Hi All - this is in response to Mary Ann in Mililani, Hi I have it going like this - Isaac Franklin Forbes was born January 26, 1832 in Louisville, Kentucky and died August 17, 1907 in Lick Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa. He married Mary L. Reynolds November 17, 1853 in Adair County, Missouri. The 1870 Census for Liberty Township, Schuler County, Missouri shows Isaac as being 38 years old. His wife Mary is 39. They have the following children at that time: Matilda age 16, Richard age 14, Isaac F. age 12, Martha age 11, Mary E. age 10, Emily J. age 7, Melissa C. age 5, Abraham Age 2. Isaac is shown as being from Kentucky and Mary from Indiana. All the children are shown as being born in Missouri. From the Bloomfield Democrat 8/29/1907 (Bloomfield, Iowa) Dick Forbes and family of Ottumwa were called to Pleasant Ridge by the death of his father Isaac Forbes who died Saturday Morning. He was laid to rest in the Dunville cemetery Sunday August 18th to wait the resurrection morn. The family have the sympathy of the entire community. I ordered the death certificate for Isaac. The informant was evidently not a person who know Isaac very well. The parents were both listed as unknown he was a widower. attending physician was a J.W. Pucker and cause of death was elephantiasis brung the left leg fracture of the hip. Born in Kentucky and not a veteran of any war. His occupation was that of a farmer. Isaac Franklin Forbes II was born about 1858 I don't know who he married but they had the following children. Francis, Dora, Stella Jane, Nettie, Rafe. Martha Francis Forbes was born Jan 16, 1859 in Blythedale, Missouri and died Dec 22, 1899 in Blythedale, MO. She married Edward J. Bridwell. he was born 1854 and died 1909 in Beaver, Oklahoma. They had the following children. Sarah Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Bertha Frances, Clara Lauretta, Orga C.Millica Jane, Charles Walter, James William, Flora Bessie, John Jasper, Ada, Dona Agnes, Florence, and an unknown male child. Richard Forbes was born May 10, 1856 in Missouri and died March 9, 1908 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He married Ellen Mary Smyth Feb. 17, 1875 in Greentop, Mo. She was born July 4, 1854 in Philadelphia, PA. They had the following children. Eliza Ellen, Dora, William Franklin, Minnie Myrtle, Richard J., Isaac Alfred, Otto, Louis Otto, Robert, and Julia Alma. Mary Ellen was born June 21, 1860 in Greentop, Missouri and died April 10, 1928 in Ottumwa, Iowa She married John Zachariah Wilcher December 26, 1875 in Schuyler County Mo. He was born March 27, 1847 near Macon, Mo and died March 14, 1941 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Are you saying that Hiram Forbes is the Father of Isaac Franklin Forbes (1st)? Where did you find this information so that I may be able to get more info. Your help will be appreciated.