Jacob Crites Forinash

1819 - 1911  (91 years)

• Name	Jacob Crites Forinash
  Birth	25 Dec 1819	Lewis Co., VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 May 1911	Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co., WV   [3]
  	Cause: rheumatism & la grippe
  Burial	12 May 1911	Forinash Cemetery, Vandalia, Lewis Co., WV   [4]
  Person ID	I901	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	1 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Jacob Forinash,   b. 1796, Harrison Co., VA d. Apr 1837, Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co., VA (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Catherine Crites,   b. 1798, Harrison Co., VA d. 1821, Lewis Co., VA (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1816	Harrison Co., VA   [5]
  Family ID	F454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Jane Fisher,   b. 10 Feb 1831, VA d. 25 Jun 1870, WV (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1849	Lewis Co., VA   [6]
  Children	1. Asbury Emery Forinash,   b. 18 Jul 1850, Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co., VA d. 21 Mar 1941 (Age 90 years)   2. Martha Ann Forinash,   b. 9 Mar 1852, Lewis Co., VA d. 5 Jul 1918, Lewis Co., WV (Age 66 years)   3. Sanford Worthington Forinash,   b. 11 Jan 1854, Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co., VA d. 17 Feb 1875, Lewis Co., WV (Age 21 years)   4. David Henry Forinash,   b. 22 Jul 1856, Lewis Co., VA d. 28 Jan 1951, Raymondville, Texas Co., MO (Age 94 years)   5. Margaret E. Forinash,   b. Aug 1859, Lewis Co., VA d. 1943 (Age 83 years)   6. Samira Jane Forinash,   b. 18 Jun 1862, Lewis Co., VA d. Dec 1882, Lewis Co., WV (Age 20 years)   7. Levi Price Forinash,   b. 7 Aug 1865, Lewis Co., WV d. 21 Nov 1942, Weston, Lewis Co., WV (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Linger,   b. 29 Apr 1840, VA d. 2 Aug 1922, Vandalia, Lewis Co., WV (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1870	Lewis Co., WV
  Children	1. Georgia Anna Forinash,   b. 30 Sep 1871, Lewis Co., WV d. 5 Dec 1950, Vandalia, Lewis Co., WV (Age 79 years)   2. Franklin Chalfant Forinash,   b. 12 Jan 1873, Lewis Co., WV d. 22 Apr 1930, Deanville, Lewis Co., WV (Age 57 years)   3. Cora Alice Forinash,   b. 2 Feb 1874, Lewis Co., WV d. 1958 (Age 83 years)   4. Sophronia Belle "Fronie" Forinash,   b. 24 Sep 1875, Lewis Co., WV d. 15 Dec 1945, Weston, Lewis Co., WV (Age 70 years)   5. Marion Bert Forinash,   b. 9 Jan 1878, Vandalia, Lewis Co., WV d. 24 Apr 1938, Pinellas Co., FL (Age 60 years)   6. Daisy E. Forinash,   b. 25 Jun 1879, Lewis Co., WV d. Dec 1883, Lewis Co., WV (Age 4 years)   7. Hester A. Forinash,   b. 25 Dec 1881, Lewis Co., WV d. Apr 1882, Lewis Co., WV (Age 0 years)   8. Infant Forinash,   b. Apr 1883, Lewis Co., WV d. Abt 1883   9. Infant Forinash,   b. 1887, Lewis Co., WV d. 1887, Lewis Co., WV (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Weston Democrat, Friday, 19 May 1911 FORINASH, JACOB C. A pioneer citizen of the county, died at his home on Big Skin creek last week. Funeral was held Friday. The Weston Democrat, Friday, 23 June 1911 FORINASH, JACOB C. IN MEMORIAM: Born near Vandalia, Lewis county, December 25, 1818, and died May 11, 1911. In 1847 he married Nancy Fisher who died in 1870. They had seven children, A. E. Forinash of Wamego, Kansas; Mrs. Martha Marsh of Weston; D. H. Forinash of Raymondsville, Mo; Mrs. Margarete Kodson of Maywood, Neb., and L. P. Forinash of Weston. Also, Sanford and Jennie, who died in their youth. In 1871, he was again married, to Mary Linger. Had eight children, Miss Georgia, Mrs. Charles Strader, B. M. Forinash and Mrs. Lawrence Rittenhouse, all of Vandalia; F. C. Forinash of Weston, and three other children who died in infancy. Leaves wife and ten children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1035] Comstock, James, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, WV: 1974). [S1344] West Virginia. Lewis County. West Virginia Culture Center, Lewis Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 1911, 262, Jacob C. Forinash, accessed 5 Jul 2010. (Reliability: 3). lists age at time of death as 91 years, 4 months, 15 days establishing a birth date of 26 Dec 1819. [S1344] West Virginia. Lewis County. West Virginia Culture Center, Lewis Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 1911, 262, Jacob C. Forinash, accessed 5 Jul 2010. (Reliability: 3). [S927] Obituary: The Weston Democrat. [S1268] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 3: 54, Foringash-Crites, 1816; accessed 27 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3). [S1266] West Virginia. Lewis County., Lewis Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 3: 12, Forinash-Fisher, 1849; accessed 27 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).