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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Wade M. Forgy, farmer, Galena, Ark. That a life time spent in pursuing one occupation will in the end result in substantial success where energy and perseverance are applied, cannot for a moment be doubted, and such is found to be the case with Mr. Forgy, who from boyhood has given his attention to agricultural pursuits. He is now the owner of 190 acres of good land, and has fifty-five acres under cultivation. His large house and other buildings indicate a progressive farmer. He was born in Laurens County, S. C., February 28, 1846, and is the youngest of ten children born to Asa and Patsy (Moore) Forgy, natives also of South Carolina. The father was a farmer and owned a large tract of land. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he took a great deal of interest in the building up of churches, etc. He was quite active in politics, and voted with the Democratic party. His death occurred in 1871, at the age of seventy years. The mother died about 1847. Wade M. Forgy was reared in his native State, where he was educated, and at the age of eighteen years he engaged in farming for himself, buying land in 1870. He was married in 1865 to Miss Ophelia Henderson, a native of South Carolina, born November 25, 1845, and the daughter of Hampton Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Forgy moved to Mississippi in 1866, resided there three years and then moved back to South Carolina, where they made their home until 1881. They then moved to Arkansas and settled on their present property, where they have continued to reside. Six children were born to their marriage: Allie L., Lillian A., William H., Ida V., John B. and Eula M. Allie L. married Mr. Lee Davis, a successful farmer of this county, in 1883. Mr. Forgy has served as school director for eight years, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which four of the children are also members. He is Democratic in his political views. During the late war Mr. Forgy's sympathies were with the Southern States, and in 1863 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Company C, Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, Gen. McGowen's brigade, in which he served until the close of the war. He was in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Petersburg and in numerous other battles of minor consequence. Mr. Forgy had three brothers in the war. Of the ten children born to his parents, five are now living: Jackson O. (farmer at Centre Point), Mrs. Pamelia Boyd (who resides in South Carolina), Dr. M. D. (residing in Grayson, Tex.), and Mrs. Rachel J. Knight (wife of Julias Knight who resides in Lawrence County, S. C). Mrs. Forgy's parents were natives of South Carolina, and the father was a farmer. They settled in Texas in 1884.

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