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People

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Alva Clark Forney A. Clark Forney (February 25, 1871''South Dakota Manual, 1925'', p. 262. – April 11, 1956) was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1925 to 1927 serving under Governor Carl Gunderson. He was a member of the Republican Party. Biogra ...
, lieutenant governor of South Dakota * Daniel Munroe Forney, US Representative from North Carolina * David Forney, American electrical engineer *
Ellen Forney Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968) is an American cartoonist, educator, and wellness coach. She is known for her autobiographic comics which include ''I was Seven in '75''; ''I Love Led Zepellin''; and ''Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo an ...
, American cartoonist and educator * James Forney, recipient of the Marine Corps Brevet Medal *
John H. Forney John Horace Forney (August 12, 1829 – September 13, 1902) was a farmer, civil engineer, and Major general (CSA), major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Being promoted to the rank of major general on October ...
(1829-1902), American Confederate general in the Civil War * John Weiss Forney, American journalist and politician *
John W. Forney John Weiss Forney (30 September 1817 – 9 December 1881) was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He was clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 through 1856, and again from 1860 through 1861. He was thereafter se ...
, US Secretary of the Senate * Kynan Forney, former American football player * Matthias N. Forney (1835-1908), US steam locomotive manufacturer * Peter Forney, US Representative from North Carolina * William H. Forney, US Representative from Alabama


Places

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Forney, Texas Forney is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States, and has been named by the Texas Legislature as the "Antique Capital of Texas". It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 23,455 at the 2020 census. Geography F ...
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Forney Independent School District The Forney Independent School District is a public school district in Kaufman County, based in Forney, Texas, United States. The district serves the city of Forney, the city of Talty, a small portion of Mesquite, and other unincorporated area ...
, school district based in Forney **
Forney High School Forney High School is a public secondary school located in Forney, Texas, Forney, Texas, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Forney Independent School District which serves Forney, Talty, Texas, Talty, the small Kaufman County, Te ...
, in Forney, Texas ** North Forney High School, in Forney, Texas * Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, formerly known as Forney Army Airfield * Forney Ridge Trail, an American hiking trail * Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado


Things

* Forney Aircoupe, a variant of the low wing metal monoplane ERCO Ercoupe * Forney locomotive, a steam locomotive built to the design of Matthias N. Forney * Forney algorithm, for calculating the error values at known error locations


See also

* Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (1711-1797), German author who wrote in French as journalist, editor and encyclopedist {{disambig, geo, surname