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Forrester, Henry, clergyman, author, was born July 6, 1841, in England. He served during the civil war in the co"nfederate army. In 1878 he was ordained priest; and served He in parishes at Summit and Osyka, Miss. is the author of Christian Utility and the Historic Episcopate; Christian Unity and the Holy Eucharist; and The Mission Manual.

Forry,

Samuel, physician,

was bom June He was the author

thor,

surgeon,

au-

23, 1811, in Berlin, Pa.

of The Climate of the United States and its Endemic Influences; and Meteorology. He died Nov. 8, 1844, in

New York

City.

Forsander, Nils, clergyman, theologian, author,

He

is

was born

11, 1846, in Sweden. in the evangelico Luth-

Sept.

a clergyman

eran church; and since 1889 has been professor of theology in the Augustana theoloHe is the gical seminary of Rock Island, 111. author of several works in Swedish; and since 1900 has been editor of the Augustana Theological Quarterly. Forse, Charles Thomas, naval officer, was born Dec. 29, 1846, in Pittsburg, Pa. In

1868 he graduated from the United States military academy. In 1894 he attained the rank of commander; and in 1903 was retired with the rank of rear admiral. Forshey, Caleb Goldsmith, engineer, foundwas born July 18, 1812, in Somerset county. Pa. In 1855 he established the Texas military institute and conducted it till 1861 when, though opposed to secession, he entered the confederate service as a lieutenantcolonel of engineers. He died July 25, 1881, in Carrollton, La. Forsslund, Mary Louise, litterateur, author, was born March 13, 1878, in Sayville, Long Island, N. Y. She was educated in the public and high schools of Sayville, N.Y. ; attended the Packer collegiate institute of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and received private tutoring in literature and English. She is the author of The Story of Sarah; The Ship of Dreams; and numerous short stories principally of Long Island. Forster, WiUiam, clergyman, missionary, was born in 1784 in England. In 1803 he became a minister of the society of Friends; and thenceforth devoted his life to missionary and benevolent labors throughout the British Isles, the continent of Europe, and the United States. He died in 1854 in Knox county, Tenn. Forsyth, Benjamin, soldier, statesman, was born in Stokes county, N.C. He was a member of the legislature of North Carolina in 1807-08. He commanded in the successful assault on Gananoque, Upper Canada, in 1812; and also at the capture of the British guard at Elizabethtown, Canada, in 1813. He died June 28, 1814, In Oldtown, N.Y. er,

Forsyth, George Alexander, soldier, author, was born Nov. 7, 1837, in Muncy, Pa. During the civil war he attained the rank of bre-

vet brigadier-general. In 1866-90 he was on the staff and in frontier service. He is the author of Thrilling Days in Army Life; and The Story of the Soldier.

Forsyth, James, lawyer, jurist, was born

He Sept. 8, 1817, in Clinton county, N.Y. was collector of United States internal revenue for these counties in 1868-69; and became county judge of Rensselaer county in 1881. In 1868-86 he was president of RensHe died Aug. selaer polvtechnic institute. Troy, N.Y. Forsyth, James McQueen, naval officer, was born Jan. 1, 1842, in the West Indies. In 1858 he went to sea as a sailor; and in 1861 entered the United States volunteer navy. In 1868 he became master; attained the rank of rear-admiral in the United States navy in 1901; and was retired from active service after a service of forty years. 10, 1886, in

Forsyth, James W., soldier, was born Aug. He served in the civil 1836, in Ohio. war; was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864; became colonel in the regular army in 1865; and was made brigadiergeneral for services during the war. In 1897 he retired with the rank of major-general. He died in 1906 in Columbus, Ohio. Forsyth, John, lawyer, congressman, governor, United States, senator, cabinet officer, was born Oct. 22, 1780, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was attorney-general of the state; and in 1813-19 and 1823-27 he was a representative from Georgia to the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth congresses. In 1817-33 he was United States senator. He was the fifteenth governor of Georgia in 1827-29; minister to Spain in 1819-22; and in 1834-41 he was secretary of state. He died Oct. 21, 1841, in Washington, D.C. Forsyth, John, educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1811 in Newburg, N.Y. He held pastorates in Philadelphia and Newburg, N.Y. In 1847-63 he was professor of English language and literature in Princeton, Newburg and Rutgers colleges. In 1871-81 he filled a professorship in West Point. He was the author of History of the Public Schools of Newburg; and Lives of the Early Governors of New York. Forsythe, Albert P., soldier, congressman, 26,

was born May 24, 1830, in New Richmond, Ohio. He was a first lieutenant in the union

army during the civil war. was a representative from

In 1879-81 he to the

Illinois

forty-sixth congress. Fort, George Franklin, governor, author, was born in May, 1809, in Pemberton, N.J. He was the sixteenth governor of New Jersey in 1851-54. He was the author of Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry. He died April 22, 1872, in New Egypt, N.J. Fort, Greenberiry Lafayette, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1825, in Sciota county, Ohio. In 1834 he moved to Illinois; and in 1866 was elected to the