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Descendants of William H. "Willie" Forbes, Sr.

Generation No. 2

2. CLEVELAND² FORBES, SR. (WILLIAM H. "WILLIE"¹) was born 17 September 1896 in E. Baton Rouge Parish, and died 25 December 1960 in Veterans' Hospital, Marion, Illinois ⁴. He married (1) RUTH RACHEL "MISSY" BROWN 30 October 1919 in East Baton Rouge, La.⁵, daughter of EDWARD BROWN and HANNAH RICKS. She was born 19 June 1898 in Sharp Station EBR, La., and died 28 April 1923 in Dorcier Peont, EBR, La. He married (2) BEATRICE LOUISE CARTER 15 June 1924 in Pulaski County, Illinois, daughter of JOSEPH CARTER and JOSEPHINE SCOTT. She was born 05 November 1906 in E. Baton Rouge Parish, and died 15 February 1996 in Chicago, Illinois.

Marriage Notes for CLEVELAND FORBES and RUTH BROWN:
East Baton Rouge Parish Marriage Book #49 page 366. Married by Rev. H.
Robertson. Witnesses; George Scott, Herbert Newman, George Ricks.

Children of CLEVELAND FORBES and RUTH BROWN are:

GENE ABNER³ FORBES, b. 08 August 1920, Baton Rouge, La.; m. RUTH E. BELL, 11 February 1946, Mound City, Illinois; b. 31 December 1927, Paducah, Kentucky.

Marriage Notes for GENE FORBES and RUTH BELL:
Dessolution of marriage filed 2 May1980

ii.

LULA MAE FORBES, b. 11 October 1922, Baton Rouge, La.; d. 20 February 1979, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ^6,⁷; m. WILLIE ALLEN; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Marriage Notes for LULA FORBES and WILLIE ALLEN:
They had no issue.

Children of CLEVELAND FORBES and BEATRICE CARTER are:

iii.

JAMES LAWRENCE³ FORBES, SR., b. 03 April 1925, Mound City, Illinois; m. ELVENA MARY RITA MERCIER, 04 October 1950, St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⁸; b. 09 June 1926, Scott, Louisiana.

Marriage Notes for JAMES FORBES and ELVENA MERCIER:
East Baton Rouge Parish Marriage Book #110 p46.

	iv.		ALMENA BEATRICE FORBES, b. 26 December 1926, Mound City, Illinois; m. WILLIAM ARCHIE "BILL" ENGLISH, JR., 17 January 1953, Chicago, Illinois; b. 23 September 1927, Hattiesburg, Miss..
	v.		WILMA JOSEPHINE FORBES, b. 29 October 1928, Mound City, Illinois; m. THOMAS "CASEY" MCKINNEY, JR., 01 September 1951, Chicago, Illinois; b. 10 June 1918, Dyersburg, Tennessee.
	vi.		SARAH MAE FORBES, b. 28 June 1930, Mound City, Illinois; d. 07 December 1994, Chicago,Illinois; m. BOOKER "B.J." JOHNSON, JR., 28 June 1948, Mound City, Illinois; b. 09 September 1922, Blytheville, Arkansas; d. 01 November 1990, Chicago, Illinois.
	vii.		CLEVELAND FORBES, JR., b. 10 June 1932, Mound City, Illinois; d. 05 October 2000, Tallulah, Louisiana ⁹; m. JESSIE LEE SIMON, 05 September 1958, Rayville, Louisiana; b. 18 May 1935, Tallulah, Franklin Parish, La..
	viii.		VIOLET MARIE "REE" FORBES, b. 27 August 1934, Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois ¹⁰; d. 19 April 1996, Cape Giradeau, MO; m. FAYETTE "FATE" KING, JR., 21 June 1952, Mound City, Illinois; b. 20 November 1926, Rippley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee ¹¹.
	ix.		SHIRLEY LEE FORBES, b. 09 October 1936, Mound City, Illinois; m. ROBERT LOUIS JOHNSON, 08 March 1958, Mound City, Illinois; b. 03 October 1936, Cuthbert, Georgia.
	x.		SYLVIA FORBES, b. 05 October 1938, Mound City, Illinois; m. ARTHUR LONG, 29 June 1968, Chicago, Illinois; b. Monroe, Louisiana.
	xi.		MARY ELLA FORBES, b. 17 September 1940, Mound City, Illinois ¹²; d. 20 October 1948, St Mary's Hospital, Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois ¹³.

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