|
Benjamin Johnson Forbes
Full Name: Benjamin Johnson Forbes
Date of birth: May 19, 1872
Date of death: January 7, 1954
|
|
Terms of Service top
|
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
|
103
|
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
|
42nd
|
Democrat
|
Weatherford / Parker
|
|
Parker
|
H
|
103
|
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
|
41st
|
Democrat
|
Weatherford / Parker
|
|
Parker
|
H
|
103
|
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
|
40th
|
Democrat
|
Weatherford / Parker
|
|
Parker
|
H
|
103
|
Sep 13, 1926 - Jan 11, 1927
|
39th
(1)
(2)
|
Democrat
|
Poolville / Parker
|
|
Parker
|
|
(1)
Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent Legislatures.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(2)
Benjamin J. Forbes, in special election 1/5/1926, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded Fine G. Bedford, resigned.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
|
|
Biographical Notes and Resources top
|
Selected Newspaper articles
|
Biographical Sketches |
B.J. Forbes, age 56 in 1929, minister and farmer, Democrat. Brief biography in Houston Post-Dispatch for 2/6/1929, p. 9.
Card File.
B.J. Forbes, birth date 5/19/1872, death date 1/7/1954, burial in Spring Creek Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County. Includes obituaries from Firm Foundation, 3/23/1954 (Benjamin Johnson Forbes), and unknown source ("Famed 'Horseback' Pastor Dies").
Find a Grave.
|
Other Resources |
Census of 1930 - B.J. Forbes, Parker County, preacher, age 57, born circa 1873 in Missouri, wife Minnie, daughter Jewel.
FamilySearch.
Benjamin Johnson Forbes, birth date 5/19/1872 in Petts [Pettis] County, Missouri, death date 1/7/1954 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, minister.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Message board posting, "Looking for Benjamin Joseph (Joe) FORBES. He was a circuit preacher in/around Hood, Parker, Johnson Cos, in the early 1900s. He road a paint horse. He had a daughter, Jewell, who married Bryant Caraway and lived in Parker Co. in the Tin Top community."
Genealogy.com, 2004.
|
Photographs |
Photograph.
B.J. Forbes, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
B.J. Forbes, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
B.J. Forbes, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
|
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
|
|