in census spelled with e on end
in census spelled with e on end
Sallie in 1880 census. parents from Ms
possibility of first name may have been JAMES
is possibility of murdered in Benton cty vs Barry cty.
As a young boy in Benton Co. AR, Jones Forsyth was required to help his father and older brothers with the chores around the old Frosyth family farm. There, as a infant, Jones suffered a fractured leg, and immediately thereafter, his father, Barnett Forsyth, a self taught physician, made a splint from an old hollow log and applied it to little Jones' leg until the fracture healed. As a minor child, Jones suffered several additional fractures of both arms and legs,and after each fracture, his father made pliints from hollow logs and applied them to Jones' limbs until the fractures healed. During his early life, Jones suffered numerous fractures, and although the cause was unknown in those days, he was probably afflicted with Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle Bones Disease). Osteogenesis Imperfecta, is an inherited bone disease, has been passed down from generation to generation in the Barnett Forsyth family, and Benjamin Franklin "Pete" Forsythe, Barnett's great-grandson and the grandfather of Milton L Forsythe, also suffered from this maladay as a child and young adult. "Pete's " three sons, Cecil, (Milton's father ) John Cloyde, and Wayman William Forsythe, all suffered from this desease as children and young adults.There are other descendants known to have the same problem. In the 1860 Benton Co., AR census dated 27 Jul 1860, Jones Bailey Frosyth and Eliza Ann Cunningham-Forsyth were living in the Mount Vernon Twp. with Jones' parents Barnett and Sarah Forsyth. In the 1850 census , James B Forsyth, age 12 is listed as the son of Barnett Forstyh, then in the 1860 census, Jones Forsyth age 21 is listed as the son of Barnett Forstyh. One may assume, his real name was James B Forsyth, because he was listed in Feb. 1866 as James at the first probate court hearing of the estate of his father Barnett Forsyth. He was also recorded present and again listed as James at the may 1866 inventory dispersal sale where he purchased several items. According to his grandaughters Sarah Marion Helms and Iris Jean Rodgers, his correct given name was Jones Bailey Forsyth, however, the determination as to whether his given name is James or Jones shell be left to eachof his descendants to decide. Also, the above two grandaughters recalls their father, William Thoma Forsyth, telling them that the correct spelling to their surname was Forsyth not Forsythe. We know by Jones Civil War record that he preferred Jones Forsyth, because he used the name of Jones in August 1862 when he enlisted as a private in Co F of Gordon's Regiment Cavalry. According to his Civil War record. Apparently, Jones was wounded shortly after he enlisted, because his record indicates, in Nov 1862, he deserted the Confederate hospital in Van Buren, AR. The records also indicates, Jones was absent without leave from Nov.1862 until 10 Feb 1864, at which time he is recorded to re-enlisted from desertion by Capt. Davidson. There is no record that indicate where Jones went or stayed from Nov. 1862 until Feb. 1864, however, one can conclude, he was back home with his wife, Eliza Ann, in early 1863, because his only surviving son, William Thomas Frosyth, was conceived in early 1863 and born later that year in Nov. After the war Jones and his brother Mark started buying and selling horses in Benton Co. and soon became prosperous horse dealers. Sometime in early 1866, tragedy struck the Jones Frosyth household when Jones and his brother, Mark Frosyth, were murdered in the front yard of their home in Benton Co., AR. According to family relatives, Jones and Mark just returned from a hunting trip and were out near the barn skinning a deer they had killed when several men approached them and accused Jone and Mark of having sold them a blind horse. Mark and Jones Bailey denied their alligations, and when an argument ensued, Mark and Jones ordered the men to leave their property. When the men reached the front gate, they drew their guns, fired and shot Mark and Jones Bailey dead. Both were killed instantly, because Mark was shot twice in the forehead and Jones Bailey was shot three times in the chest. According to family members, upon hearing the heated arguments from outside her home, Jones' wife Eliza Ann, fearing trouble lay ahead, grabbed her young son, Willliam Thomas Forsyth and hid beneath the bed. Shortly after hiding under the bed they heard gunfire, and when Jones and Mark failed to appear in the house, Eliza feared even more for their safety. Many years later, Eliza recalled, shortly after hiding beneath the bed, she and her son then heard the strangers as they passed by the corner of the old Forsyth farmhouse, and immediately, she knew her husband was dead. After hearing these strange men, Eliza feared, if she and her son were detected, then they too would probably suffer the same fate as her husband and brother-in-law. Apparently, these strangers overlooked the possibility that somone was in the house,because instead of entering, they turned and headed toward the barn and correls and loaded all of Mark's and Jones'saddles and equipment into Mark's wagon, then took several head of horsed and rode off down the road. These men were never identified nor apprehended for this heinous crime, and family members believe they were the same gang of outlaws who often come down from the Missouri breaks, murdered the men of Benton Co. and escaped with their valuables. Accoding to Benton Co. historians, after the Civil War ended, incidents such as these became common in Benton Co. AR.
LDS also shows mother as Elizabeth Milkin