Jesse Lafayette FORRESTER^{[1, 2, 3]}

1842 - 1928  (85 years)

• Name	Jesse Lafayette FORRESTER
  Born	19 Oct 1842	, Fannin County, Georgia   [3, 4, 5]
  	19 Oct 1942 -> Forrester Bible records 19 Oct 1942; Fannin, GA -> his death certificate 1843, GA -> age 37 on 1880 census
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	District 85, Union, Georgia   [6]
  	Coleman "Forister" (32) was enumerated as head of household. The household includes "Anny" (28), Jesse (7), James (5), Eliza (4), Nancy (2), and Martha Carnes (17).
  Military	Abt 1861–1865  [7, 8]
  	Address: Union Solder
  Census	1870	Militia District 844, Fannin County, Georgia   [9]
  	Lafayette Forister (27) appeared as head of household. He was a farmer. He had no real estate and a personal estate valued at 250. He was born in Georgia. The household included Nancy (25) and John (2). Lafayette's parents lived 10 households away.
  Census	1880	Noontootla, Fannin, Georgia   [2]
  	Lafayett Forrester (37) appeared as head of household. He was a married farmer. He could read, but not write. He was born in Georgia, his father in South Carolina, and his mother in Georgia. The household included his wife Nancy C. (35), son John E. (10), and daughters Allice L. (8), and Eller T. (2). Lafayette's brother, Edward, appeared one household up and his parents appeared on the next page. Fannin County Forresters – 1880
  Residence	From 1904 to 1928	Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia   [10]
  	According to his death certificate, he had resided in Blue Ridge for 24 years.
  Census	1910	Toccoa, Fannin, Georgia   [11]
  Occupation	Farmer  [9, 10]
  Died	21 Jan 1928	Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia   [7, 12]
  	City of death obtained from death certificate. He appears to have had a heart attack. The cause of death on his death certificate says, "All I know to say is heart failure. He got up & put on clothing & in a few minutes was dead." "1928 -Jan-Fayette Forrester, 85,Union Soldier in Civil War, dies.  Hemarried a Marshall.  Survived by children: J. E. Forrester and Mrs. Alice Newberry." - obit
  		Jesse Lafayette Forrester Death Certificate
  Buried	22 Jan 1928	Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia   [10]
  	Address: Crawford Cemetery
  Notes	Name: Jesse Lafayette -> Forrester Bible records Lafayette ->1880 census Connection to parents: His parents are reported as Coleman Forrester and "Annie Kerns Forrester" on his death certificate.
  Person ID	I1881	Kendrick-Hemphill
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Coleman FORRESTER,   b. 9 Sep 1817, South Carolina ,   d. 31 Mar 1888 or 1889, , probably Fannin, Georgia  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Anna CARNES,   b. Feb 1823, , , Georgia ,   d. 19 Jan 1914, , Fannin County, Georgia  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1842	, Lumpkin, Georgia
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy A. E. MARSHALL,   b. 26 Apr 1845, , , North Carolina ,   d. 27 Jul 1924, Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1866	, Fannin County, Georgia   [3, 13]
  	*Marriage license found. *Jesse Lafayette Forrester's death certificate reports his wife as Addie. He was widowed at the time of his death.
  		Forister-Marshall Marriage License
  Children	1. John E. FORRESTER,   b. Abt 1868, , probably Fannin, Georgia   2. Allice L. FORRESTER,   b. Abt 1872, , , Georgia   3. Eller T. FORRESTER,   b. Abt 1878, , , Georgia
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Death Records

  Addie Forrester Death Certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Forrester Bible Records*, Births, entry for Jesse Lafayett Forrester (Reliability: 3). [S284] 1880 Census. Georgia. Fannin County, pop. sch., Noontootley D.; 61; p. 699 (stamped); dwelling 66, family 66; Lafayett Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2011 (Reliability: 3). [S343] Georgia. Fannin County. Death Certificates. (GA Virtual Vault-Non-Indexed), accessed; 8 August 2009; no. 1000; Jesse Lafayette Forrester; 21 January 1928 (Reliability: 2). [S98] Forrester Bible Records*, "Births," entry for Jesse Lafayett Forrester (Reliability: 3). [S284] 1880 Census. Georgia. Fannin County, pop. sch., Noontootley D.; 61; p. 699 (stamped); dwelling 66, family 66; Lafayett Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2011 (Reliability: 2). [S218] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 85, Union, Georgia; Roll: M432_84; Page: 257; Image: 396. (Reliability: 3). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=18981995 [S337] OBITS and TIDBITS - Fannin County Genweb, accessed; 16 February 2011; 1928-Jan - Fayette Forrester (Reliability: 2). [S352] Forrester Family - Facets of Fannin, p. 309 (Reliability: 2). [S338] 1870 Census. Georgia. Fannin County, pop. sch., Militia District 844; p. 43 (penned); dwelling 326, family 325; Lafayette Forister household; accessed; 17 February 2011 (Reliability: 3). [S95] Fannin, Georgia, death certificates, Georgia's Virtual Vault, death certificate no. 1000 (1928), Jesse Lafayette Forrester; "Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates," (Reliability: 3). http://tinyurl.com/losxos [S262] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Toccoa, Fannin, Georgia; Roll: T624_182; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 867. (Reliability: 2). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=3331272&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S343] Georgia. Fannin County. Death Certificates. (GA Virtual Vault-Non-Indexed), accessed; 8 August 2009; no. 1000; Jesse Lafayette Forrester; 21 January 1928 (Reliability: 3). [S333] Fannin County Marriage Books-Georgia's Virtual Vault, accessed; 6 February 2011; 1864-1894, p. 103; Forister-Marshall; 1866 (Reliability: 3).