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FORBES, LYCURGUS DUDLEY, M. D.



Surnames: FORBES, LONG, SCOGIN, HOLLINGSWORTH, DAVENPORT, PEYTON, NIDAY, SPENCER, SNEAD, SHAW, SHOFSTAL, TODD, DONOVAN

Lycurgus Dudley Forbes, M.D., b. January 15, 1835 in Giles County, Tennessee, d. May 3, 1887 at Stranger, Falls County, Texas and buried in Stranger Cemetery-was a son of Dr. Robert C. and Elzira (Long) Forbes-natives of Kentucky who married in Giles County, Tennessee, and subsequently were settled in Texas in early 1850 in that part of Limestone County which became Falls County in 1850.

Lycurgus came to Falls County with his parents and his sister, but later returned to Tennessee to be educated. He graduated from Louisville, Kentucky Medical School, and attended New Orleans School of Medicine. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

Returning to Texas after the Civil War, Lycurgus practiced medicine in Freestone, Limestone, and Falls Counties. On December 7, 1869 in Falls county, Texas, Dr. Lycurgus Dudley Forbes married Mrs. Sarah Parmelia ("Sallie" Scogin) Hollingsworth., b. November 28, 1843, d. January 17, 1911 and buried in Stranger Cemetery-a daughter of Toliver Land and Caroline (Davenport) Scogin-natives of South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, who had settled in Louisiana; and a widow of Dr. Richard Collins Hollingsworth who died in 1863 while serving in the Confederate States Army, and by whom she had one daughter, Rickie Caroline Hollingsworth.

Lycurgus and Sallie Forbes built their in the early 1870's on the site of the log cabin of his father, Dr. Robert C. Forbes; and the log cabin was enclosed as the kitchen area of their new home, which still stands in 1986 and is occupied by their granddaughter, Frances Forbes.

Lycurgus owned over 800 acres of land when he died. He was a big cotton and corn farmer and stockman, as well as a physician: and he invented a "modern" steam gin near the Stranger Store, which was patented and replaced the "mule-drawn" gin which had been used until then. He was elected County Health Officer, and several children born in Falls County were named "Lycurgus" as namesakes.

As a young widow, Sallie (Scogin) Hollingsworth, accompanied by her young daughter-Richie Caroline Hollingsworth-traveled in 1866 to Marlin, Texas to visit her paternal uncles, Major Lang Gresham Scogin, Benjamin Gilman Scogin, and Albert G. Scogin, who were all living in Falls County. She remained to marry Dr. Lycurgus Dudley Forbes. Sallie was a graduate of Keatchie Female College of Louisiana, prior to her first marriage to Dr. Hollingsworth.

Dr. L. D. Forbes and Sallie were members of the Liberty Baptist Church at Stranger (now Stranger Baptist Church), and he was a school trustee of their school. He was a Mason, being a member of the Marlin Lodge.

The couple reared Sallie's Daughter, Richie Caroline Hollingsworth, who married Samuel Price Peyton of the Reagan Community; and they were the parents of six children:

Elizabeth Forbes, b. ca. 1870, d. February 27, 1955 in Houston, Harris County, Texas-was a music teacher who married J. E. Niday, a school teacher at Stranger, and subsequently moved to Houston, where their son Dudley owned the Niday Flower Shop.

Caroline Forbes (called "Carrie") b. September 11, 1872 at Stranger, d. July 19, 1957 in Houston, Harris County, Texas-married June 7, 1899 at Stranger to Carey B. Spencer-a son of John C. Spencer of Virginia.

Robert Dudley Forbes, b. February 20, 1875 in Stranger, Falls County, Texas, d. July 6, 1923-married October 27, 1901 to Jessie Snead, b. 1874, d. February 2, 1955 and both buried in Stranger Cemetery-a daughter of Charles Henry Dudley and Frances Eugenia (Shaw) Snead.

Nancy Forbes, b. January 11, 1877, d. 1950's-married December 25, 1902 to H. Norton Shofstal.

Walton Lang Forbes, b. February 3, 1879 at Stranger, d. July 28, 1970 at Fort Worth-married November 15, 1905 to Lela Todd, and resided in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, where he worked at a bank. They later moved to the Rio Grande Valley, and then to Fort Worth, Texas. They had five daughters and a son.

Edwin Ruthven Forbes, b. December 3, 1884 in Stranger, d. May 15, 1956 in California-married July 20, 1910 to Ellen Louise Donovan.

Sarah Parmelia ("Sallie" Scogin-Hollingsworth) Forbes survived her second husband by twenty-five years, rearing her children and managing the farm. When the estate was divided, she sold her son, Robert Dudley Forbes, some horses, mules, and farming tools and equipment for ten dollars.

Her oldest daughter, Richie Caroline (Hollingsworth) Peyton, and eldest son, Robert Dudley Forbes, were her only two children who remained to rear their families in Falls County, Texas, and descendants of these two continue to reside in Falls County.

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 157, column 1.

Member of Falls County Historical Commission






Surnames: FORBES, LONG, SCOGIN, HOLLINGSWORTH, DAVENPORT, PEYTON, NIDAY, SPENCER, SNEAD, SHAW, SHOFSTAL, TODD, DONOVAN
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Lycurgus Dudley Forbes, M.D., b. January 15, 1835 in Giles County, Tennessee, d. May 3, 1887 at Stranger, Falls County, Texas and buried in Stranger Cemetery-was a son of Dr. Robert C. and Elzira (Long) Forbes-natives of Kentucky who married in Giles County, Tennessee, and subsequently were settled in Texas in early 1850 in that part of Limestone County which became Falls County in 1850.

Lycurgus came to Falls County with his parents and his sister, but later returned to Tennessee to be educated. He graduated from Louisville, Kentucky Medical School, and attended New Orleans School of Medicine. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

Returning to Texas after the Civil War, Lycurgus practiced medicine in Freestone, Limestone, and Falls Counties. On December 7, 1869 in Falls county, Texas, Dr. Lycurgus Dudley Forbes married Mrs. Sarah Parmelia ("Sallie" Scogin) Hollingsworth., b. November 28, 1843, d. January 17, 1911 and buried in Stranger Cemetery-a daughter of Toliver Land and Caroline (Davenport) Scogin-natives of South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, who had settled in Louisiana; and a widow of Dr. Richard Collins Hollingsworth who died in 1863 while serving in the Confederate States Army, and by whom she had one daughter, Rickie Caroline Hollingsworth.

Lycurgus and Sallie Forbes built their in the early 1870's on the site of the log cabin of his father, Dr. Robert C. Forbes; and the log cabin was enclosed as the kitchen area of their new home, which still stands in 1986 and is occupied by their granddaughter, Frances Forbes.

Lycurgus owned over 800 acres of land when he died. He was a big cotton and corn farmer and stockman, as well as a physician: and he invented a "modern" steam gin near the Stranger Store, which was patented and replaced the "mule-drawn" gin which had been used until then. He was elected County Health Officer, and several children born in Falls County were named "Lycurgus" as namesakes.

As a young widow, Sallie (Scogin) Hollingsworth, accompanied by her young daughter-Richie Caroline Hollingsworth-traveled in 1866 to Marlin, Texas to visit her paternal uncles, Major Lang Gresham Scogin, Benjamin Gilman Scogin, and Albert G. Scogin, who were all living in Falls County. She remained to marry Dr. Lycurgus Dudley Forbes. Sallie was a graduate of Keatchie Female College of Louisiana, prior to her first marriage to Dr. Hollingsworth.

Dr. L. D. Forbes and Sallie were members of the Liberty Baptist Church at Stranger (now Stranger Baptist Church), and he was a school trustee of their school. He was a Mason, being a member of the Marlin Lodge.

The couple reared Sallie's Daughter, Richie Caroline Hollingsworth, who married Samuel Price Peyton of the Reagan Community; and they were the parents of six children:

Elizabeth Forbes, b. ca. 1870, d. February 27, 1955 in Houston, Harris County, Texas-was a music teacher who married J. E. Niday, a school teacher at Stranger, and subsequently moved to Houston, where their son Dudley owned the Niday Flower Shop.

Caroline Forbes (called "Carrie") b. September 11, 1872 at Stranger, d. July 19, 1957 in Houston, Harris County, Texas-married June 7, 1899 at Stranger to Carey B. Spencer-a son of John C. Spencer of Virginia.

Robert Dudley Forbes, b. February 20, 1875 in Stranger, Falls County, Texas, d. July 6, 1923-married October 27, 1901 to Jessie Snead, b. 1874, d. February 2, 1955 and both buried in Stranger Cemetery-a daughter of Charles Henry Dudley and Frances Eugenia (Shaw) Snead.

Nancy Forbes, b. January 11, 1877, d. 1950's-married December 25, 1902 to H. Norton Shofstal.

Walton Lang Forbes, b. February 3, 1879 at Stranger, d. July 28, 1970 at Fort Worth-married November 15, 1905 to Lela Todd, and resided in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, where he worked at a bank. They later moved to the Rio Grande Valley, and then to Fort Worth, Texas. They had five daughters and a son.

Edwin Ruthven Forbes, b. December 3, 1884 in Stranger, d. May 15, 1956 in California-married July 20, 1910 to Ellen Louise Donovan.

Sarah Parmelia ("Sallie" Scogin-Hollingsworth) Forbes survived her second husband by twenty-five years, rearing her children and managing the farm. When the estate was divided, she sold her son, Robert Dudley Forbes, some horses, mules, and farming tools and equipment for ten dollars.

Her oldest daughter, Richie Caroline (Hollingsworth) Peyton, and eldest son, Robert Dudley Forbes, were her only two children who remained to rear their families in Falls County, Texas, and descendants of these two continue to reside in Falls County.

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 157, column 1.

Member of Falls County Historical Commission