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FORBES, ROBERT C., M. D.

Surnames: FORBES, HAWTHORNE, LONG, MENEFEE, VARDEMAN, BARCLAY, SCOGIN, HOLLINGSWORTH, PECK, HARDY, HAYTHE

Robert C. Forbes, M.D., b. November 5, 1806 in Kentucky, d. April 24, 1871 in Falls County, Texas and buried in an unmarked grave on Upper Blue Ridge-three miles east of present-day Stranger Community-was a son of John Forbes, b. ca 1775 in Virginia and his wife, Elizabeth (Hawthorne) Forbes, b. 1777 in South Carolina. John and Elizabeth (Hawthorne) Forbes moved to Kentucky by 1797, and thence to Giles County, Tennessee, where in 1832, Robert C. Forbes married Elzira Long, b. February 6, 1806 in Kentucky, d. June 30, 1892 at Stranger, Falls County, Texas and buried in the Stranger Cemetery-a daughter of Benjamin Long, b. 1775, d. after 1850 in Giles County, Tennessee, and his wife, Nancy (Menefee) Long, b. 1778 in Kentucky, d. after 1860 in Falls County, Texas. Benjamin and Nancy were married on December 19, 1792 in Lincoln County, Kentucky; and Nancy (Menefee) Long was a daughter of William Menefee who married Elizabeth Vardeman in 1776 in Virginia. Elzira (Long) Forbes was a niece of Dorcan Vardeman (Menefee) Barclay (wife of David Barclay), who settled in the Upper Blue Ridge area (present-day Stranger) prior to 1842.

Dr. Robert C. Forbes brought his family to Texas in 1850, where he purchased his first land from his wife's uncle, David Barclay, and later purchased several hundred acres in the Big Creek bottom in East Falls County.

After 1850, Dr. Forbes' two brothers, Reverend John R. Forbes, b. ca 1798 in Kentucky-a Cumberland Presbyterian minister; and James H. Forbes, b. 1804 in Kentucky, brought their families and their mother Elizabeth (Hawthorne) Forbes, to the Old Blue Ridge Community (present-day Stranger) in Falls County, Texas, where the mother died after 1860 and was buried in the family cemetery with her son, Dr. Robert C. Forbes, and some of the Long family members.

Dr. Robert C. and Elzira (Long) Forbes reared two children:

Lycurgus Dudley Forbes, M.D., b. January 15, 1835 in Giles County, Tennessee, d. April 27, 1892 and buried in Stranger Cemetery, Falls County, Texas-married Mrs. Sarah ("Sallie" Scogin) Hollingsworth, and had issue.

Nancy Exar Forbes, b. 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee, d. December 23, 1890 in Freestone County, Texas-married William Peck, who d. February 17, 1892, and had four children: William M. Peck, Jr.; Felicia Peck who married Judge Rufus Hardy; Electra V. Peck who married Madison H. Haythe; and Robert F. Peck who d. May 31, 1910 and never married.

Dr. Robert C. and Elzira (Long) Forbes have three great granddaughters who still own some of the Forbes property at Stranger, and one of these continues to reside in the family where she was born and reared.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 159, column 1.

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