKA, 1905
W. M. Forbes was born in 1847 in Ind.; son of John G. and Elizabeth (Mathews) Forbes; educated in the academy and law dept. of Iowa State Univ.; married, 1874, to Lucretia Parsons; was principal of South Hill School, Burlington, Iowa; practiced law, Beatrice, Neb.; co. judge, Neb.,1 term; to Topeka, 1886; has been in real estate and loan business since then; member of the board of education for 10 years; mayor of Potwin Place, 2 terms; nat. treas. of the Knights and Ladies of Security for past 8 years. Office: Security Bldg, 7th and Kansas Avenue.
Contributed by JH
W. M. Forbes was born in 1847 in Ind.; son of John G. and Elizabeth (Mathews) Forbes; educated in the academy and law dept. of Iowa State Univ.; married, 1874, to Lucretia Parsons; was principal of South Hill School, Burlington, Iowa; practiced law, Beatrice, Neb.; co. judge, Neb.,1 term; to Topeka, 1886; has been in real estate and loan business since then; member of the board of education for 10 years; mayor of Potwin Place, 2 terms; nat. treas. of the Knights and Ladies of Security for past 8 years. Office: Security Bldg, 7th and Kansas Avenue.
Contributed by JH
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