Background
Forbes, Frederick Levi was born on May 27, 1854 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Lotan and Harriet (Farnham) Forbes.
Forbes, Frederick Levi was born on May 27, 1854 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Lotan and Harriet (Farnham) Forbes.
Student Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, 1873-1874. Graduated from State Normal and Training School, Brockport, New York, 1878. Bachelor of Philosophy, Lake Forest (Illinois) College, 1880, honorary M.Ph., 1885.
Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1885. Doctor of Divinity, Grove City (Pennsylvania) College, 1899.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church, 1885. Pastor in Illinois and Michigan, 1884-1893. Superintendent missions for Northern Michigan, 1893-1896.
Principal Pendleton (Oregon) Academy, 1896-1903. Pastor Lane St. Church, Seattle, Washington, 1903-1905. Assistant pastor First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, 1905-1917 and since 1920.
Superintendent Federal Schools, Yukon District, Alaska, 1917-1920. Stated clerk, Eastern Oregon Presbytery, 1899-1903, Seattle Presbytery, 1912-1917 and since 1923. Moderator Synod of Oregon, 1901-1902, Synod of Washington, 1926-1927.
Republican.
Married Carrie F. Barstow, August 23, 1880 (died 1913).; married second, Mary M. Clark, January 10, 1921. Children: Ethel Forbes (Mistress Louis Lomax Harding), Frederick Barstow (deceased).