Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-07

Forsyth, of this city, and by that of
his elder sister, Mrs. Fanny Hayden,
who has since joined her parents and
her brothers and sisters in the other
life.
The gathering of the clan began
Wednesday evening, when the Girls
void delegation arrived. Trains from
the south brought Forsyth descend
ants from near Ottumwa, Kirkville
and Chillicothe, and from the east
came Rev. J. E. Kidney Of West
Bridgewater, Pa, and brother, ]. E.
Kidney, of Bridgeport, Ohio.
Thursday morning was spent in an
informal visiting of the relatives and
at noon occurred the monster family
dinner, served in a big tent in front
of the Forsyth home. This was pre-
coded and followed by the formal pro-
gram of the celebration of kinship,
and the afternoon was devoted to the
business session of the Forsyth Fam
lily association.
The family dinner was an affair to
be remembered. Fully one hundred
of the descendants of John and Eliza
beth Forsyth sat down to q picnic
feast served in the tent. The table,
loaded with good things, was in the
form of the letter "F" and was ar
ranged with quantity subservant to
good taste in an appetizing manner.
Quantity was present. and for two
hours the family Toasted and visited
and then, after a group picture was
taken by Charles Pierce, of Ottumwa,
the formal program was resumed.
The program was prepared under
the direction of the association and
was delightful and entertaining to
those cousins present. R. G. w. For
syth, of Griswold, the president of the
association, presided. Below is given
the program:
Invocation-Rev Kidney.
Song America" by the family.
observation-disclosures Lewis.
Solo-Madeline Stump.
Recitation-Marie Forsyth
Recitation-Mary Forsyth.
Recitation-"The Children's Hour"
Ethel Jones.
Solo-Elizabeth Ross.
northumberland Forsyth.
Recitation-Helen Forsyth.
Duet-Misses Nellie Warren and Ell
sic Bellman.
Recitation--Edith Forsyth.
Recitation-Edith Ross.
Family History and Remarks-Rev.
Kidney.
Reunion of '04 and the Year in the
Family Belle Morford
Blessed Be the Ties That
Bind'-The Family
Following this was the business
meeting Of the Forsyth Family Asso-
citation.
No Race Socide Here.
The Forsyths are an anti-race sui
eide family. They are an Industrious
people, upright and mindful of their
own business. For sixty-four years
they have been residents of America,
the first to come to this country be-
ing James, who left the family farm
of six acres in County Down, Ireland,
in 1S41, and landed in Philadelphia
He took up his home in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, and the family
followed him thither in 1S43.
John Forsyth and Elizabeth McKin-
ley were married at Kilkeel, County
Down, in 1913. Ten children were
born to them, one dying in infancy
Inc ldIllly WAS EdlS6u Ou Tie OISy Ill
farm Of six acres, and grew up up
right yoong people, members Of the
Presbyterian church.
In the revolution of 1898, William
Mckinley, grandfather to Archie For
syth, had taken a part, and was a po-
litical refugee in America. He was a
progenitor Of the Mckinley family of
this city. To follow his footsteps In
America became the desire Of the old
est son, James, when he had grown to
manhood, and James reports of the
wealth of America led the family to
follow him to the country of the free.
Thus there settled in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, John and Eliz-
abeth Forsyth and their children
James, Mary, Jane, John, William,
George, Eliza, Thompson, Fannie and
Archibald, in the order of their BIRTH
Later the children all married; in AS,
James to Sarah Perry; in As, Mary
Jane to John Kidney; in '49, William
to Polly Forsyth; in SO John to Ella
Perry, and Eliza to John Morrison;
in 55, Fannie to Samuel Hayden and
George to Rachel Edgar; and in SO,
Thompson to Sarah Mckinley. In
1847, at Logan, Ohio, Archibald was
married to Miss Mary Nunnimaker.
John Forsyth and his family came