Gerrit Angelo Forbes (30 May 1836 - 22 September 1906) was a justice of the

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beginning in 1888. He served as

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for Madison County from January 1871 to December 1874. He was a member of the Madison County and

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Bar Associations. Forbes was serving his second term on the Supreme Court at the time of his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Gerrit Angelo New York Supreme Court Justices 1836 births 1906 deaths 19th-century American judges