childrenEdith S. Forrest · Nina Forrest · Fannie Forrest · Bruce Forrest · Irene Forrest
Their story
What the record says
An infant when his parents removed to Todd township, Crawford County, Ohio, in 1854, so born c.1853.
Reared in Crawford County.
Schoolteacher in Oceola beginning 1872 for seventeen years.
School examiner six years.
President of Crawford County Teachers Association.
Married Lottie E. Stull at Oceola.
Held Todd township offices of clerk (10 yrs) and treasurer (5 yrs).
Census enumerator 1880.
Deputy county treasurer 1890-91.
General store proprietor and postmaster (appointed by President Cleveland 1892).
County clerk.
Index clerk in U.S. House during 50th Congress.
Elected to Bucyrus city council 1901.
Family moved to Bucyrus in 1898.
Member of Elks and Junior Order of American Mechanics.
Democrat.
Daughter Nina married Charles McLaughlin of Oceola.
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