The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . theport of Philadelphia, an offli-o which he resigned atthe end of a year, but during that time he perfected the system of direct transportation of imports inbond without appraisem
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . theport of Philadelphia, an offli-o which he resigned atthe end of a year, but during that time he perfected the system of direct transportation of imports inbond without appraisement and examination at theport of original entry. He was one of the most en-thusiastic workers for the Centennial Exposition andwent to Europe in its interests in 1875. He disposedof the Press in 1877. In 1879 he established theProgress, a weekly paper, in Philadelphia, whichhe published until his death. In 1880 he supportedGen. Hancock for the presidency. His journalisticcareer was a long and successful one, and includededitorial writing upon almost every constitutional andeconomic measure in which this country has been in-terested. He rose by the force of his own ability andmerits from the position of a printer boy to that of aleader among journalists. No editor in America hasmade a deeper impression on the public mind, or donemore to honor his profession. He was the author of: 2G8 THE NATIONAL CYCLOP/EDIA. Letters from Europe (1869); What I saw inTexas (1872); Anecdotes of Public Men (1873);A Centennial Commissioner in Europe (1876);Forty Years in American Journalism (1877), andThe New Nobility (1882). Col. Fprney marriedthe eldest daughter of Philip Reitzel, !)f Lancaster,Pa., and had three sons and three daughters; Philip,the eldest, served gallantly in the civil war, then be-came captain in the regular army, and was killed ina railroad accident; James, the second son, is lieu-tenant-colonel in the U. S. M. C.; John W. is en-gaged in journalism. Mr. Forney died Dec. 9,188
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