Individual Details

Born in Nelson Co., KY, the youngest daughter of William and Mary 'Polly' Van Meter Chenoweth, Ruth married, at the age of 20, to William Forman, on January 26, 1818 in Nelson Co., Kentucky. William was the son of Joseph Forman and Rebecca Frye, and William's niece would later marry Ruth's brother, James Hackley. William and Ruth had 9 children, all born in Nelson Co., KY. At some point, just after the 1850 Census, the family moved to Plano, Texas in Collin County. William would help found this town, before his death in 1856, at the age of 64. Ruth lived there another twelve years, dying at the age of 70. Both are buried in the Old Plano cemetery, Plano

Birth	18 Jan 1799	Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky
Marriage	26 Jan 1818	Nelson County, Kentucky - William Foreman
Death	23 Oct 1868	Plano, Collin County, Texas

Spouse

William Foreman (1792 - 1856)