FORGAVE, Lyman

FORGAVE, GORDAON, TURNER, WIGHTMAN, LORENZO, WARTENBE, SALES

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 10:43:17

Biography ~ Lyman Forgave

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 548:

LYMAN FORGAVE, contractor and builder at Leon, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 10, 1884, son of JOHN and HARRIET (GORDAON) FORGRAVE, natives of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mother is still living at the age of seventy-five years. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living – ANDRW PERRY,; LOUISA, wife of WILLIAM TURNER, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska; ROBERT, a resident of California; HARRIET, wife of MINOR WIGHTMAN; JOHN, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, this State; ALBERT and LYMAN. In 1862, Mr. FORGRAVE enlisted as drummer in Band Four, Fifteenth Army Corps, and was mustered out July 7, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. He resided in Chicago for a time, where he built the Silver Smelting Works for the Swansy Smelting Company. He also built the court-house in Leon. He was married June 18, 1872, to NANNIE, daughter of JUDGE LORENZO H. and MARY A. (WARTENBE) SALES, natives of Ohio, who came to Decatur county in 1856, where they still reside. Their three children are – LEWIS C., FRANK R. and Mrs. FORGAVE. Mr. and Mrs. FORGRAVE have four children – HARRY S., ROBERT L, LESLIE L. and PAUL L. Mr. FORGRAVE owns a fine brick residence and a brick business block opposite the postoffice. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Masonic fraternity, and of the Knight Templar.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014