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Judge Frank B. Forney,
manager of the Forney Clothing Company,
and a member of the
Board of County Judges of Randolph County. He
is a native of this county
and was born on a farm six miles from Mober-
ly, and when he was two
years of age his parents moved to Moberly.
He is the son of D, S. and
Henrietta (Batty) Forney, the former a
native of Virginia, and the
latter of Ohio. A more extensive review
of the Forney family
history will be found in connection with the biogra-
phical sketch of I B.
Forney, a brother of Frank B., which appears in
this volume.
Frank B. Forney was
educated in the public schools of Moberly,
and began his mercantile
career in his father's store in Moberly, his
father being one of the
pioneer merchants of This city, and was engaged
in business here for many
years.
Frank B. Forney remained
in his father's store until 1890, when he
engaged in the clothing
business at Moberly, and has continuously been
in that business to the
present time, and the Forney Clothing Company
of today is the outgrowth
of this humble beginning thirty years ago.
The Forney Clothing
Company is one of the extensive commercial
enterprises of its kind in
central Missouri. They deal in men's and boys'
ready to wear clothing and
furnishing goods, and few cities of the
size of Moberly have the
advantage of such an extensive mercantile
establishment, which
offers such a wide range in style and quality as
does the Forney Clothing
Company. The business is located at 318-320
West Reed street. The
building is owned by the company and has a
frontage of 30 feet and is
110 feet deep. There are two stories, the
upper one of which is
used for storing the surplus stock, The com-
pany employs eight clerks,
most of whom have been with the company
for several years. George
Sours has been with the Forney Clothing
Company for 29 years;
Arthur McCully, 14 years; Herbert Lamb, 11
years; Buckner Nave, 8
years; Arthur Grimes, 23 years; Ernest Ellin-
ger 7 years; Paul Eurton, 2
years; and Lowel Sours, who died in 1919,
had been with the
company for 24 years.
Frank B. Forney was
married in June, 1893, to Miss Myrtle Tucker,
of Mexico, Mo. She is a
daughter of J. D. Tucker, who was a pioneer
merchant and capitalist of
Mexico, Mo., and is now deceased. To Mr
and Mrs. Forney have
been born the following children: Francis, a
student in the Moberly
High School; Daniel, also a student in the Mob
erly High School; Dorothy
and Betty, students in the ward school.
Mr. Forney is a 'knights
Templar Mason and a member of the
Mystic Shrine, and the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Forney is one of the
substantial business men of Moberly, whose caro
has been a successful one.
He has an extensive acquaintance through
out Randolph County, and
Missouri.
In the spring of 1920, Mr.
Forney was appointed to the office of
county judge by Governor
Gardner to fill out an unexpired term, and career
he is giving the same
careful attention to the public affairs of Ran
dolph County that he has
to his private affairs. Judge Forney is a
member of Governor
Gardner's staff. |