William Forsythe was born in Jefferson Twp.,Fayette
Co. Pa., on Aug. 28, 1799. He died July 20, 1878. He was of
Scotch Irish stock. He was married, Sept. 18, 1828, to Jane
P. Steele, daughter of John Steele, of Jefferson Twp. Jane died
Jan. 24, 1882
They had eight children, John, born July 2,
1829, died Sept. 4, 1852, Eli S., married to Kate E. Wood,
Nancy J., married to Joseph S. Elliott,
William Johnson, married to Lizzie R. Bailey, Elizabeth D. married
to Isaac T. Crouch, Mary A., married to Louis
S. Miller, James S., married to Mary E. Morton,
Ruth A., married to W. Frank Hough.
Mr. Forsyth was engaged in farming all his life.
He was also a coal merchant, and was successful in all his business.
He was a model farmer. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian
Church at Brownsville, where he held the office of elder. When Little
Redstone Presbyterian Church was organized ,about 1840, he was chosen
a ruling elder there and continued in that position until his death.
He was an exemplary Christian, respected and beloved by all who knew him.
He was quiet, unostentatious, and benevolent.
His grandfather. William , settled upon the Forsyth homestead
in 1775. He came from Eastern Shore, Md. The farm
was known as "Wolves' Harbor. He had eleven children. Williams
father, Eli, was one of the younger. He was born about
1775. He married Jane McKee, who emigrated from
Ireland when about seventeen. They had eleven children, William being
the oldest.