# John Forsyth Jr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Forsyth_Jr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Forsyth_Jr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forsyth_Jr. > Source revision: 1356000316 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American diplomat John Forsyth Jr. Born (1812-10-31)October 31, 1812 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Died May 2, 1877(1877-05-02) (aged 64) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. Resting place Magnolia Cemetery Education Princeton University Occupations Editor, diplomat, politician Political party Democratic Spouse Margaret Hull ​ (m. 1834)​ Father John Forsyth **John Forsyth Jr.** (October 31, 1812 – May 2, 1877) was an American newspaper editor of the *[Mobile Register](/source/Mobile_Register)* and the son of politician [John Forsyth](/source/John_Forsyth_(politician)). ## Biography Born in [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia), he attended the [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia) at [Athens](/source/Athens%2C_Georgia) where he was a member of the [Phi Kappa Literary Society](/source/Phi_Kappa_Literary_Society). Forsyth graduated from Princeton in 1832.[1] In 1834, Forsyth married Margaret Hull, the daughter of Latham Hull of Augusta, GA. Their son Charles, born in Mobile, Alabama, would go on to serve as a colonel in the Confederate Army. Forsyth was for many years one of the foremost [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) editors of the south. He was Adjutant of the First Georgia Regiment in the [Mexican War](/source/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War). In 1856 he was appointed Minister to [Mexico](/source/Mexico), but in 1858 demanded his passports and withdrew from the legation. He went on to become the Mayor of Mobile, Alabama in 1860. By 1863, he served as Chief of Staff in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. On July 17, 1857, he attempted to negotiate a US purchase of Mexican territory including the whole of [Baja California](/source/Baja_California_(peninsula)), as well as parts of Northern [Sonora](/source/Sonora) and [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state)) up to the [Yaqui River](/source/Yaqui_River) at the [Gulf of California](/source/Gulf_of_California) coast and then to the 30th parallel north.[2] In 1861, with [Martin J. Crawford](/source/Martin_J._Crawford) of Georgia, he represented the [Confederate States](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) as commissioner to the National government, but his request for an unofficial interview with [William Henry Seward](/source/William_Henry_Seward) was declined. He left for [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama) after the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) and engaged in journalistic work until health problems compelled him to retire. He died in Mobile on May 2, 1877.[3] The *Mobile Register* of May 5, 1877 (its columns draped in black) printed a lengthy obituary: "a large congregation of Mobile citizens were assembled to testify by their presence, their love and respect for the honored dead." A funeral cortege traveled to [Magnolia Cemetery](/source/Magnolia_Cemetery_(Mobile%2C_Alabama)) where the final interment took place. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Cyclopaedia_1-0)** [*The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OXBGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA471). Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. p. 471. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/94/b/](https://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/94/b/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Death of Hon. John Forsyth"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68807491/death-of-hon-john-forsyth/). *The Daily Gazette*. May 3, 1877. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. - Burnett, Lonnie. *[The pen makes a good sword : John Forsyth of the Mobile register](http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=279733&site=eds-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Front_Cover)* (University of Alabama Press, 2006) - Shadburn, Don L. *Pioneer History of Forsyth County Georgia: 1832-1860, Vol. I*. (Pioneer-Cherokee Heritage Series, 1981) - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Wilson, J. G.](/source/James_Grant_Wilson); [Fiske, J.](/source/John_Fiske_(philosopher)), eds. (1891). *[Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography](/source/Appletons'_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography)*. New York: D. Appleton. {{[cite encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia)}}: Missing or empty |title= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title)) Diplomatic posts Preceded by Richard S. 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