West Virginia Pioneers
Jacob Crites Fornash
1819 - 1911 (91 years)-
Name Jacob Crites Fornash Born 25 Dec 1819 Upshur County, West Virginia, USA 
Gender Male Died 10 May 1911 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Death Record
Name: Jacob C./Forinash
Sex: Male
Death Date: 11 May 1911
Death Place: Skin Creek Dist., Lewis, West Virginia
Age at Death: 9ly 4m l5d
Marital Status: M
Occupation: farmer
Jacob Crites Forinash
Birth: Dec. 25, 1818
Lewis County
West Virginia, USA
Death: May 11, 1911
Lewis County
West Virginia, USA
Married to Nancy fisher first and then to Mary Elizabeth Linger on December 24, 1870.
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The Weston Democrat, Fri. 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, Fri. 23 June 1911:
"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."
Family links:
Parents:
Jacob Forinash (1796 - 1838)
Catherine Elizabeth Crites Forinash (1798 - 1821)
Spouse:
Mary Elizabeth Linger Forinash (1840 - 1922)*
Children:
Asbury Emery Forinash (1850 - 1941)*
Martha Ann Forinash Marsh (1852 - 1918)*
Sanford Worthington Forinash (1854 - 1875)*
David Henry Forinash (1856 - 1951)*
Levi Price Forinash (1865 - 1942)*
Georgia Ann Forinash Wells (1871 - 1950)*
Franklin Chalfant Forinash (1873 - 1930)*
Cora Alice Forinash Strader (1874 - 1958)*
Sophronia Belle Forinash Rittenhouse (1875 - 1945)*
Marion Bert Forinash (1878 - 1938)*
Daisy E Forinash (1879 - 1884)*
Hester M Forinash (1881 - 1881)*
Siblings:
Isaac Forinash (1817 - ____)*
Jacob Crites Forinash (1818 - 1911)
Grace Forinash Plant (1820 - ____)*
Catherine Forinash McCauley (1821 - 1917)*
Cathern Fornash McCauley (1821 - 1917)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Forinash Family Cemetery
Vandalia
Lewis County
West Virginia, USA
Created by: Rhonda Cowan
Record added: May 02, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 19186402
Person ID I1785 WVPioneers Last Modified 8 Nov 2016
Father Jacob Forinash, b. 1784, d. 16 Apr 1833, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 49 years) Mother Catherine Elizabeth Crites, b. Abt 1785, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA , d. Abt 1821, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 36 years) Married 25 May 1816 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA [1] Notes - Harrison Co VA MR
Jacob Foringash to Catherine Crites 25 May 1816
Family ID F619 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy Fisher, b. CA 1828, Virginia, USA , d. CA 1870 (Age ~ 42 years) Married 18 Oct 1849 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 10/18/1849
Place: Lewis County, VA
Jacob C Forinash
Nancy Fisher
1850 Lewis, VA
Jacob Forinash 30 VA
Nancy 21 VA
Rulina A Hite 11 VA
1860 Lewis, VA
Jacob C Forinash 40
Nancy 30
Asberry E 9
Martha A 8
Sanford W 6
David H 3
Margaret E 10/12 8/1859
1870 Lincoln, Lewis, WV
Forinash, Jacob C 50 VA
Asbury E 19 VA
Sanford 16 VA
David H 13 VA
Margaret 11 VA
Samira 7 VA
Levi P 4 WV
Marsh, Flaveus 21 VA md in Oct
Martha A 18 VA md in Oct
Children 1. Asbury E Fornash, b. CA 1850, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown2. Martha A Fornash, b. CA 1851, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Sanford W Fornash, b. CA 1853, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown4. David H Fornash, b. 22 Jul 1856, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Margaret E Fornash, b. Aug 1859, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown6. Samira Jane Fornash, b. CA 1862, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown7. Levi P Forinash, b. CA 1865, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F28514 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Elizabeth Linger, b. 30 Apr 1840, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Aug 1922, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 82 years) Married 24 Dec 1870 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 12/24/1870
Place: Lewis County, West Virginia
Jacob C Forinash, 50, wid, Upshur Co, Lewis Co, Jacob & Catherine Forinash
Mary Linger, 24, Lewis co, Lewis Co, Wm & Rachel Linger
1880 Skin Creek, Lewis, WV
Forinash, Jacob C 60 WV WV WV
Mary 37 wife WV WV WV
Jane 18 da WV WV WV
Georgia A 8 da WV WV WV
Franklin 7 son WV WV WV
Cora A 6 da WV WV WV
Sophronia B 5 da WV WV WV
Marion B 3 son WV WV WV
Daisy E 11/12 da WV WV WV 10/1879
John L 19 nephew WV WV WV
1900 Skin Creek, Lewis, WV
Forinash, J C 12/1820 m 30y [48 crossed out] WV WV Germany
ME wife 4/1842 m 30y 8-5 children WV WV WV
Georgia A da 9/1871 WV WV WV
FC son 1/1873 WV WV WV
1910 Skin Creek, Lewis, WV
Forinash, Jacob C 90 m2- 38y WV WV Ger
Mary E wife 70 m1- 38y 8-5 children WV WV WV
Georgia A da 37 s WV WV WV
Children 1. Georgia Ann Fornash, b. Sep 1871, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown2. Franklin Chalfant Fornash, b. Jan 1873, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Cora Alice Forinash, b. 2 Feb 1874, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. 17 Sep 1958, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)4. Sophronia Belle Fornash, b. 24 Sep 1875, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Marion Bert Fornash, b. 11 Mar 1877, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown6. Daisy E Fornash, b. Oct 1879, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F28515 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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