This is some of my Forbes line - please contact me if you see any connections - Kathy Descendants of ISAIAH FORBES Generation No. 1 1. ISAIAH FORBES was born March 24, 1810 in Albany, New York, and died July 17, 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married CORNELIA STAATS February 01, 1847 in St. Louis County, Missouri. She was born Abt. 1832, and died February 18, 1891. Notes for ISAIAH FORBES: >From the "Sketch Book of St. Louis" Dr. Isaiah Forbes, Dental Surgeon, no. 108 Olive Street Dr. I. Forbes came to St. Louis in April 1837, at which time it contained a population of a fraction of over 8,000 souls. He found the field occupied by no less than ten dentists. In the line of precedence were Dr. Brown, Dr. Hale & c.; in less than three years the force was reduced to three, the balance having left the city for want of patronage. Dr. Forbes, Dr. Hale and Dr. Brown were then for a number of years the only practical dentists in the city. In 1849 the California fever prevailed over Dr. Brown, and he departed for the golden shores of the Pacific, leaving Dr. Hale and Dr. Forbes as the veteran dentists. At the time Dr. Forbes made his debut in the Mound City. Second Street was the promenade--the place where fashionable people most did congregate; he accordingly established himself in an office upon that thoroughfare; but as the demands of the jobbing trade began to encroach upon that street, he removed to his present location, where his well-earned reputation followed him. The number of Dental Surgeons has kept pace with the increase of the inhabitants, and at the present time they can not be less than twelve to 15. In order to protect the people from the hands of empirics, the Dentists of St. Louis formed themselves into an association, at the meetings of which they discuss the various remedies and modes of treating a given question. In speaking of this society, the editor of the "Dental Register of the West" says: "Quite a number of new members were added to the society, and from the length of time occupied by the examining committee with the candidates, and from their appearance after they were through, we rather surmised that they thought the way into that society was a 'hard road to travel'" "Gentlemen of the profession, unless you are about right in that which constitutes the man--in integrity and intentions, and also professional attainments, you need not 'knock at the door' of Western Dental Society for admission. The long residence of the Mound City, and the skill ever displayed by Dr. Forbes, has made his name a "household word" throughout the West; and we know none more capable or qualified to perform delicately all operations in his profession. More About CORNELIA STAATS: Burial: Belle Fountaine, St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Notes for ISAIAH FORBES and CORNELIA STAATS: 1860 Federal Census Index for St. Louis. It shows: FORBES ward 6 page 336 Anna L age 12 Cora Ball age 3 Cornelia age 28 Governeur age 10 Jno B age 8 Isaiah Jr. age 0 page 337 Arithusa L age 40 page 337 Children of ISAIAH FORBES and CORNELIA STAATS are: i. ANNA F. FORBES, b. Abt. 1848; d. September 10, 1915; m. JAMES BROOKMIRE; d. March 15, 1898. 2. ii. GOVENEUR MORRIS FORBES, b. February 19, 1851, St. Louis, Missouri; d. September 24, 1912, Salt Lake City, Utah. iii INO B. FORBES, b. Abt. 1852. iv CORNELIA FORBES, b. January 24, 1856; d. January 24, 1856. v. CORA BELL FORBES, b. Abt. 1857; d. October 28, 1926. 3. vi ISAIAH FORBES, b. Abt. 1860, Missouri; d. April 25, 1905, St. Louis, Missouri. Generation No. 2 2. GOVENEUR MORRIS FORBES was born February 19, 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died September 24, 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married NANNIE HANDLEY March 08, 1877 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of JOHN HANDLEY and EMALINE KARNES. She was born May 15, 1857 in Danville, Virginia, and died June 30, 1941 in Portland, Oregon. Children of GOVENEUR FORBES and NANNIE HANDLEY are: i. JENNIE FORBES. 4. ii. MORRIS FORBES, b. January 09, 1886, Salt Lake City, Utah; d. May 12, 1944, Washington DC. 3. ISAIAH FORBES was born Abt. 1860 in Missouri, and died April 25, 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married GENEVIEVE CURTIS in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of WILLIAM CURTIS. She was born August 27, 1861 in Hennepin, Illinois, and died December 11, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan. More About ISAIAH FORBES: Burial: Bellefountaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Notes for ISAIAH FORBES and GENEVIEVE CURTIS: They were an old Webster Groves Family. They resided at 210 N. Old Orchard Ave. Mr. Forbes worked as a clerk at Simmons Hardware Co. in Old Orchard. Children of ISAIAH FORBES and GENEVIEVE CURTIS are: 5. i. ELIZABETH CORNELIA FORBES, b. October 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri; d. February 19, 1951, Detroit, Michigan. 6. ii. CURTIS ISAIAH FORBES, b. January 18, 1898, St. Louis, Missouri; d. March 1979, California. Generation No. 3 4. MORRIS FORBES was born January 09, 1886 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died May 12, 1944 in Washington DC. He married CORINNE MARIE CHRISTENSEN March 24, 1919 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was born December 22, 1888 in Ogden, Utah, and died May 30, 1971. Child of MORRIS FORBES and CORINNE CHRISTENSEN is: i. JOHN MORRIS FORBES, b. February 04, 1920, Honolulu, Hawaii; m. ONA FRANCIS WARNER. 5. ELIZABETH CORNELIA FORBES )was born October 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died February 19, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. She married HARRY STRONG WINN December 20, 1911, son of WILLIAM WINN and CORDELIA COHEN. He was born November 30, 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri, and died January 19, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. Children of ELIZABETH FORBES and HARRY WINN are: i. FORBES WINN, b. September 17, 1912, St. Louis, Missouri; d. March 30, 1984, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; m. FRANCES CROZE, May 18, 1934; b. October 04, 1912, Minneapolis, Minnesota; d. May 13, 1980, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. ii. KIRTLEY STRONG WINN, b. June 11, 1914, Webster Groves, Missouri; d. May 09, 1988, Ridge Manor, Florida; m. MARY LOUISE MCCLAIN, August 01, 1936; b. December 04, 1914; d. April 29, 1997, Dade City, Florida.. iii. HUGH WINN, b. April 07, 1918, Webster Groves, Missouri; m. MARTHA ETHEL MERILA, December 27, 1939; b. July 27, 1919, Hancock, Michigan; d. March 01, 1992, Cleveland, Ohio. iv. OLIVER HARKER WINN, b. August 11, 1920, Detroit, Michigan; m. MARY ELIZABETH HEDGECOCK, October 16, 1942, Schenectady, New York; b. 1921. 6. CURTIS ISAIAH FORBES was born January 18, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died March 1979 in California. He married (1) MABLE GOEPPER, daughter of ANTHONY GOEPPER and ELISABETH SMITH. He married (2) HARRIET UNKNOWN. She was born December 06, 1902, and died April 1986 in Escondido, San Diego County, California. Child of CURTIS FORBES and MABLE GOEPPER is: i. PATRICIA FORBES.