Jesse was born in 1861. His father was Harrison Forrest. He married a woman named Effie Lula Parker in 1921 in Arkansas.[1] It is not known if this was a remarriage, as Lula is listed as his wife on earlier census records.
In 1900, the family was living in Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia.[2]
The family was living in Fort Valley, Houston, Georgia in 1920. [4]
Jesse passed away in 1924.[5] Burial was in the Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[6] He lies next to his daughter, Annie Forrest Dixon.[7]
Sources
↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMTW-GVS : accessed 20 May 2016), Jesse M Forrest and Effie Lula Parker, 19 May 1921; citing , Garland, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,012,715.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FY-6CS : accessed 20 May 2016), Jessie M Forest, Militia District 642, Villa Rica Villa Rica town, Carroll, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,184.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK6-XHB : accessed 20 May 2016), Jesse M Forrest, Militia District 513, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,196.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ6C-VX6 : accessed 20 May 2016), Jessie Forrest, Fort Valley, Houston, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 8A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,263.
↑ "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDNS-SD6 : accessed 20 May 2016), Jesse M Forrest, 22 Sep 1924, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing reference 26928, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2322574.
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-4ZRK : accessed 20 May 2016), J M Forrest, 1924; Burial, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Oak City Cemetery; citing record ID 99517083, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia
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