Isaac FORINASH
- Born: 14 Apr 1817, Buckhannon, Lewis Co., VA 8
- Marriage: Mellia Ann "Millie" PLANT on 7 Nov 1841 in Lewis Co., VA 2137
- Died: Between 1891 and 1896
- Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Hettie, Braxton Co., WV
General Notes:
1870 Braxton Co., WV Census
Clay Township, p. 393
26 July 1870
93/93 Forinash, Isaac 53 M W Farmining 600/150 Virginia
" , Milly A. 21 F W Keeping House "
" , Sarah E. 24 F W At Home "
" , Mary C. 18 F W "
" , Cintha J. 14 F W "
" , John L. 10 M W "
" , George V. 8 M W "
" , Jacob L. 12 M W "
" , Clinton 2 M W West Va.
1880 Braxton Co., WV Census
Kanawha District, p. 441D
21 and 22 June 1880
241/241 Forinash, Isaac 63 W M Head Farmer VA VA VA
----------, Millie A. 54 W F Wife Keeping House VA VA VA
----------, Jacob L. 22 W M Son Works on Farm VA VA VA
----------, George V 17 W M Son Works on Farm VA VA VA
The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Volume Three, Supplemental Series
Edited and Published by Jim Comstock, Richwood, West Virginia, 1974
Chapter III, Hardesty's Braxton County, p. 80
ISAAC FORINASH - was born April 14, 1817, in Buckhannon, Upshur county, then part of Virginia. He was a son of Jacob and Katy (Kritz) Forinash, and his father died in Lewis county, his mother in Upshur county. In 1838, near West Milford, Harrison county, Isaac Forinash was joined in wedlock with Millie Ann Plant, who was born in Harrison county in 1821. William and Rebecca (Washburn) Plant were her parents. Her father died in Harrison county, and her mother is passing the last years of her life in Lewis county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Forinash were nine, namely: Sarah E. (Pliman), born April 21, 1843; Melissa E., January 9, 1846, deceased; William D., November 25, 1848; David W., October 30, 1849; Mary C. (Cunningham), September 5, 1851; Viola, January 12, 1854; Cynthia J. (Westfall), May 9, 1856; Jacob L., June 24, 1858; John L., July 23, 1860; George V., September 24, 1862. Jacob L. lives in Lewis county and the others in Braxton county. Mr. Forinash's grandparents were pioneer settlers of this part of the Virginias, his grandfather first settling in Harrison county when the Indians and the wild beasts of the forest made frontier life full of danger. His grandmother was an inmate of the fort at Clarksburg, built for the protection of the frontier settlers. Isaac Forinash came to Braxton county from Lewis county in 1865, settling on 118 acres of woodland. With the assistance of his sons, he now has 70 acres under cultivation. He contributed a lot for the building of a school-house, and one now stands on his farm. His postoffice address is Ireland, Lewis county, West Virginia.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Farmer.
Isaac married Mellia Ann "Millie" PLANT, daughter of Samuel PLANT and Rebecca WASHBURN, on 7 Nov 1841 in Lewis Co., VA.2137 (Mellia Ann "Millie" PLANT was born in 1822 in Harrison Co., VA 8 and died between 1896 and 1900.)
Marriage Notes:
Married by Carr Bailey, minister of the Baptist Church. 2137
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