Early Residents of Forrest, Illinois

BROADHEAD, Edward, b. July 2, 1827, farmer, 1878

BULLARD, Barak M., b. Oct. 6, 1836, livery man, 1888

BULLARD, Lucian, b. Oct. 31, 1831, Postmaster, Notary Public, 1888, 1878, 1898 bio, photo

BURT, E. R., b. Jan. 14, 1846, farmer, 1888

BURTON, Allan A. b. Feb. 14, 1820, attorney at law, farmer, 1878

COOK, William P. b. Feb. 14, 1819, farmer, 1878

CORDING, Albert, b. June 24, 1843, merchant, 1878

DAVIS, Albert, b. April 14, 1836. farmer, 1888, 1878

DAVIS, Francis L. b. Nov. 13, 1814 farmer, 1898 bio photo

DELATOUR, John L. b. Sept. 18, 1852, merchant, 1878

DIXON, Springer, b. March 1, 1833, farmer, 1888, 1878

DUCKETT, Daniel, b. Jan. 16, 1834, physician, 1878

DUCKETT, Fred, b Nov, 10, 1840, druggist, Civil War Veteran, 1888, 1878

DUNHAM, Stephen A., b. July 12, 1851, physician, 1878

EIGNUS, M. C., b. 1844 in Pa., Legislator, 1898 photo and bio

FRANCIS, Albert, b. Aug. 1, 1848, farmer, photo of farm, 1888

FRANCIS, John, b. Feb. 13, 1812 in Ireland, cooper, farmer 1888

FRANCIS, Joseph S. b. Aug. 16, 1845, dealer in coal and fuel, 1888

HARMON, Amiel, b. Jan. 2, 1842 in France, Civil War Veteran, farmer photo of farm, 1888, 1878

HINMAN, James B., b. Nov. 25, 1846, Civil War, Kerr & Hinman merchants, 1878

HOFFHEINS, W. N., b. Aug. 20, 1850, merchant 1898 bio

HOYT, Stephen A., b. July 27, 1834, banker, 1888, 1878, 1898

HURT, Nathan, b. April 5, 1818, farmer, “The Park,” Residence photo, 1888

KING, Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1842 farmer 1898 bio

KRACK, George C., b. Aug. 30, 1854, farmer, 1888

KRACK, John M., b. Sept. 29, 1844, farmer, grocery trade,1888

LEE, William D., b. Sept. 13, 1827, police magistrate, 1898 bio, photo

MAJOR, Alva Allen, b. July 28, 1850, farmer, photo of farm, 1888

MAJOR, Ben, b. June 4, 1854, farmer, 1878

McCRYSTAL, John, b. March 17, 1832, farmer, 1878

MILLER, Prof. Edward H., b. July 18, 1864, educator, 1898 bio and photo

MONTGOMERY, Robert, b. May 21, 1832, farmer, 1878

NICKERSON William W., b. Feb. 19, 1849, junior partner Thayer & Nickerson, 1878

NORMAN, John R. V. b. July 2, 1832, farmer, buying and shipping grain, 1878

NORMAN, Richard E., b. May 7, 1836, farmer and stock dealer, 1878

NORMAN, William, b. Dec. 2, 1838, farmer, 1878

ODELL, Risdon M., b. May 11, 1844, Agent T., P. & W. Railroad, 1878

PAINE, F. H. b. January 26, 1847, Wabash R.R., 1898 photo and bio

PORCH, James & John C. Hardware and Machinery, Forrest, 1878

RILEY, Thomas G., b. Nov. 5, 1820, farmer, 1888, 1878

ROOK, William, b. Oct. 20, 1822, farmer, 1888

RUDD, John W., b. Nov. 29, 1855, farmer, deals in short-horn cattle, Norman horses, 1888

SAMPEY, James, b. Jan. 13, 1837, farmer, 1878

SHEDD, J. W., b. Aug. 4, 1817, farmer, 1878

SHERRILL, Rev. Dana, b. June 5, 1842, Pastor Congregational Church, 1878

SKINNER, Hattie, b. Sept. 14, 1867, musician, 1898 bio

SMITH, Bronson, b. March 15, 1826, farmer, photo, 1888, 1878

SNYDER, James, b. Oct. 22, 1849, farmer, raising hogs, cattle and horses 1878

SOMERS, Peter, b. June 23, 1815 in County Westmeath, Ireland, farmer, 1888, 1878

SPENCER, Thomas C. b. Nov. 1826, farmer, 1888

STACKER, Charles, b. Aug. 31, 1837, farmer, 1888

STANFORD, Luther B., b. Dec. 2, 1838, farmer, School Director, 1878

STEWART, Francis W., b. May 6, 1858, farmer, 1888

STICKNEY, Cornelius W., b. March 9, 1850, editor & Proprietor of the Forrest Rambler, 1888

STRAWN, Joel R., b. Jan. 8, 1842, Farmer, 1878

STUCKEY, George, b. Feb. 14, 1828, farmer, stock raiser, 1888

THAYER & NICKERSON, blacksmithing and wagon making, Forrest, 1878

THORNE, Henry J., b. April 24, 1849, farmer, 1878

TWITCHELL, H. C., b. March 6, 1838, insurance and collecting agent, 1878

ULBRIGHT, Henry, b. Oct. 4, 1833 in Germany, farmer, photo of farm 1888

WALLACE, John, b. Nov. 20, 1826, farmer, 1878

WATSON, Henry B., b. Feb. 5, 1837, farmer, 1878

WEEKS, Thomas, b. Oct. 26, 1835, farmer, 1878

WHITMIRE, Joel Wallace, b. Oct. 25, 1851, physician 1898 bio, photo

WILSON, Mrs. Nancy (Thompson) b. Sept. 20, 1826, (Mrs. Nicholas Wilson) (Mrs. Wm. C. Popejoy 1st Husband), farming, 1878

WOODBURN, Charles F., b. Sept. 26, 1837, farmer, photo of farm, 1888