Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887,
Mercer County.

M. LEANDER FORSYTHE, A.M., M.D., was born December 19, 1840.  His father,
Andrew Forsythe, was born in Mercer County, December 24, 1795.  In 1820
he purchased on credit 190 acres of land, ten miles north of Harrodsburg,
near Salvisa, but at his death left an estate of three farms, aggregating
590 acres, and worth $40,000, all of which he accumulated by his own
management.  He was married, in 1830, to Miss N. W. McAfee, a daughter of
George and Anna (Hamilton) McAfee, both natives of Kentucky.  Andrew
Forsythe and his wife were distantly related, both being descendants of
the celebrated McAfee family.  To this marriage were born eight children:
Mary J., wife of Dr. W. R. Evans, of Danville, Ky.; Robert B., a farmer,
living near Pleasant Hill, Mo.; George M. and William S. (twins), the
latter a farmer living near Paris, Mo., the former a farmer of Mercer
County; M. Leander; Joseph, deceased, a farmer of Mercer County; Annie,
wife of William Mayes, a farmer of Washington County, and Willette,
deceased wife of Ed V. Ferguson, merchant of Harrodsburg. Andrew Forsythe,
at his death, was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and departed this
life August 13, 1886.  His wife, who was a life-long member of the
Presbyterian Church, died in April, 1875, in the sixty-ninth year of her
age.  Matthew Forsythe, grandfather of M. Leander, was born in Ireland,
immigrated to South Carolina, and came to Kentucky with Gen. Adair, and
settled in Mercer County, where he was married to Miss Jane McAfee, daughter
of Robert McAfee, and sister to Gen. Robert McAfee.  His children were
Robert, Andrew, John, WIlliam, Sally, James and Julia (Buford).  Dr.
Forsythe attended in youth the schools of his native county of Mercer,
afterward a high school at Frankfort, and in the autumn of 1860 entered
the junior class in Center College, of Danville, Ky., graduating there in
June, 1863, with the degree of A. M.  He immediately began the study of
medicine under Dr. Evans, now of Danville.  In 1863 he attended his first
course of lectures in Brooklyn, N. Y., and graduated at Jefferson College,
Philadelphia, in March, 1864.  In the summer of 1864 he began practice in
Harrison County, Ky., which he continued five years, removing to
Harrodsburg in 1869, where, with the exception of four years' residence
in Mississippi (1873-770), he has since resided, and practiced medicine
and surgery.  Dr. Forsythe owns and has managed a plantation in
Jefferson County, Miss.  June 27, 1871, he married Miss Elizabeth Griffing,
daughter of J. D. and Elizabeth (Pearson) Griffing, the former a native of
Jefferson County, Miss, the latter of Harrodsburg, Ky.  Their marriage
has been blessed with four children: Levinia Bush, Andrew Dunbar, Louise
Tweed and Willette.  Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe are member of the Presbyterian
Church.

Forsythe McAfee Hamilton Evans Ferguson Buford Griffing Pearson Mayes
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Harrison-KY Washington-KY Franklin-KY Jefferson-MS SC MO
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