Forbes, Wells (1812-1880)

Name:: Forbes, Wells (1812-1880)
Born:: 07/05/1812
Birthplace:: Hill, NH
Died:: 08/05/1880
Death Location:: Falls Church, VA
Residence:: Hill, NH 1812- 1860,
Concord, NH 1840-1841
Bristol, NH 1842
Hillsborough, NH 1870
Falls Church, VA 1873-1880
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Clockmaker, 1840s, made wooden clocks in a small building on South Main St. in New Chester (later Hill), NH. He also made silverware.
Farmer, 1860
Miller, 1870
Father:: Forbes, Dr. Sethus Brewster (1769-)
Mother:: Wells, Ruth (1784-)
Relations:: Partnership, Forbes & Tucker, clockmakers, Concord, NH 1840-1841
(Wells Forbes and John Tucker)
Partnership, Wells Forbes & Company, 1866

Siblings:
Forbes, Simeon Brewster (1803-)
Forbes, Darwin (1806-)
Forbes, Ruth Smith (1808-)
Forbes, Thomas Wells (1810-1811)
Forbes, Chauncey (1814-)
Spouse:: Lydia Maria Holt (1819-1906), February 18, 1845
Children:: Anna M., born March, 1847; died April 5, 1930; marrried (1) Charles A. Harndon (1839-1873); married (2) John M. Crossman (1849-1933), 1877
Brock Wells
Brock
Notes:: Account book (1841-1844), Forbes Family Papers, NHHS Library, 1955-11

Avis S. Van Wagenen, Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants. (Syracuse, New York: Courier Printing Company, 1901), 311.

"Death of Prominent Citizen of Falls Church," The Evening Star, Washington, DC, August 6, 1880.

Oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church, VA