Obituary:
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DIED,
In this town, on Saturday evening last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. ELIZABETH FORBES, consort of Mr. Stephen B. Forbes of this place.
—Published in Carolina Centinel (New Bern, North Carolina), Saturday, February 23, 1822, p. 3.
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From findagrave contributor Sheron Smith-Savage.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan Forbes was born in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, in 1793; died in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, February 22, 1822. (information from Corey Patterson)
Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of John Council Bryan.
She married May 13, 1809, Stephen B. Forbes, a merchant of New Bern.
[Stephen B. Forbes to Betsy Bryan, May 13, New Bern, RR, May 25, 1809 - From transcription of Raleigh Register]
Mr. Forbes, to the best of my recollection, also married a Miss Bryan, and subsequently a Miss Tisdale [married in Craven Co., North Carolina, March 12, 1823, Ann Maria Tisdale, b. NC 1802, d. 1855; ref. LDS Family Search].
His son, Edward M. Forbes, became an Episcopal clergyman, and n February, 1844, delivered a sermon in Mobile before the Hon. Henry Clay, who was in the audience.
A daughter of Mr. S. B. Forbes married Major George Bush Burgwyn Clitherall, who was Secretary of the Alabama Senate in 1845, and more recently in the Quartermaster's department in the Confederate Army.
From: RECOLLECTIONS Of NEWBERN FIFTY YEARS AGO
By Stephen F. Miller (from about 1872) online at http://www.tryonpalace.org/pdfs-research/NB%2050%20years%20Ago.pdf
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DIED,
In this town, on Saturday evening last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. ELIZABETH FORBES, consort of Mr. Stephen B. Forbes of this place.
—Published in Carolina Centinel (New Bern, North Carolina), Saturday, February 23, 1822, p. 3.
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From findagrave contributor Sheron Smith-Savage.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan Forbes was born in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, in 1793; died in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, February 22, 1822. (information from Corey Patterson)
Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of John Council Bryan.
She married May 13, 1809, Stephen B. Forbes, a merchant of New Bern.
[Stephen B. Forbes to Betsy Bryan, May 13, New Bern, RR, May 25, 1809 - From transcription of Raleigh Register]
Mr. Forbes, to the best of my recollection, also married a Miss Bryan, and subsequently a Miss Tisdale [married in Craven Co., North Carolina, March 12, 1823, Ann Maria Tisdale, b. NC 1802, d. 1855; ref. LDS Family Search].
His son, Edward M. Forbes, became an Episcopal clergyman, and n February, 1844, delivered a sermon in Mobile before the Hon. Henry Clay, who was in the audience.
A daughter of Mr. S. B. Forbes married Major George Bush Burgwyn Clitherall, who was Secretary of the Alabama Senate in 1845, and more recently in the Quartermaster's department in the Confederate Army.
From: RECOLLECTIONS Of NEWBERN FIFTY YEARS AGO
By Stephen F. Miller (from about 1872) online at http://www.tryonpalace.org/pdfs-research/NB%2050%20years%20Ago.pdf
Obituary:
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DIED,
In this town, on Saturday evening last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. ELIZABETH FORBES, consort of Mr. Stephen B. Forbes of this place.
—Published in Carolina Centinel (New Bern, North Carolina), Saturday, February 23, 1822, p. 3.
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From findagrave contributor Sheron Smith-Savage.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan Forbes was born in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, in 1793; died in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, February 22, 1822. (information from Corey Patterson)
Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of John Council Bryan.
She married May 13, 1809, Stephen B. Forbes, a merchant of New Bern.
[Stephen B. Forbes to Betsy Bryan, May 13, New Bern, RR, May 25, 1809 - From transcription of Raleigh Register]
Mr. Forbes, to the best of my recollection, also married a Miss Bryan, and subsequently a Miss Tisdale [married in Craven Co., North Carolina, March 12, 1823, Ann Maria Tisdale, b. NC 1802, d. 1855; ref. LDS Family Search].
His son, Edward M. Forbes, became an Episcopal clergyman, and n February, 1844, delivered a sermon in Mobile before the Hon. Henry Clay, who was in the audience.
A daughter of Mr. S. B. Forbes married Major George Bush Burgwyn Clitherall, who was Secretary of the Alabama Senate in 1845, and more recently in the Quartermaster's department in the Confederate Army.
From: RECOLLECTIONS Of NEWBERN FIFTY YEARS AGO
By Stephen F. Miller (from about 1872) online at http://www.tryonpalace.org/pdfs-research/NB%2050%20years%20Ago.pdf
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DIED,
In this town, on Saturday evening last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs. ELIZABETH FORBES, consort of Mr. Stephen B. Forbes of this place.
—Published in Carolina Centinel (New Bern, North Carolina), Saturday, February 23, 1822, p. 3.
-----------
From findagrave contributor Sheron Smith-Savage.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan Forbes was born in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, in 1793; died in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, February 22, 1822. (information from Corey Patterson)
Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of John Council Bryan.
She married May 13, 1809, Stephen B. Forbes, a merchant of New Bern.
[Stephen B. Forbes to Betsy Bryan, May 13, New Bern, RR, May 25, 1809 - From transcription of Raleigh Register]
Mr. Forbes, to the best of my recollection, also married a Miss Bryan, and subsequently a Miss Tisdale [married in Craven Co., North Carolina, March 12, 1823, Ann Maria Tisdale, b. NC 1802, d. 1855; ref. LDS Family Search].
His son, Edward M. Forbes, became an Episcopal clergyman, and n February, 1844, delivered a sermon in Mobile before the Hon. Henry Clay, who was in the audience.
A daughter of Mr. S. B. Forbes married Major George Bush Burgwyn Clitherall, who was Secretary of the Alabama Senate in 1845, and more recently in the Quartermaster's department in the Confederate Army.
From: RECOLLECTIONS Of NEWBERN FIFTY YEARS AGO
By Stephen F. Miller (from about 1872) online at http://www.tryonpalace.org/pdfs-research/NB%2050%20years%20Ago.pdf
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