N. S. FORSYTH, grocer, Mason City; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., April 16, 1845. He emigrated with his parents to Illinois when 11 years of age and located in Lincoln, Logan Co., in December, 1856; here he attended the common and graded schools, completing his education at 'the Lincoln University. He then clerked in the drug trade for seven years in Lincoln, and, in 1868, went to Minnesota, residing two years, and, in the spring of 1870, returned to the employ of his old firm in Lincoln, with whom he continued until the fall of 1874, since which time he has been engaged with C. E. Randolph, in Mason City, in the grocery and provision business. His marriage with Lydia A. Baner was celebrated in Mason City Oct. 17, 1876; she was born in Logan Co., III., and is a daughter of J. S. Baner, whose biography also appears in this work.



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