James E. Forbes & Mary Kerr marriage

FORBES, KERR, PATTERSON

Posted By: Volunteer Paul French
Date: 2/5/2007 at 19:20:31

MARRIED

On Thursday, March 16th, 1899, at the M. E. Parsonage, Mr. James E. Forbes, of Saguache, Colorado, and Miss Mary Kerr, of this county, Rev. R. L. Patterson officiating. Mr. Forbes is one of the successful ranchmen of Colorado, and Miss Kerr one of Van Buren county’s well known teachers. We wish for the young people the happiness and prosperity their talents merit – Keosauqua (Ia.) Republican.

Source: undated newspaper clipping contained in “Family History” of the Barker, Sherod, and Forbes families and descendants compiled by Bernadine Forbes Clark, December 1980.