Background
Forbes, Robert was born on November 13, 1844 in Stoneham, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Alexander and Margaret (Dundass) Forbes.
Forbes, Robert was born on November 13, 1844 in Stoneham, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Alexander and Margaret (Dundass) Forbes.
Educated in Canada; (Doctor of Divinity, Hamline University, Minnesota, 1888).
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1870. Pastor Byron, Minnesota, 1870-1873, Kasson, Minnesota, 1873-1876, Waseca, Minnesota, 1876-1879, Faribault, Minnesota, 1879-1881, First Church, Minneapolis, 1881-1884, Jackson Saint Church, Saint Paul, 1884-1887, Bates Avenue, 1888. Presiding elder Saint Paul District, 1889-1892.
Pastor Asbury Church, Duluth, 1892-1897.
Presiding elder Duluth District, 1897-1903. Assistant correspondent secretary 1903-1907, correspondent secretary from November 1907, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension, Methodist Episcopal Church Editor The Christian Republic (monthly).
Chaplain Minnesota House of Representatives, 2 terms, Senate, 2 terms. Trustee Hamline U. for many years.
Married Sarah East. Savage, May 15, 1866.