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Sylvester Bob Forrest 1819–1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1819

Birth Location: Greene, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 27 Feb 1865

Death Location: MD

Father: Henry Forrest

Mother: Mary Moore

Spouse(s): Penelope Moye

Children(s): Margaret Forrest(Phillips), Calvin Forrest, Martha Forrest, Willie Forrest, Rickey Forrest, Sylvester Jr, George Forrest

Sylvester Bob Forrest was born in 1819 in Greene, North Carolina, United States, the child of Henry Francis Forrest And Mary Moore. Sylvester Bob Forrest married Penelope Penny Moye, and had children including Calvin Forrest, George Calis Forrest, Margaret Maggie Ann Forrest Phillips, Martha A Rebecca Forrest, Rickey Sylvester Forrest, Sylvester Bob Forrest Jr, Willie Francis Sally Forrest. Sylvester Bob Forrest passed away in 1865 in MD.

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Biography

  • Sylvester Bob Forrest was born in 1819 in Greene, North Carolina, United States, the child of Henry Francis Forrest And Mary Moore.
  • Sylvester Bob Forrest married Penelope Penny Moye, and had children including Calvin Forrest, George Calis Forrest, Margaret Maggie Ann Forrest Phillips, Martha A Rebecca Forrest, Rickey Sylvester Forrest, Sylvester Bob Forrest Jr, Willie Francis Sally Forrest.
  • Sylvester Bob Forrest passed away in 1865 in MD.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sylvester Forrest's Ancestors

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Sylvester Forrest
1819–1865
Birth Place: Greene, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Henry Francis Forrest
1793–1842
Greene, North Carolina, United States
Mary Moore
1796–1840
Greene, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
William (Tinsley) Forrest
1761–1843
Scuffleton, Greene County, North Carolina, USA
Nancy Spivey
1760–1843
Greene County, North Carolina, USA
William Moore
1730–1800
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Forrest
1741–1780
Mary
1727–
Col Moore
1718–1806
Rosannah McCord
1715–1835
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JESSE FORREST
1720–
Sara Kemp
–1780
Martha Sawyer
1673–1740
William McCord
1680–1761

Sylvester Forrest's Descendants

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Sylvester (Bob) Forrest (1819–27 Feb 1865) m. Penelope ("Penny") Moye (1826–1871)
  1. 1. Margaret ("Maggie" Ann) Forrest(Phillips) 1857–1917
  2. 2. Calvin Forrest 1847–1912
  3. 3. Martha (A Rebecca) Forrest 1852–1912
  4. 4. Willie (Francis "Sally") Forrest 1855–1907 m. Charles Davis 1857–
  5. 5. Rickey (Sylvester) Forrest 1859–1934
  6. 6. Sylvester (Bob Forrest) Jr 1862–1930
  7. 7. George (Calis) Forrest 1849–

Sylvester Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1819
1819
Birth of Sylvester Bob Forrest in Greene, North Carolina, United States
Greene, North Carolina, United States
1865
27 Feb 1865
Age 46
Death of Sylvester Bob Forrest in Point Lookout POW Camp, Maryland, United States
Point Lookout POW Camp, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1819
    Event Place: Greene, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1865
    Event Place: Point Lookout POW Camp, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: MD
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries
    [2] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, Ca.

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