Husband: Arthur FORBIS
Birthdate: abt 1794
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: 1849
Place of death: Wilson Co., TN
Burial:
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: 9 Jun 1815
Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN

Wife: Rachel CARRUTH
Birthdate: 27 Oct 1792
Birthplace: Lancaster Co., SC
Death date:
Place of death: TN
Burial:
Father: Alexander Craighead CARRUTH
Mother: Susan SIMMS

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Susan Forbis
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1817
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date: bef 1860
Place of death: Wilson Co., TN
Burial:
Marriage date: 12 Feb 1835
Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN
Spouse's name: Green C. BOWERS

Child No. 2: Jane FORBIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1818
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date: 1840
Place of death: Wilson Co., TN
Burial:
Marriage date: 26 Dec 1839
Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN
Spouse's name: Lucas GEORGE

Child No. 3: Female Child FORBIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1820
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date: bef 1840
Place of death: Wilson Co., TN
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 4: Nancy FORBIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1822
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date: 1867
Place of death: Grayson Co., TX
Burial: Scott Cemetery, Grayson Co., TX
Marriage date: 30 Dec 1840
Marriage place: Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN
Spouse's name: Lucas GEORGE

Child No. 5: John FORBIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1825
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 5 Feb 1846
Burial:
Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN
Spouse's name: Sarah Ferrill

Child No. 6: Thomas Calhoun Forbis, Sr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1827
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date: Nov 1891
Place of death: Weston, Collin Co., TX
Burial: Forbis Cemetery, Collin Co., TX
Marriage date: 27 Jul 1855
Marriage place: Wilson Co., TN
Spouse's name: Sarah J. DOUGLAS

Child No. 7: Francis C. FORBIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1828
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: abt 1858
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Mary F.

Child No. 8: Sarah J. FORBIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1834
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date:
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Child No. 9: Mary E. FORBIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1836
Birthplace: Wilson Co., TN
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
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Spouse's name: ____ WICKHAM
 
 
Documentation:
* Will of Arthur Forbis, Wilson Co. Will Bk 1848-1853;
* Census records for Wilson, Co., TN 1820 thru 1850; for Collin Co., TX 1860 thru 1900;
* Marriage records for Wilson Co., TN., and Collin Co., TX;
* Cemetery Inscriptions for Collin Co., TX, by Alice Pitts;
* "From Whence Ye Came" by LeLa Grant Carruth;
* Deed records for Collin Co., TX (Thomas Forbis' children by 3 wives, and Forbis cemetery notations).