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Spouse:  Mildred E. Robinson

Children:  Jeanne LaBabe Forcum Brown b. 24 Dec 1918 - d. 1 July 1986
Polly Ann Forcum Riggs

Grandchildren:  William Weisner Brown (son of Jeanne)
Andrew Lester Riggs (son of Polly)
Angela Louise Riggs Buchanan (daughter of Polly)

Parents:  James Franklin Forcum b. Sept. 6 1983- d. July 29 1956
Mary Elizabeth Salmons b. 11 Oct 1871 - d. 29 Nov 1959
Married 9 Feb 1891 Fraternal Grandparents: Jesse Lee Forcum and Temperance Elizabeth Halterman

Siblings:  Claude Hilton Forcum b. 6 Sept 1893 - d. 29 July 1956
Unnamed Male Forcum b. 22 Nov 1899 - d. 3 Jan 1900
Maunie Estelle Forcum Smith b. 4 April 1901 - d. 22 June 1982
Betty Ann "Annie" Forcum Plyer b. 25 July 1905 - d. 5 July 1989

Grandparents:  Jesse Lee Forcum and
Temperance E. Halterman and;
John A. Salmons and
Mary E. Wrincher
 
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John Lee "Jack" Forcum

Birth Date: 12/31/1891
Death Date: 4/15/1953
Washington Park East Cemetery
Section O, Lot 576, Grave 10





1918 Playbill for the play, 'Price Tag', written directed and acted in by Jack. That is Mildred in upper left and Jack in left middle.
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In 1917 Jack Forcum married Mildred Robinson.



Jack Forcum in one of his 1918 publicity photographs.



1918 Playbill for the play, 'Price Tag', written directed and acted in by Jack. That is Mildred in upper left and Jack in left middle.



Mildred, Jeanne and Jack about 1922



About 1922 Jack was running a newspaper, 'The Dawn', in Chicago. It was bombed by the Klan. Here is Jack in the wreckage with an American flag.



Jacks family in Indianapolis in 1934. From left: Jeanne, Polly, Mildred and Jack."



First draft copy of Jack Forcum's weekly syndicated column, entitled the 'HOBBYIST WORKSHOP


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