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Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest 1825–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Jun 1825

Birth Location: Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 8 Sep 1917

Death Location: Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA

Father: Elisha Forrest

Mother: Sarah Vincent

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Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest was born in 1825 in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA, the child of Elisha Green Forrest And Sarah Sallie Vincent. Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest passed away in 1917 in Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest was born in 1825 in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA, the child of Elisha Green Forrest And Sarah Sallie Vincent.
  • Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest passed away in 1917 in Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA.

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Richard Forrest's Ancestors

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Richard Forrest
1825–1917
Birth Place: Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Elisha Green Forrest
1784–1855
Orange, North Carolina, United States
Sarah ("Sallie") Vincent
1792–1862
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Shadrack (M) Forrest
1740–1820
Nottoway Parish, Nottoway, Virginia, English Colonial America
Jeane (Jane) Ledbetter
1758–1835
Brunswick, Virginia, English Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
William Forrest
1726–1777
Louvenia Gresham
1721–1778
Henry Rev.
1721–1785
Edith Clark
1734–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Sr.
1700–1755
Ann Ashley
1701–1775
Thomas Gresham
1689–1741
Mary Holcombe
1707–1742

Richard Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1825
29 Jun 1825
Birth of Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
1917
8 Sep 1917
Age 92
Death of Richard Oziah "Dick" Forrest in Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA
Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1825
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1917
    Event Place: Purmela, Coryell, Texas, USA

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