U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Foreman, Naylor (1835-1903) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 385 Naylor Foreman, born 1835 in Preston County, son of Alexander and Jemima (Graham) Foreman, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Miller) Shroyer. Children, Jacob B., Clara Jane, John Alexander, Isaac Miller, Joseph N., George R. He is a member of the M. E. Church, is a Republican and a farmer of Cove District. He has held the offices of township treasurer, member of the board of education, and others. Mr. Foreman is a leader in farm and stock improvements in his neighborhood. In 1870 he introduced the Southdown sheep; and at the same time he introduced the Chester hogs; in 1890 the Shropshire sheep; in 1880 the Marino sheep; and he has also introduced new varieties of wheat and corn. His wife died in 1868, and in 1869 he was married to Appalonia Miller. His great-grandfather, Robert Forman, was born in England July 17, 1754, and Mary Naylor, his wife, July 20, 1745. Joseph Foreman, son of Robert, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1771, and married Miss Conner. Alexander Foreman, son of Joseph, was born April 9, 1802, and married Jemima Graham, March 26, 1828. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-REGISTER, Barbour County, WV Page 124, Line No. 834 Naylor Forman died April 1, 1903 at age 69-years in Dent, W.Va. Occupation: Farmer Marital-status: Married Cause-of-death: Stomach Trouble Complication: Heart Failure Place-of-Burial: Mt. Morris DEATH-REGISTER, Barbour County, WV Page 36, Line No. 15 Elizabeth Foreman died Aug 20, 1868 at age 37-years Cause-of-death: Consumption Parents: Jacob & Sarah Shroyer Spouse: N. Foreman DEATH-CERTIFICATE, Barbour County, WV #13396 Full-name: Appalona Forman Birth: Jan. 11, 1842 in W.Va. Death: Sep. 24, 1926 in Dent, Barbour County, WV Marital-status: Wid. of Naylor Forman Father: John Miller, born in Va. Mother: Jane Means, born in Va. Cause-of-death: Cancer - Uterus Burial: Mt. Morris ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------