Forbush, William Byron (1868-1927)

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Jane Addams to William Byron Forbush, October 25, 1903

Jane Addams to William Byron Forbush, October 9, 1914

William Colfax Graves to William Forbush Byron, April 10, 1925

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Julian William Mack, June 18, 1906

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Julia Clifford Lathrop, August 24, 1911

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Birth Date

1868-02-20

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1927-10-23

Birthplace

Springfield, VT

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William Byron Forbush was a clergyman and child training expert who trained at Dartmouth University, New York University, and the Union Theological Seminary. He was the pastor of Detroit's Woodward Avenue Congregationalist Church, from 1906-1913, who specialized in child education. In 1914 he moved to Philadelphia to head the American Institute of Boy Life. Forbush was the author of a number of books on child development. He also organized the Knights of King Arthur, a church-based boy's club. Forbush died in 1927.

Forbush married Maude Barden in 1890. They had three sons; Arthur, Deston, and Bliss.