Johnny was born in February 1915, in Shelbyville, Oregon. His half-Amerindian family was dirt poor at the time when World war 1 was big.
By the time he reached twenty, he was an influential huckster living in Vermont. He wasn't rich until much later, with the patents of his designs to Lord enterprises, the successor to Hellman enterprises.
He wasn't married at all, but he did have children. His oldest child, the only one with World War 2 soldier Amelia Whitely (born April 1919), is Roger Forbes (born November 1946), now living peacefully in Hawaii after coming out of Corinth as a zombie. Roger and his son John Roger Jay Forbes (born March 13 1982) are still living in Honolulu with the latter's wife, the half-Madeiran Myrtle Edmonds of Lilo and stitch fame, and their twins Jackie and Missy Edmonds Forbes (born May 2012).
His other son, the first one with Tammy Markley, is Jack Forbes (born March 5 1959). Like his half brother Roger, Jack also crawled out of Corinth as a zombie along with his daughter Heather Rose Forbes (born April 1 1989). He still lives in Seabrook, a planned community northwest of Springfield, while Heather lives in Springfield with her now husband, Jake Summers and her pet cat Smoothie, Snowball V's grandniece. His daughter, the second one with Tammy, is Lorna Forbes (born April 1 1965). Like her full brother, she has crawled out of Corinth as a zombie alone. She is now married to Tyler Banks and has four children. Their children are Harold (born January 11 1997), Tammy Jr (born September 3 2001), plus the twins Aster and Ellis (born August 2 2007). They are all living in Austin, Texas.
After his only known appearance in the Loving pilot, he died in 1987.