Jesse Anderson Forrest Sr (1833 - 1889)

Born 8 Apr 1833 in Bedford, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Dec 1889 at age 56 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Jesse was born in 1833 in Bedford County, Tennessee. His parents were William Forrest and Miriam Beck. He was a younger brother of Nathan Bedbord Forrest. He moved with his family to Tippah County, Mississipi in 1834. His father died in 1837. His widowed mother and his older brothers worked clearing swampland for farming. In 1841 two of his brothers and all three of his sisters died from Typhoid Fever. His widowed mother remarried in December of that year to Joseph Luxon.

He was married to Sarah Rebecca Mabry. He was living in Memphis in 1860 and his occupation is negro trader. He was living in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee in 1870 and he was a livery stable keeper.

Military

Confederate Military Service: J. A. Forrest Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Tennessee Regiment Name: 21 Tennessee Cav. Regiment Name Expanded: 21st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Company: S Rank In: Lieutenant Colonel Rank In Expanded: Lieutenant Colonel Rank Out: Lieutenant Colonel Rank Out Expanded: Lieutenant Colonel

Family

Spouse: Sarah R. Forrest 1836 – 1900

Children: Mary Forrest 1853 –

Nancy "Nannie" Forrest 1855 – Married Walter C. Dunn. Had a son named Willie born about 1877. George Bedford Forrest 1857 – 1908 Fannie Forrest 1866 – Jesse Anderson Forrest Jr. 1870 – 1906 Sarah H. "Sallie" Forrest 1876 – 1953 Jeffrey Forrest 1876 –

Death and Burial

Bolivar Bulletin Dec 20 1889 Col. Jesse Forrest, brother of the celebrated cavalryman N.B. Forrest, died at his home in Memphis Sunday of hematuria in the fifty-sixth year of his age.

55 years, 8 months, 6 days. Married. Cause of death: Malarial hematuria. Source: Register of Deaths and Elmwood Burial Records

Bolivar Bulletin Dec 20 1889 Col. Jesse Forrest, brother of the celebrated cavalryman N.B. Forrest, died at his home in Memphis Sunday of hematuria in the fifty-sixth year of his age.

55 years, 8 months, 6 days. Married. Cause of death: Malarial hematuria. Source: Register of Deaths and Elmwood Burial Records

Confederate Military Service: J. A. Forrest Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 21 Tennessee Cav. Regiment Name Expanded: 21st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Company: S Rank In: Lieutenant Colonel Rank In Expanded: Lieutenant Colonel Rank Out: Lieutenant Colonel Rank Out Expanded: Lieutenant Colonel

Son of William B. Forrest and Miriam Beck. Brother of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Spouse: Sarah R. Forrest 1836 – 1900 Children: Mary Forrest 1853 – Nancy "Nannie" Forrest 1855 – Married Walter C. Dunn. Had a son named Willie born about 1877. George Bedford Forrest 1857 – 1908 Fannie Forrest 1866 – Jesse Anderson Forrest Jr. 1870 – 1906 Sarah H. "Sallie" Forrest 1876 – 1953 Jeffrey Forrest 1876 –

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132766433/jesse-anderson-forrest

United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TL-QHZ : 12 December 2017), J E Forrest, 1860.

United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Q-V43 : 12 April 2016), Jesse Forrest, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 56, family 461, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,062.

United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW8-V9X : 15 July 2017), J A Forrest, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 146, sheet 230A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1280; FHL microfilm 1,255,280.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 October 2020), memorial page for COL Jesse Anderson Forrest (8 Apr 1833–15 Dec 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 132766433, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Mary & Kent (contributor 47170788) .