Husband John Forrest 1 2 3
Born: 8 Feb 1851 - Brooklyn, NY 3 4 5
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Died: 13 Aug 1918 6 7
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Father: John Forrest ( - ) 3 4 5
Mother: Ann Wright ( - ) 3 4 5
Marriage: 1 Aug 1878 2 3 8
Wife Mary Holmes Hamlin 2 3 8
AKA: May Holmes Hamlin 9
Born: 29 Sep 1856 9
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Father: Byron Delano Hamlin (1824-1907) 9 10 11 12 13
Mother: Harriet Holmes (1825/1826- ) 9 11 14 15
Children
1 F Helen Forrest 5 7
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Died: 19 Feb 1918 5 7
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Spouse: Arthur W. Mitchell ( - ) 5 7
2 F Ruth Forrest 5 7
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Spouse: E. T. Newman ( - ) 5 7
Spouse: Lincoln Green ( - ) 5 7
General Notes: Husband - John Forrest
He received a practical business education in the schools of Brooklyn, New York, and when sixteen years of age entered the law office of Edwin C. Delevan, where he remained until 1868. He then went to Fall Brook, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as clerk in the office of the Fall Brook Coal Company, until 1875; then he went to Clermont, McKean County, as paymaster for the Buffalo Coal Company; after remaining there about one year he went to Buffalo, New York, as bookkeeper for the same company. In January, 1877, he came to Smethport, McKean County, and entered the law and land office of B. D. Hamlin.
He and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Forrest was always a Democrat in politics.
Brooklyn schools provided John Forrest's early education, and at the age of sixteen years, in 1867, he entered the law office of Edwin C. Deleven, studying for his profession there until 1868, when he removed to Falls Brook, Pennsylvania. There he was a clerk in the Falls Brook Coal Company's office until, in 1875, he became paymaster for the Buffalo Coal Company, at Clermont, McKean County. He went to Buffalo in the employ of the same organization in 1876, serving as bookkeeper, and in 1877 came to Smethport. In Smethport he entered the law and land office of Byron D. Hamlin, and was engaged in law practice for the rest of his life. In September, 1879, he was admitted to the bar, and subsequently he was active in the McKean County Bar Association and other organized professional groups.
As time went on, his interests widened to include public service and business affiliations. He became a director of the Hamlin Bank & Trust Company, vice-president of the Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad and a director of the Smethport Water Company. He was a member of the executive board of the Pennsylvania Council of Defense and the Committee of Public Safety, and these organizations adopted, at the time of his death, a resolution which said:
Whereas, John Forrest was an untiring, zealous and truly loyal member of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense and Committee of Public Safety, and faithfully performed his patriotic duties as a member of the Executive Board of the McKean County Branch of said Council and Committee; therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the desire of the members of said Executive Board to render tribute to the memory of our deceased fellow-citizen. Keen and talented of mind, sympathetic and true of heart, richly endowed with the at-tributes of character of the true Christian gentleman, John Forrest always faithfully fulfilled his responsibilities to beloved companions, to friends, to the community in which he lived and to his country which he loved with the devotion of a patriot. His memory will endure like the breath of the flowers, which he loved.
A resolution emanating at the same time from the Hamlin Bank & Trust Company referred to Mr. Forrest as one of the five incorporators of that institution and a director from the very beginning, March 17, 1902. The first director of that bank to die, he was highly commended by the directors for his "high Christian character, his recognized ability, and invaluable services to the company . . . . his attainments, benevolences and achievements." The Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad Company paid him similarly high tribute in formal resolutions adopted at that time. [HNWP, 37]