FORREST, DENNIS
, was born Oct. 25, 1784, in North Carolina. He was married June 13, 1811, in Nicholas county, Ky., to Elizabeth McClintock, who was born Feb. 17, 1790, in Pennsylvania. They had eight children, all born in Nicholas county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1835 in what is now Chatham township. Of their children--JANE M., born June 20, 1812, in Kentucky, was married there to John T. Webb, and came with her parents to Sangamon county. They had four children, and moved to Macomb, where Mrs. Webb died, September, 1866. Two children died also. DENNIS and PERMELIA live with their father at Macomb, Ill.
SARAH T., born March 20, 1815, married H. H. Elmore. See his name.
ELIZA, born June 20, 1817, married L. P. Matthews. See his name. She died in June, 1866, leaving three children.
JAMES A., born in Nicholas county, Ky., is living with his third wife. He has three children. ISABEL married a Mr. Davis. The other two are ANGELINE and JAMES, Jun. J. A. Forrest resides in Nodaway county, Mo.
ARTAMESIA, born March 2, 1821, in Kentucky, married William Carter. She died, leaving one son, FRANKLIN, in St. Joseph, Mo.
AMERICA, born Oct. 11, 1823, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March, 1842, to William Gibson. They had two children. WILLIAM D. died Aug. 14, 1847. LIZZIE J. died Aug. 22, 1866, in her eighteenth year. Mr. Gibson died Dec. 26, 1849. His widow married Sept. 5, 1855, to Thomas J. Darneille, who died Nov. 21st of the same year. She was married Jan. 13, 1859, to John A. Neal. See his name.
MARGARET L., born June 25, 1826, was married June 15, 1845, to James E. Gibson. See his name.
HUGH M., born Dec. 6, 1831, married Angeline Cooley. She died, and he married Ann Greenwood, and he died.
Dennis Forrest died July 29, 1855, and his widow, Elizabeth Forrest, died Aug. 23, 1873, in Chatham.