William Jackson Forsythe b. 27 Sep 1814 ____, Fauquier Co., VA d. 17 Aug 1891 Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA: Stedman Family Genealogies

1814 - 1891 (76 years)

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Name	William Jackson Forsythe
Born	27 Sep 1814	____, Fauquier Co., VA
Gender	Male
1850 Census	Jun 1850	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	p. 349 Wm Forsythe 37 M Cooper $400 Va Louisa " 23 F " Jno " 6 M " Henrietta " 4 F " Jas " 10/12 M " Jno Stedman 61 M " $350 Va Margaret " 51 F " Jas " 30 M Shoemaker "
1860 Census	30 Jul 1860	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	Leesburg PO, p. 381 Wm J Forsyth 42 M Cooper $1300 $300 Fauguier Louisa E " 35 F Loudoun Jno W " 16 M " Henrietta " 13 F " school Jas H " 11 M " " Margaret " 9 F " Chas " 7 M " George R " 4 M "
1870 Census	21 Jun 1870	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	Leesburg PO, Northern Division, p. 45a Forsyth, William 52 M W Ferry Man & c $1200 $200 VA citizen ---, Laura 43 F W Keeping House " ---, James 21 M W Shoemaker " " ---, Margaret 17 F W At Home " ---, Charles 15 M W Printer " ---, George 13 M W At Home " school Wallace, Netta 23 F W At Home " ---, H Clay 22 M W Grocery Merchant " citizen ---, Frank 10/12 M W " July
1880 Census	17 Jun 1880	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	Leesburgh Township, ED 51, p. 26 Forsyth, Wm J W M 65 Head Md Cooper VA Ireland VA ---, Louisa E W F 55 Wife Md Keeping House VA VA VA ---, Charles F W M 26 Son S Printer VA VA VA ---, George W W M 23 Son S Laborer VA VA VA
Died	17 Aug 1891	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
Buried	Aft 17 Aug 1891	Union Cemetery - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
Notes	William Jackson Forsyth (1814-1891) married Louisa Jane Ellen Steadman and lived on Back Street (now Wirt) opposite the Old Stone Church across the street from the cemetery at the intersection with Cornwall in Leesburg. ___________ The following notes are based on "Two Thousand Years of Forsyth History" compiled by William Henry Forsyth, great grand son of William Jackson Forsythe. He was recently deceased as of October 2008. This was provided to me by Marguerite Teska, of Leesburg. He moved to Leesburg, Va. about 1842 and was first associated with the Steadman Cooperage Works, owned by James and John Steadman. He married Louisa Jane Ellen Steadman, daughter of John Steadman, on 11 December 1843. He operated retail stores in Leesburg before and after the Civil War, and was also a toll collector on the ferry over the Goose Creek and several toll roads. He enlisted on 25 August 1863 in the Loudoun Rangers and served until the end of the Civil War. This was the only group of Virginians attached to the Northern Army. He was injured in line of duty and in later years received a pension of $12 a month. He was an inventor of sorts. He files an application for a patent on a car coupling in 1871, and obtained a patent on a washing machine in 1883. His personal papers indicate that he invented another device, and that he compounded several home remedies. One of his homes was at the corner of Cornwall and Back (now Wirt) Streets in Leesburg which he purchased in 1852 for $800. Supposedly, it sold recently for $40,000. Louisa Jane Ellen Steadman was born 30 April 1825 in Leesburg. She was the daughter of John Steadman and Margaret Wyckoff. THrough her mother, her ancestry is traced back through the Van Nesses, Van Arsdales, Strykers, Van Dorns, and Van Dykes to Nicassius de Sille, a Dutch Statesman, who with others created the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1579. Louisa died 24 February 1890 and is buried beside her husband in the Union Cemetery in Leesburg.
Person ID	I66493	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
Last Modified	24 Jan 2009

Family Louisa Jane Ellen Steadman, b. 30 Apr 1825, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 24 Feb 1890, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA (Age 64 years)

Married 19 Dec 1843 ____, Loudoun Co., VA

From the Loudoun County, Marriage Bonds from 1762 - 1850
William Forsythe M. Louisa Jane Steadman December 19, 1843. Sec. T.J. Stedman, who test. ages. John Stedman, father of girl, auth. license. Wit. Uriah Stedman.

Children

	1. Rev. John William Forsyth, b. 30 Oct 1844, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 18 Dec 1896, Worthington, Nobles Co., MN (Age 52 years)
	2. Henrietta "Netta" Forsythe, b. 18 Mar 1847, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 22 Apr 1917, Rockville, Montgomery Co., MD (Age 70 years)
	3. James Henry Forsythe, b. 7 Jun 1849, ____, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 5 Feb 1918 (Age 68 years)
	4. Mary Margaret Forsythe, b. 2 Oct 1851, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 3 Mar 1929, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA (Age 77 years)
	5. Charles F. Forsythe, b. 26 Feb 1854, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 25 Dec 1918, Washington, District of Columbia, DC (Age 64 years)
	6. George Robert Forsythe, b. 29 Jan 1857, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. Oct 1946, Oxford, Talbot Co., MD (Age 89 years)

Last Modified 8 Oct 2008

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	Married - 19 Dec 1843 - ____, Loudoun Co., VA
	1850 Census - Jun 1850 - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	1860 Census - 30 Jul 1860 - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	1870 Census - 21 Jun 1870 - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	1880 Census - 17 Jun 1880 - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
	Died - 17 Aug 1891 - Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA

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