Alice Bessie Forbes 
(1864-1902), ID #12
Alice Bessie Forbes|b. 7 Feb 1864\nd. 5 May 1902|p12.htm|Charles Forbes|b. 10 Apr 1827\nd. 18 Apr 1895|p619.htm|Mary Archer Alford|b. 1836\nd. 28 Jan 1866|p620.htm|William J. Forbes|b. 14 Dec 1794\nd. 20 Dec 1839|p626.htm|Charlotte A. Root|b. 9 Feb 1798\nd. 5 May 1888|p627.htm|Landy Alford|b. c 1803\nd. 4 Oct 1871|p628.htm|Sarah Duke|b. s 1814\nd. c 1896|p629.htm|
Alice Bessie Sargent
1890 photo
1890 photo
- Father: Charles Forbes b. 10 Apr 1827, d. 18 Apr 1895
- Mother: Mary Archer Alford b. 1836, d. 28 Jan 1866
- Relationship: Great-grandmother of Linda Sargent.
- Alice Bessie Forbes was born on 7 February 1864, in Suisun City, CA.1
- Her mother Mary died on 28 January 1866 in Brooklyn, NY, when Bessie was only two years old.
- She lived with her Aunt Susan (Susan Forbes Silliman - her father Charles' sister who was married to Benjamin Silliman). She was known as Bessie. "I recall my mother always speaking of Bessie Forbes in a most loving way - she said she had great charm."2
- Her aunt, with whom she was living Susan died on 26 March 1878 in New Haven, CT, at age 59.
- Alice Bessie Forbes married George Lewis Sargent, son of Joseph Bradford Sargent and Elizabeth Collier Lewis, on 28 April 1886 in New York City, NY, George and Bessie were fifth cousins.3
- Alice lived in New Haven, CT.
- Her daughter Eleanor died on 30 May 1892 in New Haven, CT, at age 5.4
- Alice Bessie Sargent died on 5 May 1902 in New Haven, CT, at age 38.
- She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.4
- Charts: Charles Ives and the Forbes, Nancy Regan and Alice Bessie Forbes , Sigourney Weaver and the Forbes, Increase Mather and Alice Bessie Forbes, FDR and the Forbes, Joseph Smith and Linda, President Cleveland and the Forbes
Children with George Lewis Sargent b. 26 Jul 1862, d. 5 Feb 1944:
- Eleanor Strong Sargent b. 26 May 1887, d. 30 May 1892
- Richard Collier Sargent+ b. 29 Aug 1888, d. 29 Jan 1962
- Sydney Forbes Sargent b. 29 Oct 1889, d. 1 Apr 1971
- Dorothy Sargent+ b. 4 Nov 1891, d. 1974
- Hilda Sargent+ b. 6 Apr 1893, d. 20 Sep 1971
- Mary Denny Sargent+ b. 28 Oct 1894
- Howard Lewis Sargent+ b. 9 Aug 1896, d. Jan 1987
- Charles Forbes Sargent+ b. 13 Jun 1898, d. 26 Dec 1985
Sources of Information:
- [S204] Assumption of Researcher.
- [S263] Interview with family member at George Grove's party held Oct 1998, Chamberlin Farm, West Newbury, Vermont with Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Interview with Anne Loring Grove Turner, speaking of her mother, Barbara Grove.
- [S440] Alice Bessie Forbes, International Genealogical Index (IGI) (http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/Search/frameset_search.asp ) , viewed June 2007.
- [S222] Evergreen Cemetery Office, New Haven, CT, plot listing.
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