John Forsyth Jr.
John Forsyth Jr. | |
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Born | |
Died | May 2, 1877 Mobile, Alabama | (aged 64)
Resting place | Magnolia Cemetery |
Education | Princeton University |
Occupation(s) | Editor, diplomat, politician |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Margaret Hull (m. 1834) |
Parent |
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John Forsyth Jr. (October 31, 1812 – May 2, 1877) was an American newspaper editor of the
Biography
Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended the University of Georgia at Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society. Forsyth graduated from Princeton in 1832.[1] In 1834, Forsyth married Margaret Hull, the daughter of Latham Hull of Augusta, GA. Their son Charles, born in Mobile, Alabama, would go on to serve as a colonel in the Confederate Army.
Forsyth was for many years one of the foremost Democratic Party editors of the south. He was Adjutant of the First Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War. In 1856 he was appointed Minister to Mexico, but in 1858 demanded his passports and withdrew from the legation. He went on to become the Mayor of Mobile, Alabama in 1860. By 1863, he served as Chief of Staff in the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
In 1861, with
References
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. p. 471. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Death of Hon. John Forsyth". The Daily Gazette. May 3, 1877. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Burnett, Lonnie. The pen makes a good sword : John Forsyth of the Mobile register (University of Alabama Press, 2006)
- Shadburn, Don L. Pioneer History of Forsyth County Georgia: 1832-1860, Vol. I. (Pioneer-Cherokee Heritage Series, 1981)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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