Brief Life History of Neil Donald
When Neil Donald Forsyth was born on 4 August 1849, in Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Forsyth, was 35 and his mother, Isabella Donald, was 30. He married Sophia Elizabeth Harrison on 30 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1906. He died on 2 June 1922, in Newcastle, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Newcastle Cemetery, Newcastle, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Neil Donald Forsyth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Neil Donald Forsyth - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Neil Donald Forsyth
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 1851: Mills, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Forsythe .
History: The statesman John Forsyth (1780–1841) was born at Fredericksburg, VA, a descendant of James Forsyth, who came to VA from Scotland in 1680. John was in public service for 30 years as representative, US senator, governor of Georgia, minister to Spain, and secretary of state.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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