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Solomon Benjamin “Sol” Forney

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Solomon Benjamin “Sol” Forney

Birth
Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death
18 Jan 1927 (aged 93)
Burial
Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Solomon Forney came to Holt co., Mo. in company with his father, Peter, & 41 men, women and children. Taking a boat at Steubensville, Ohio, they came down the Ohio River to Cairo, Ill., up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Mo. and up the Missouri River to St. Joseph, Mo. They were passengers on the steamer "Ben West." The boat sank near Boonville, Mo. and the party spent three weeks ashore there until another steamer could be secured for St. Joseph, Mo. Enroute Mrs. Josiah Grim and a child of Joseph Forney , died of cholera, and were buried in St. Joseph, Mo. From there the Colony of Settlers made their way by wagon, horseback and on foot to Holt co. Mo. and upon reaching the Nodaway River were again delayed. The tiny stream was at flood stage and nearly a mile wide at the crossing. Mr. Forney made several land transactions before he finally settled, one of them being in Forbes Township where his wife, Ellen Acton, whom he married March 28, 1855, assisted him in buying 80 acres by trading in her negress. Ellen died here Sept. 14, 1855 and in 1859 he married Cassandra Taylor and they lived to see 57 married years together.
Taken from a Holt County Missouri publication

Solomon was the son of Peter Forney who died in Holt county, MO in 1847.
Solomon Forney came to Holt co., Mo. in company with his father, Peter, & 41 men, women and children. Taking a boat at Steubensville, Ohio, they came down the Ohio River to Cairo, Ill., up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Mo. and up the Missouri River to St. Joseph, Mo. They were passengers on the steamer "Ben West." The boat sank near Boonville, Mo. and the party spent three weeks ashore there until another steamer could be secured for St. Joseph, Mo. Enroute Mrs. Josiah Grim and a child of Joseph Forney , died of cholera, and were buried in St. Joseph, Mo. From there the Colony of Settlers made their way by wagon, horseback and on foot to Holt co. Mo. and upon reaching the Nodaway River were again delayed. The tiny stream was at flood stage and nearly a mile wide at the crossing. Mr. Forney made several land transactions before he finally settled, one of them being in Forbes Township where his wife, Ellen Acton, whom he married March 28, 1855, assisted him in buying 80 acres by trading in her negress. Ellen died here Sept. 14, 1855 and in 1859 he married Cassandra Taylor and they lived to see 57 married years together.
Taken from a Holt County Missouri publication

Solomon was the son of Peter Forney who died in Holt county, MO in 1847.

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