Family Group Record- 3251
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Husband
John H. FORREST-11666
Born
Place
Abt 1815
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Abt 1854
Buried
Place
Married
Place
6 Jun 1850
Independence, Kenton, Kentucky
Husband's father
Husband's mother
Wife
Hester Ann WILLIAMS-11665
Born
Place
29 Apr 1830
Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
29 Apr 1922
Arthur, Kanabec, Minnesota
Buried
Place
30 Apr 1922
Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota
Other Spouse
Unknown
MRIN: 3250
Married
Place
Bef 1850
MRIN: 4595
Wife's father
James WILLIAMS-13117
Wife's mother
Jane -13118
Children
List each child in order of birth.
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
1 
M
Born
Place
15 Jul 1852
, Gallatin, Kentucky
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
5 Jan 1933
Bloomington, Hennepin, Minnesota
Buried
Place
8 Jan 1933
Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota
Spouse
Elnora WATSON-11699
MRIN: 3042
Married
Place
Abt 1876
Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky
Spouse
Rose Lee ALEXANDER-11690
MRIN: 3258
Married
Place
16 Mar 1893
Gays, Moultrie, Illinois
James Henry FORREST-12736
2 
M
Born
Place
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Bef 1922
Buried
Place
Spouse
Married
Place
Prepared by
Address
Phone
E-mail address
Date prepared
Cecilia Pingenot Forrest
281-469-1065
cb4rest@pdq.net
16 Feb 2005
12611 Mile Dr.
Houston, Texas 77065
Notes
HUSBAND
-
John H. FORREST-11666
SOURCES: National Archives - Military Records of Mexican War
          Louisiana State Archives Records - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
          "First With the Most - Forrest" by Robert S. Henry, 1991
          GENERAL FORREST (of the "Great Commanders" series) by Capt. J. Harvey Mathes of 
          Memphis, pp. 1-3
          Kenton County, Kentucky Courthouse Records - Marriages Licenses
          1840-1865 - FHL film #0551096; Vital Records 1840-1876 - FHL film #0551093
          Gallatin County, Kentucky Courthouse Records - Tax Books - FHL film #0007986; B-M-D 1852-
          1859, 1861 - FHL film #0216824
          Carroll and other Counties, Kentucky B-M-D Records - FHL films #0216819, #0216841
          Vevay Public Library; Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana "Weekley Reveille" newspaper on film 1850's
          Death Certificate of Cyrus E. Forrest (copy in my files)
          Obituary of Hester Spencer Williams Forrest published 4 May 1922 in the Kanabec County 
          Times (copy in my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
          1850 Census Kenton County, Kentucky City of Covington (copy in my files)

Family Group Record- 3251
Husband
John H. FORREST-11666
Wife
Hester Ann WILLIAMS-11665
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Notes
HUSBAND
-
John H. FORREST-11666
(Continued)
BIRTH: Maybe Kentucky or Louisiana (see death certificate of C. E. Forrest)
        DOB from age in Mexican-American War Records
MARRIAGE: Kenton County, Kentucky - Vital Records (copy in my files)
DEATH: See obituary of Hester Forrest; Drowned in the Ohio River while crossing on a ferry
MILITARY: Mexican War of 1846-1848 - Louisiana Vols. (only index, empty file record found in the
           National Archives but his widow received a pension #18005)
           Service Record from Louisiana State Archives - Baton Rouge, LA
RESIDED: Gallatin County, Kentucky - 1854 (Tax Book) (copy in my files)
NOTES: No County Death Records kept in Indiana at time of Forrest death
        No death record found in Ohio River Counties of Kentucky in area of Gallatin County
        No notice of death found in the "Weekly Reveille" 1996 but scanned the film very quickly
NOTES: 1850 Census lists John Forrester age 26 tailor, Ann age 20 and William age 5 
NOTES: John Forrest birth may be Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky etc.
WIFE
-
Hester Ann WILLIAMS-11665
SOURCES: National Archives - Widow's Service Pension, Mexican War #18005
          Kenton County, Kentucky - Vital Records, Marriages 1840-1876 - FHL
          film #0551093
          1860 Census Grant County, Kentucky
          1860 Census Grant County, Kentucky extract Transcribed by Lee K.
          Osborne, Published by Arrow Software, San Jose, California, 1986 at
          Clayton Library, Houston, Texas Gen 976.9 081 Grant, Ky (copy page
          844 in my files)
          1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Death Certificate of Hester Williams Forrest (copy in my files)
          Obituary of Hester Spencer Williams Forrest published 4 May 1922 in
          the Kanabec County Times (copy in my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
          1850 Census Kenton County, Kentucky City of Covington (copy in my files)
BIRTH: See obituary and Death Certificate
MARRIAGE: Kenton County, Kentucky - Vital Records (copy in my files)
DEATH: State of Minnesota Death Certificate # 5844 (copy in my files)
        Place shown as Arthur instead of Mora (see obituary)
BURIAL: Oakwood Cemetery - gravestone photo in my files
RESIDED: Kanabec County, Minnesota after 1902
NOTES: Survived by her son, one sister of Muskogee, Oklahoma, 9 grandchildren
        and 7 great grandchildren
NOTES: Verify any prior marriage (Stephens)?
NOTES: 1850 Census lists John Forrester age 26 tailor, Ann age 20 and William age 5
CHILD  1
-
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
SOURCES: 1880 Census Macon County, Illinois - Blue Mound Township
          1860 Census Grant County, Kentucky extract (copy in my files - see source in Hester Williams
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Family Group Record- 3251
Husband
John H. FORREST-11666
Wife
Hester Ann WILLIAMS-11665
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Notes
CHILD  1
-
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
(Continued)
           Forrest)
          1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Gallatin County, Kentucky Vital Records - Lexington (FHL film #0216824)
          Grant County, Kentucky Courthouse Records - Williamstown (FHL films #1490816, #0266219)
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL films #0983930, #0983936)
          Moultrie County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Sullivan (FHL film #1301713)
          Minnesota State Vital Records
          Death Certificate of Cyrus E. Forrest (copy in my files)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 (date on the paper reads 1932 in 
          error) in the Kanabec County Times (copy in my files)
          Obituary of Hester Ann Spencer Williams Forrest published 4 May 1922 in the Kanabec County 
          Times (copy in my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Gallatin County Birth Records - 1852 (copy in my files)
        Date of birth shown as 5 August 1852 but not recorded at time of birth
        Death Certificate gives place as Napolean, Kentucky
MARRIAGE: See obituary
           #1 Grant County Marriage Bond - 1876 (copy in my files)
              Groom age 23 (1852 - Gallatin Co) Bride age 20 (1856 - Grant Co)
           #2 Moultrie County Marriage Records - 1893 (copy in my files)
DEATH: Minnesota Death Records - 1933 Death Certificate #4940 (copy in my files)
        Minnesota Masonic Home
BURIAL: Oakwood Cemetery - gravestone photo in my files
OCCUPATION: Farmer
CHURCH: Methodist
RESIDED: Decatur, Illinois - as a young man      Webster City, Iowa - 1894
          Mora, Minnesota - 1902                  Anoka, Minnesota - 1908
          Mora, Minnesota - 1916 (see obituary)
NOTES:  Obituary mentions 7 children born to Cyrus and Rose Alexander but does not name the 
         child who died before Cyrus - survived by 9 children, 15 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild
CHILD  2
-
James Henry FORREST-12736
SOURCES: Obituary of Hester Spencer Williams Forrest published 4 May 1922 in the Kanabec County 
          Times (copy in my files)
          1860 Census Grant County, Kentucky (copy in my files)
          1850 Census Kenton County, Kentucky City of Covington (copy in my files)
NOTES: 1850 Census lists John Forrester age 26 tailor, Ann age 20 and William age 5 
         
!NOTES: No other record found mentions this child thus he may have died young or this could have 
        been child of Hester's first marriage.
NOTES: 1860 Census lists child, John W. Forrest age 15 born in Louisiana - could this be child of 
        Hester's first marriage?
16 Feb 2005