Jacob L. Fordyce, farmer, section 34, Gilmore Township, was born April 2, 1828, in Greene Co., Pa. His parents, Archibald G. and Nancy (Leonard) Fordyce, were both natives of Pennsylvania, where the father is still living. The mother died in1847.
Mr. Fordyce studied medicine in his earlier years, and at 25 years of age went to West Virginia and commenced its practice, to which he devoted 12 years at Little's Mills, Tyler County. March 28, 1865, he came to Isabella County and located on 120 acres of land in Coe Township. In 1871, he disposed of the place by sale and purchased 160 acres in Gilmore Township, with a small tract of 12 acres cleared. He has since sold 80 acres, and retains but one-half his original acreage. On this he has good and suitable farm buildings. He served as Supervisor of Coe Township two terms, and has filled the same position four terms in Gilmore. He is a Republican in political affiliation.
He was married Jan. 6, 1853, in Greene Co., Pa., to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Wood) Jacobs. She was born March 31, 1834. Following is the record of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce, four of whom are deceased: Lakins was born Jan. 5, 1854; Clarinda, April 29, 1859; Eli, Aug. 25, 1861; Silas, Dec. 17, 1865; Horace, Feb. 2, 1871; William was born Nov. 8, 1855 (died Sept. 21, 1863, of diptheria); Jarret, born Oct. 4, 1857 (drowned July 17, 1861); and unnamed child died of measles March 2, 1863, who was born Feb. 24, of the same year; John Linza, born Feb. 1, 1868 (died Feb. 1, 1884, of malignant erysipelas).
The parents are zealous member of the Disciple's Church.
Portrait & Biographical Record, Isabella County, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1884), pages 433-434
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Jacob L. Fordyce
C. F. Wood, of Rogersville, has received word of the death of Dr. Jacob L. Fordyce, of Farwell, Mich., which occurred April 10, from paralysis. Dr. Fordyce was 86 years of age and was born and reared in Center township and was the eldest of a family of fifteen children. He was the son of Archibald G. and Nancy Leonard Fordyce. He taught school several terms in this county and then studied medicine, residing for a time in West Virginia. In 1865 he removed to Michigan. He was a Republican in politics and prominent in the councils of his party having held several important offices in the county in which he lived. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Jacobs, sister of Henry Jacobs, late of Waynesburg, died six years ago. Mr. Fordyce is survived by five children: Larkins, Eli, Horace, and Silas Fordyce and Mrs. Clarinda Seymour, all of Michigan. An aged sister, Mrs. Maria Wood, of Holbrook, also survives. He was a faithful member of the Christian church and was the last surviving charter member of the Holbrook Christian church, which was organized in 1853. Mr. Fordyce was an uncle of Henry Fordyce, Clyde Whyte and Mrs. Henry Hudson, of Waynesburg, also John and C. F. Wood, of Rogersville.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, April 24, 1913
Mr. Fordyce studied medicine in his earlier years, and at 25 years of age went to West Virginia and commenced its practice, to which he devoted 12 years at Little's Mills, Tyler County. March 28, 1865, he came to Isabella County and located on 120 acres of land in Coe Township. In 1871, he disposed of the place by sale and purchased 160 acres in Gilmore Township, with a small tract of 12 acres cleared. He has since sold 80 acres, and retains but one-half his original acreage. On this he has good and suitable farm buildings. He served as Supervisor of Coe Township two terms, and has filled the same position four terms in Gilmore. He is a Republican in political affiliation.
He was married Jan. 6, 1853, in Greene Co., Pa., to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Wood) Jacobs. She was born March 31, 1834. Following is the record of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce, four of whom are deceased: Lakins was born Jan. 5, 1854; Clarinda, April 29, 1859; Eli, Aug. 25, 1861; Silas, Dec. 17, 1865; Horace, Feb. 2, 1871; William was born Nov. 8, 1855 (died Sept. 21, 1863, of diptheria); Jarret, born Oct. 4, 1857 (drowned July 17, 1861); and unnamed child died of measles March 2, 1863, who was born Feb. 24, of the same year; John Linza, born Feb. 1, 1868 (died Feb. 1, 1884, of malignant erysipelas).
The parents are zealous member of the Disciple's Church.
Portrait & Biographical Record, Isabella County, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1884), pages 433-434
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Jacob L. Fordyce
C. F. Wood, of Rogersville, has received word of the death of Dr. Jacob L. Fordyce, of Farwell, Mich., which occurred April 10, from paralysis. Dr. Fordyce was 86 years of age and was born and reared in Center township and was the eldest of a family of fifteen children. He was the son of Archibald G. and Nancy Leonard Fordyce. He taught school several terms in this county and then studied medicine, residing for a time in West Virginia. In 1865 he removed to Michigan. He was a Republican in politics and prominent in the councils of his party having held several important offices in the county in which he lived. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Jacobs, sister of Henry Jacobs, late of Waynesburg, died six years ago. Mr. Fordyce is survived by five children: Larkins, Eli, Horace, and Silas Fordyce and Mrs. Clarinda Seymour, all of Michigan. An aged sister, Mrs. Maria Wood, of Holbrook, also survives. He was a faithful member of the Christian church and was the last surviving charter member of the Holbrook Christian church, which was organized in 1853. Mr. Fordyce was an uncle of Henry Fordyce, Clyde Whyte and Mrs. Henry Hudson, of Waynesburg, also John and C. F. Wood, of Rogersville.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, April 24, 1913
Jacob L. Fordyce, farmer, section 34, Gilmore Township, was born April 2, 1828, in Greene Co., Pa. His parents, Archibald G. and Nancy (Leonard) Fordyce, were both natives of Pennsylvania, where the father is still living. The mother died in1847.
Mr. Fordyce studied medicine in his earlier years, and at 25 years of age went to West Virginia and commenced its practice, to which he devoted 12 years at Little's Mills, Tyler County. March 28, 1865, he came to Isabella County and located on 120 acres of land in Coe Township. In 1871, he disposed of the place by sale and purchased 160 acres in Gilmore Township, with a small tract of 12 acres cleared. He has since sold 80 acres, and retains but one-half his original acreage. On this he has good and suitable farm buildings. He served as Supervisor of Coe Township two terms, and has filled the same position four terms in Gilmore. He is a Republican in political affiliation.
He was married Jan. 6, 1853, in Greene Co., Pa., to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Wood) Jacobs. She was born March 31, 1834. Following is the record of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce, four of whom are deceased: Lakins was born Jan. 5, 1854; Clarinda, April 29, 1859; Eli, Aug. 25, 1861; Silas, Dec. 17, 1865; Horace, Feb. 2, 1871; William was born Nov. 8, 1855 (died Sept. 21, 1863, of diptheria); Jarret, born Oct. 4, 1857 (drowned July 17, 1861); and unnamed child died of measles March 2, 1863, who was born Feb. 24, of the same year; John Linza, born Feb. 1, 1868 (died Feb. 1, 1884, of malignant erysipelas).
The parents are zealous member of the Disciple's Church.
Portrait & Biographical Record, Isabella County, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1884), pages 433-434
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Jacob L. Fordyce
C. F. Wood, of Rogersville, has received word of the death of Dr. Jacob L. Fordyce, of Farwell, Mich., which occurred April 10, from paralysis. Dr. Fordyce was 86 years of age and was born and reared in Center township and was the eldest of a family of fifteen children. He was the son of Archibald G. and Nancy Leonard Fordyce. He taught school several terms in this county and then studied medicine, residing for a time in West Virginia. In 1865 he removed to Michigan. He was a Republican in politics and prominent in the councils of his party having held several important offices in the county in which he lived. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Jacobs, sister of Henry Jacobs, late of Waynesburg, died six years ago. Mr. Fordyce is survived by five children: Larkins, Eli, Horace, and Silas Fordyce and Mrs. Clarinda Seymour, all of Michigan. An aged sister, Mrs. Maria Wood, of Holbrook, also survives. He was a faithful member of the Christian church and was the last surviving charter member of the Holbrook Christian church, which was organized in 1853. Mr. Fordyce was an uncle of Henry Fordyce, Clyde Whyte and Mrs. Henry Hudson, of Waynesburg, also John and C. F. Wood, of Rogersville.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, April 24, 1913
Mr. Fordyce studied medicine in his earlier years, and at 25 years of age went to West Virginia and commenced its practice, to which he devoted 12 years at Little's Mills, Tyler County. March 28, 1865, he came to Isabella County and located on 120 acres of land in Coe Township. In 1871, he disposed of the place by sale and purchased 160 acres in Gilmore Township, with a small tract of 12 acres cleared. He has since sold 80 acres, and retains but one-half his original acreage. On this he has good and suitable farm buildings. He served as Supervisor of Coe Township two terms, and has filled the same position four terms in Gilmore. He is a Republican in political affiliation.
He was married Jan. 6, 1853, in Greene Co., Pa., to Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Wood) Jacobs. She was born March 31, 1834. Following is the record of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce, four of whom are deceased: Lakins was born Jan. 5, 1854; Clarinda, April 29, 1859; Eli, Aug. 25, 1861; Silas, Dec. 17, 1865; Horace, Feb. 2, 1871; William was born Nov. 8, 1855 (died Sept. 21, 1863, of diptheria); Jarret, born Oct. 4, 1857 (drowned July 17, 1861); and unnamed child died of measles March 2, 1863, who was born Feb. 24, of the same year; John Linza, born Feb. 1, 1868 (died Feb. 1, 1884, of malignant erysipelas).
The parents are zealous member of the Disciple's Church.
Portrait & Biographical Record, Isabella County, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1884), pages 433-434
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Jacob L. Fordyce
C. F. Wood, of Rogersville, has received word of the death of Dr. Jacob L. Fordyce, of Farwell, Mich., which occurred April 10, from paralysis. Dr. Fordyce was 86 years of age and was born and reared in Center township and was the eldest of a family of fifteen children. He was the son of Archibald G. and Nancy Leonard Fordyce. He taught school several terms in this county and then studied medicine, residing for a time in West Virginia. In 1865 he removed to Michigan. He was a Republican in politics and prominent in the councils of his party having held several important offices in the county in which he lived. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Jacobs, sister of Henry Jacobs, late of Waynesburg, died six years ago. Mr. Fordyce is survived by five children: Larkins, Eli, Horace, and Silas Fordyce and Mrs. Clarinda Seymour, all of Michigan. An aged sister, Mrs. Maria Wood, of Holbrook, also survives. He was a faithful member of the Christian church and was the last surviving charter member of the Holbrook Christian church, which was organized in 1853. Mr. Fordyce was an uncle of Henry Fordyce, Clyde Whyte and Mrs. Henry Hudson, of Waynesburg, also John and C. F. Wood, of Rogersville.
Waynesburg [PA] Republican, April 24, 1913
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