... my gggrandfather George W Henson b abt 1799 NC married Anna Forbis (on marriage paper it was spelled Forbish) on July 21, 1825 Martin Co IN. Anna's parents were William Forbis (son of Rev War Vet John Forbis of Laurel Co KY) and Sarah McCammon (daughter of William McCammon and Anna Cathers of Woodruff/Clay and Laurel Co KY). Anna Cathers is a sister of Rev War Vet Edward 'Ned' Cathers of Laurel Co KY. George W and Anna were in/returned to? Laurel Co KY per 1828 Laurel Co KY Tax List. They lived in Laurel Co many years and about 1837 they, and 'many' Laurel Co friends/family moved, wagon train, to and settled in the Livingston/Grundy Co MO area (see 1840 Livingston/1850 Grundy Co MO Census for many Laurel Co people). George W and others returned to Laurel Co KY mid 1800's and George W Henson, and a John Henson, was found in the 1847/48 Laurel Co KY Tax Lists and in the 1850 Laurel Co Census in the household of John Drew and 'Ibby'. Ibby is thought to be a McQueen/Mo! ore daughter. Rev John Drew is said by his descendants to be of American Indian heritage (Cherokee). George W Henson sold his 150 acres in Laurel/Jackson Co Ky and moved from Jackson Co KY by 1859 (sold his last 50 acres in Jackson Co KY to a John Evans) showing up in the 1860 Webster Co MO Census and later in the 1870 Maries Co MO Census and finally in the 1880 Logan Co AR Census where he lived out his life around Paris, Logan Co, AR. This is a quick history, but you never know if you might run into George W or his associated family members; Elkins, Reams, McCammon, Forbis/Etc, Metcalf, Black, Inman, Jackson, Rogers, Burton, Masters, McQueen, Evans .... I maintain a very large data-base of research information/names on 'many families' associated somehow with George W Henson. Thanks for sharing. 'R.E.' Hinson, Jr (originally was the 'Henson' version, it appears). ----- Original Message ----- From: OregonGal9@aol.com To: roaten@prodigy.net Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:04 PM Subject: Forbes/Forbis/Forbush Thanks for sharing that marriage information for Isaac Forbes and Mary Reynolds. I didn't have that. I do have George W. Hensen in my database but I don't have any information about him. If you'd like to point me to a place where I can find his ancestry I'd appreciate that. As for the "Mrs" in Mary Reynolds' name - that's the way it was shown on the web site where I found it. I guess she was married to a Reynolds before marrying James Moore. Yes, I'm aware of the various spellings of the Forbes name - very confusing! Thanks, Sandra