Abraham Forney was a native of Germany was born in
1740, and died August 27, 1824. he married Susanna___ , born 1752, died
May 28, 1842 ; emigrated to America about 1798, and in 1801 they settled
in Cadiz township, Harrison County, Ohio ; had issue
I. John,
II . Abraham,
III . Catherine,
IV. Mary, born 1775, died August 5, 1850, married
about 1793, probably near Martinsburg W Va., Charles Timmons, born 1751,
died 1829
V. Susanna, married __ Rabe,
VI. Frederick, born August 28, 1787, in Germany ,
removed to Nottingham township in 1827, where he died in 1854 ; he
served in the War of 1812 ; married October 29, 1812, Deborah Harris,
died June 21, 1873, whose parents were pioneers in Harrison County ; had
issue : 1. Sophia, born September 6, 1813 ; 2. Susanna, born November 3,
1814 ; 3. Mary Ann, born August 6, 1817; 4. John, born November 29, 1820
; settled at Deersville ; married Nancy Johnson, daughter of Ephram
Johnson of Moorefield. ; 5. Eliza M., born July 6, 1825 ; 6. Catherine
born July 8, 1827; 7. Alice born July 4, 1829
VII. Sophia
page – 417 Harrison County Wills
Abraham Forney, Cadiz township ; date of will, July
26, 1822 ; date of probate, October 11, 1824 : wife, Susanna ; children,
John , Abraham , Frederick , Catherine , Polly , Susan , Sophia ; execs
sons, John Forney , Abraham Forney ; wits, Walter B. Beebe , John
Prichard , J. Harris, Susanna Forney, Harrison county ; date of will
July 14, 1834 ; date of probate, June 28, 1842 ; children, Polly
Timmons, Susanna Rabe ; friend, John Malholm ; execs John Maholm, Walter
B. Beebe, James Smiley
page – 83 Early days in Cadiz
Charles Chapman, April 15, 1812, Lot 92; March 24,
1815, Lot 104, (deeded by John Forney)
page - 84
Robert Kelly, April 16, 1812, Lot 4; May 14, 1814,
Lot 4 (deeded by John Forney)
page - 86
John Prichard bought Lot 85, Dec. 5, 1810, 5.74
acres adjoining the platt of Cadiz and the land of Abraham Forney
page - 121
Harrison County Settlers by 1813
North Township Nancy Forney, 1812, from
Westmoreland County, Pa.
page - 211
Harrison County Land Patents, John Firebaugh,
assignee of Elizabeth Forney, SE 14 . 13 . 6, June 8, 1812
page - 212
Nancy Forney, Westmoreland Co. Pa., NW 7.13. 6,
Jan. 1, 1812
Peter Forney, Somerset Co. Pa., NW 8.13. 6, Sept.
21, 1810
page - 259
Early Marriages: Peter Forney and Fanny Gundy,
March 20, 1823 by Rev. John Crom
page - 265
Jacob Heastant and Catheine Forney, June 17, 1824
by Rev. John Crom
page – 289
Joseph Overholt and Frannah Forney, Dec. 5, 1824 by
Rev. John Crom
page - 307
Lorenzo D. Walker and Eliza Matilda Forney, Oct.
29, 1840 by Rev. G. D. Skinner
Wesley Walker and Susanna Forney , Sept. 19, 1833
by Rev. Wm. Tipton
page - 576
Charles Timmons b. 1751: d. 1820 ; removed from
Martinsburg WVa., to Cadiz, Ohio about 1812 ; married probably in WVa.,
Mary Magdaline Forney, b. 1775 : d. 1850 ; daughter of Abraham (1740 -
1824) and Susanna ( 1752 - 1842), all of German decent ; had issue
1. Abraham, b. Aug 11, 1794 ; m. Martha Dent ;
2. Eli, b. Aug 18, 1796 ;
3. William, b. June 15, 1798 ;
4. Charles, b. Sept 28, 1800 ; d. 1801 ;
5. Catherine, b. Oct. 27, 1802 ;
6. Frederick, b. July 15, 1805 ; m. Eliza Lacey ;
7. Emanuel, b. May 9, 1808 ;
8. Benjamin, b. at Martinsburg, Nov. 17, 1810 ;
d. June 3, 1898 ; m. at Mount Pleasant , Ohio, 1754, Mary Ann Meek,
daughter of Joseph (1798 - 1833) and Rachel Cuppy (1784 - 1843) Meek ;
9. Samuel, b. 1813 ;
10. Forney, b. March 3, 1817 ; d. 1886 ; m. at
Cadiz, 1839 Elizabeth Stinson Lacey, b. June 8, 1818 ; d.1898 ; daughter
of __ and Mary Clifton Lacey ( had issue : i. Caroline, b. 1840 ; m.
1864 Charles Allen ; ii, Milton J., b. 1841 ; served in the Civil War ;
m. Josephine B. McLean : settled at Peabody Kan. : iii Benjamin F.,
b.1844 ; served in the civil War ; m. Francis Jones ; settled at Peabody
Kan. ; iv. Robert Lacey, b. Jan 1850 ; m. 1879, Isabel Amanda Howard,
daughter of John M.and Elizabeth Edna Howard of Barnsville, Ohio).
