This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/814 Message Board Post: I am searching for the ancestry of James FORBES. James was born in Kentucky in abt 1814. Sometime before 1844 he moved to Ohio - perhaps in the area around Belmont County. There he married ______ and they had 4 children: Silence Forbes, James Forbes Jr., Andrew Forbes, and George W. Forbes I believe that James' wife died in Ohio and, after her death he moved to DeWitt county, Illinois. On March 12, 1857, James married Elizabeth (Lash) Moore, the widow of Amos Moore. James and Elizabeth had 5 children: Thomas Jefferson Forbes, Marion Francis Forbes, Alexander Forbes, John H. Forbes, and Joseph N. Forbes. James Forbes died on May 28, 1868 in DeWitt county. Any information you can provide on James Forbes and his families will be greatly appreciated.