Forney Notes - 9 nov 2004 -- 9:46pm

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Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Annie Rowan Forney Daugette (1876-1974) Annie Rowan Forney Daugette was the daughter of major General John H. Forney, C.S.A., and Septima Sexta Middleton (Rutledge) Forney. Her father was famous for his part in the defense of Vicksburg and was a descendant of Revolutionary War General Peter Forney; her mother, a descendant of Edward Rutledge and Arthur Middleton. Mrs. Daugette was raised in Jacksonville, Alabama and was a graduate of the State Normal School, now Jacksonville State University. While attending Cooper Union Art School and National Academy of Design in New York City, Annie Forney was awarded the Elliot Medal in 1896. On December 22, 1897, she married Dr. Clarence William Daugette, who for forty-three years was the president of the State Normal School. She devoted her life during his lifetime to his career and her four children. From 1937 to 1939, Annie served as president of the Alabama Division, the United Daughters of the Confederacy. While president, she inaugurated a movement for the restoration of Alabama's original Great Seal and conducted a campaign which met with unanimous approval of the 1939 General Assembly. She drew the present Great Seal of Alabama. She was made honorary Life President of the Alabama Division, U.D.C. on May 10, 1952. On a national level, Mrs. Daugette's determined efforts brought passage of a resolution, introduced by Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, by the United States Congress which designated the proper term for the conflict of the 1860's as "The War Between the States," and was entered as such in the Congressional Record. It was maintained through her efforts that in 1939 the State of Iowa returned the long lost banner of the Independent State of Alabama where it had been since the Capitol in Montgomery was ransacked by union soldiers during the War Between the States. It is now in the State Archives with other flags that have flown over Alabama. In 1970, Annie Rowan Forney Daugette was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Humanities by Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. ------------------------------------------------------------------------   Bibliography Howard, Milford W. “Teachers College Proves ‘Tall Oaks from Little Acorns.’” Birmingham News, 24 November 1929. Hopper, Jack. “Alabama Amblings.” Birmingham News, 18 June 1973. “Mrs. Daugette Aiding Students.” Birmingham News, 25 July 1939. “Mrs. Daugette Honored.” Jacksonville (Alabama) News, 7 June 1973. “Mrs. Daugette Funeral Friday.” Anniston Star, 12 September 1974. “An Orchid To…(Mrs. Daugette)” Birmingham News, 18 September 1936. “U.D.C. Features Are Announced.” Montgomery Advertiser, 29 April 1939.   Past Inductees Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Judson College © 2000 Alabama Women's Hall of Fame
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William Henry Forney was the 3rd son of Jacob and Sabina Swope (Hoke) Forney. A lawyer, soldier, businessman, and distinguished statesman, b. 1823 in Lincoln Co, NC. Excerpt from the Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser: "He was a prominent figure in every stirring event in the history of the State from the time he was twenty-one years of age until the day of his death." University of Alabama (A.B. 1844, M.A. 1853) and a Trustee of the University from 1852-1863. Studied law with T. A. Walker and his eldest brother. Admitted to the bar in 1848, went into partnership with James B. Martin of Jacksonville. Alabama Legislature: Representative 1859-1860, Senator 1865-1866. United States Congress 1875-1893. Business and planting interests in Calhoun, Talladega and Marengo Counties, AL. Military service, Mexican War: Coffey's 1st Alabama Volunteers, Seize of Vera Cruze March 9-28th, 1847 (1st Lt then Captain). Entered the Confederate Army as Captain of G Company, 10th Alabama Infantry, saw fighting at Drainsville, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Salem Church, Gettysburg, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Hatcher's Run, High Bridge, and Farmville. Wounded 13 times, taken prisoner but exchanged three times; ended the War as Brigadier-General, surrendering his Brigade at Appomattox. A few days after his death on 16 Jan 1894, his funeral was held at St Luke's Episcopal Church and he was buried with military honors in the Jacksonville Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama. The D. P. Forney you mentioned was his eldest brother, Daniel Peter Forney (1819-1880). William's other brothers were Joseph Bartlett Forney (1821-1885, Major, CSA), John Horace Forney (1829-1902, Major General CSA), and George Hoke Forney (1835-1864, Lt. Colonel CSA, fatally wounded, Battle of the Wilderness). Daniel and George were unmarried and sans progeny, but Joseph, John and William married and had issue, as did all 4 sisters. William's aunt was my gr-gr-gr-grandmother, but I am unable to identify the Captain T. D. Forney you cite and totally unable at present to account for the Kathleen Forney whom you have as associated with the Granville children. Jacob's elder brother (Daniel Morgan Forney) and his sons were all dead well prior to the War Between the States, younger brother Joseph died as a teen in 1812, Moses never married, and the youngest, James, remained in North Carolina when the rest of the family moved to Alabama following the death of their parents, Gen'l Peter and Nancy (Abernathy) Forney. The male issue of Jacob's two uncles (Abraham/Abram Forney of Lincoln Co NC and Jacob Forney of Burke Co NC) valiantly served the Confederacy in various North Carolina units, not Alabama ones. [SOURCE: http://genforum.genealogy.com/forney/messages/1020.html]

Re: William H Forney Calhoun Co AL



Battle of King's Mountain, NC

There were two of the 3 Forney brothers from Lincoln Co North Carolina present at the Battle of King's Mountain: Peter and Abraham (Abram). They were sons of the family of Jacob Forney (1721-1806) and Mariah Bergner (1725-1810, from Bern, Switzerland). The family resided in Lincoln County NC near what is now Denver, NC. All three of Jacob's sons participated in the Rev War. The eldest, Jacob, later moved to Burke Co NC and had 11 children. The second son, Peter, resided all his life in Lincoln Co, NC and was a prosperous Plantation owner; he and wf Nancy Abernathy had 12 children, most of whom later moved to Alabama. The third son, Abram married late in life, remained in Lincoln Co, NC, and had only one child to survive to adulthood. I descend from both Peter and Abram Forney of Lincoln Co NC. Here are the names and dates of the children of Peter and Nancy (Abernathy) Forney, of Lincoln Co, NC: 1. Daniel Morgan, 1784-1847, m. Harriet Brevard, d. Lownes Co, AL: 7 children. 2. Mary (Polly), 1785-1867, m Christian Reinhardt, d. Calhoun Co, AL: 9 children. 3. Jacob, 1787-1856, d. Calhoun Co, AL, m. Sabina Hoke: 9 children. 4. Joseph, 1792-1812, unmarried, burried Peter Forney Cemetery, Lincoln Co, NC. 5. Frances Elizabeth, 1795-1844, m. twice, d. Arkansas: 5 children each marriage. 6. Susanna 1797-1881, m. Bartlett Shipp, 3 children. 7. Moses (abt 1798- aft 1850), unmarried, d. AL. 8. Lavinia, 1800-1875, m. John Fulenwider of Lincoln Co, NC, d. Calhoun Co, AL: 8 children. 9. Nancy, 1803-1894, m. William H Johnston: 12 children. 10. Caroline Matilda, c.1808-?, m. Ransom G. Hunley and moved to Alabama: 5 children. 11. Sophia G., ?-?, m. Cyrus Lee Hunter of Lincoln Co NC in 1834: 5 children. 12. James Monroe, 1813-aft 1870; m. Sarah Fulenwider, dau Sally b. 1844, no other known children. Hope this helps some.

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There is an online version of a book written by John George Clinkscales (1855-1942) that describes the Clinkscales plantation that he grew up on during the civil war in the Abbeville, SC area. The web address is http://ftp.oit.unc.edu/docsouth/clinkscales/menu.html

He also mentions the school he attended there.

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