Montgomery C. Forbes, son of John T. and Hannah Forbes, was born in 1838 in Tennessee. After teaching school for a time in Giles County and living with his brother Felix in New Market, Alabama, he returned to Winchester where he was a justice of the peace, Deputy County Court Clerk, and mayor from 1877-1882. He went to Nashville for a brief time then returned and lived in Anderson in eastern Franklin County where he was postmaster in 1894 and a justice of the peace until 1897. He was crippled and was a widower with no children. His date of death and place of burial are unknown.
 
 
Mayor Montgomery Forbes
 
 
1877-1882
 

 

 

 




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