Thomas Forsyth
Deceased Person
1771 – 1833
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Who was Thomas Forsyth?
Major Thomas Forsyth was a 19th-century American frontiersman and trader who served as a U.S. Indian agent to the Sauk and Fox during the 1820s and was replaced by Felix St. Vrain prior to the Black Hawk War. His writings, both prior to and while an Indian agent, provided an invaluable source of the early Native American history in the Northwest Territory. His son, Robert Forsyth, was a colonel in the United States Army and an early settler of Chicago, Illinois.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1771
Detroit - Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Ethnicity
- Franco-American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- St. Louis
- Died
- Oct 24, 1833
St. Louis
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on July 23, 2013
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