Family Group Record- 3042
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Husband
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
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
Married
Place
Abt 1876
Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky
Other Spouse
Rose Lee ALEXANDER-11690
MRIN: 3258
Married
Place
16 Mar 1893
Gays, Moultrie, Illinois
MRIN: 3251
Husband's father
John H. FORREST-11666
Husband's mother
Hester Ann WILLIAMS-11665
Wife
Elnora WATSON-11699
Born
Place
Abt 1854/1856
, Grant, Kentucky
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Abt 1886/1888
Blue Mound, Macon, Illinois
Buried
Place
MRIN: 5194
Wife's father
Joseph W. WATSON-14324
Wife's mother
Fanny A. -14323
Children
List each child in order of birth.
FORREST-11695
1 
Born
Place
Bef 1879
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Bef 1900
Buried
Place
Spouse
Married
Place
Bert Lester FORREST-11698
2 
M
Born
Place
18 Jun 1879
Blue Mound, Macon, Illinois
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
26 Oct 1904
Blairsburg, Hamilton, Iowa
Buried
Place
28 Oct 1904
Blairsburg, Hamilton, Iowa
Spouse
Married
Place
Howard FORREST-11693
3 
M
Born
Place
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Bef 1933
Buried
Place
Spouse
Married
Place
Lenna Lennie G. FORREST-11697
4 
F
Born
Place
Abt May 1881
, , Illinois
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Buried
Place
Spouse
J. Walt SAYRE-11691
MRIN: 3259
Married
Place
John W. Henry FORREST-11696
5 
M
Born
Place
6 Nov 1882
, Macon, Illinois
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
Aft 1933
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Buried
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

Family Group Record- 3042
Husband
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
Wife
Elnora WATSON-11699
Children
List each child in order of birth.
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John W. Henry FORREST-11696
5 
M
Spouse
Married
Place
Benjamin Newton FORREST-11694
6 
M
Born
Place
23 Mar 1884
Blue Mound, Macon, Illinois
Chr.
Place
Died
Place
27 Jun 1958
Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota
Buried
Place
1 Jul 1958
Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota
Spouse
Mabel Adelaide HANSON-11692
MRIN: 3260
Married
Place
Notes
HUSBAND
-
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
           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
WIFE
-
Elnora WATSON-11699
SOURCES: 1880 Census Macon County, Illinois - Blue Mound Township
          Grant Count, Kentucky Courthouse Records - Williamstown (FHL films #0266219, #1490816)
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Family Group Record- 3042
Husband
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
Wife
Elnora WATSON-11699
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Notes
WIFE
-
Elnora WATSON-11699
(Continued)
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL films #0983930, #0983936)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
BIRTH: See marriage
MARRIAGE: Grant County Marriage Bond - 1876 (copy in my files)
           Groom age 23 (1852 - Gallatin County) Bride age 20 (1856 - Grant County)
DEATH: Howard Forrest notes: Place may be Mounds, Pulaski, Illinois
NOTES: Place of death and burial not found in 1996 in the following places:
        Christian, Macon, Shelby and Pulaski County Illinois (Pulaski County recorded no births and deaths 
        1882-1902) Death Records Cemetery at Blue Mounds
CHILD  1
-
FORREST-11695
SOURCES: 1880 Census Macon County, Illinois - Blue Mound Township
          1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
NOTES: See birth of Bert who was second child; not found on 1880 or 1900
        Census Records
NOTES: Obituary of Cyrus notes 6 children born to Cyprus and Ella and 3 died before 1933 but does 
        not name the deceased children.
CHILD  2
-
Bert Lester FORREST-11698
SOURCES: 1880 Census Macon County, Illinois - Blue Mont Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Obituary of Bert Forrest published 4 nov 1904 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Macon County Birth Records - 1879 #1037 (copy in my files)
        Record notes he is the second child
DEATH: See obituary of Bert Forrest - 1904
NOTES: Obituary of Cyrus notes 6 children born to Cyrus and Ella and 3 died before 1933 but does 
        not name the deceased children.
CHILD  3
-
Howard FORREST-11693
SOURCES: 1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Not found in Macon County Birth Records
NOTES: Died as an infant; not on 1880 or 1900 Census records
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Family Group Record- 3042
Husband
Cyrus Elmar FORREST-11700
Wife
Elnora WATSON-11699
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Notes
CHILD  4
-
Lenna Lennie G. FORREST-11697
SOURCES: 1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Record not found in Macon County, Illinois
RESIDENCE: Rockwell City, Iowa - 1933
NOTES: Death not in Social Security Death Index
CHILD  5
-
John W. Henry FORREST-11696
SOURCES: 1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in 
          my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Macon County Birth Records - 1882 #3265 (copy in my files)
        Name recorded as JOHN HENRY FORREST - noted as the fifth child
NOTES: Single - never married
OCCUPATION: Construction in Wyoming and Colorado; peach farm at Grand Junction
RESIDED: Penrose, Colorado - 1933
          Grand Junction, Colorado
CHILD  6
-
Benjamin Newton FORREST-11694
SOURCES: 1900 Census Kossuth County, Iowa - Secena Township
          Macon County, Illinois Courthouse Records - Decatur (FHL film #0983930)
          Wedding announcement published 5 June 1908 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in my 
          files)
          Obituary of Ben Forrest published 3 July 1958 in the Kanabec County Times (copy in my files)
          Obituary of Cyrus E. Forrest published 12 January 1933 in the Kanabec
          County Times (copy in my files)
          Howard Forrest notes written in 1972
          Clara Demuth Forrest, 1992
BIRTH: Macon County Birth Records - 1884 #4048 (copy in my files) -sixth child
        Obituary gave birth as Gays, Moultrie, Illinois in error
MARRIAGE: Wesley M. E. Church
BURIAL: Oakwood Cemetery - gravestone photo in my files
OCCUPATION: Mail Carrier
RESIDENCE: Mora, Minnesota
NOTES: Gays is near Mattoon, Illinois where Rose Alexander was born.
NOTES: Death not found in Social Security Death Index
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