Surnames: Forsyth, McKee, Steele, Wood, Elliott, Baily, Crouch, Miller, Morton, Hough
William Forsyth was born in Jefferson township, Fayette County, Penna, August 28, 1790, died July 20, 1878, of Scotch Irish stock. He was married September 18, 1828, to Jane P Steele, daughter of John Steele of Jefferson township. Jane died January 24, 1882.
They had eight children: John Forsyth born July 2, 1820, died September 4, 1852: Eli S Forsyth married Kate E Wood; Nancy J Forsyth married to Joseph S Elliott; William Johnson Forsyth married to Lizzie R Baily; Elizabeth D Forsyth married to Isaac T Crouch; Mary A Forsyth married to Louis S Miller; James S Forsyth married to Mary E Morton; Ruth A Forsyth 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 Forsyth, settled upon the Forsyth homestead in 1775. He came from the Eastern Shore, Maryland. The farm was known as "Wolves' Harbor." He had eleven children. William's father, Eli Forsyth, was one of the younger. He was born about 1770.He married Jane McKee who emigrated from Ireland when about seventeen. They had eleven children, William Forsyth being the oldest.