When John N. Fordyce was born on 5 April 1841, in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, his father, Lewis Fordyce, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Case, was 29. He married Phebe Louise Higbee on 3 July 1872, in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 4 September 1911, at the age of 70, and was buried in Fairbanks Cemetery, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1842: Sullivan, Indiana, United States
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