Plumas County Biographies

William Forman

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Dec. 2004 

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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son of Benjamin and Mary Forman, was born March 16, 1828, in Ralls county, 
Missouri, where his father was engaged in farming. William remained at home 
until twenty-one, and then moved to Shelby county, and bought a farm. April 20, 
1863, he started for California, arriving at Taylorville September 5, 1863. He 
freighted one year, and then began farming, which he has followed ever since. In 
1867 he purchased the Forgay ranch of Thomas Hughes, which contained 283 acres, 
on which he now resides. In 1869 he went back to Missouri on a business trip. He 
was married April 15, 1849, to Miss Cordelia Shelton, daughter of Griffith D. 
and Levina Shelton of Shelby county, Missouri.
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. � Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 311