Dr. Joseph Houston Forbes 1837-1894 Source: "Goodspeed History of Northwest Arkansas." p. 1314; and "Sebastian County Cemetery Records." 1975. p.67 Dr. Joseph H. (J.H.) Forbes was born in Barren County, Kentucky in 1837, and was of Scotch/Dutch descent. He died in 1894 in Hackett, Arkansas. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revoluntionary War and his grandfather: James Forbes was a soldier in the War of 1812. Dr. Forbes was educated at a pribate school in Barren County, Kentucky and in 1863, he began his practice of medicine in Oregon County, Missouri. In 1871, Dr. Forbes began practicing medicine in Hackett City (now known as just Hackett) and in 1877, he opened up a drug stone in that city. After 1885, he devoted his attention to solely the practice of medicine. He did open a dry goods store in Hackett. On the 22nd day of July, 1857, he married Elizabeth Woodside(daughter of John and Emily H. Woodside) in Thomasville(Oregon County), Missouri. His first wife died in 1861; leaving the doctor to care for two young children: Leigh and Alice. He later married again in Oregon County, Missouri, to a woman named Eliza A. Andrews (daughter of John and Matilda Andrews). The couple had fourteen children. In 1889, these were the children who were still living: Lee W Forbes; Sarah Alice Marrow (w/o Dr. U. Marrow); William J. Forbes; Clemming Casey (w/o Thomas E. Casey of Hunt County, Texas); Molly Welch (wife of J.C. Welch, of Hackett, Arkansas); Emma, Ida, George, Daisy, and Joseph Forbes. Dr. Forbes was a Masonic Mason. His second wife died in 1897 and is buried with Dr. Forbes at Vinita Cemetery.