Richard Rhodes Forrest and Theresa Mills

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Husband Richard Rhodes Forrest ¹

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           Born: 14 Apr 1844 - Allegheny, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: George Forrest (1803-1865) 3 4
         Mother: Alice Rhodes (1808-1885) 5 6

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       Marriage: 13 Mar 1873 2

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Wife Theresa Mills ²

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           Born:  - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA
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         Father: Andrew Mills (      -Bef 1893) 2
         Mother: Alice [Unk] (      -Bef 1893) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Rhodes Forrest

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He was still a child when the family came to Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Here he received his education, being among the first pupils to attend the new Union schools. In 1859 he commenced to learn the trade of carriage body building with S. B. & C. Hayes, serving an apprenticeship of nearly four years; then he worked for John Hallam in building spring wagons. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, and they were encamped at a point near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, at the time the Confederate army learned the name of Antietam. Afterward, August 31, 1864, he enlisted in the army, in the Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company F, was in at the death of the Confederacy, and was mustered out June 30, 1865. He became of age while in the army.
Returning to Washington County, Pennsylvania, he immediately re-sumed his trade, his first work being the building of a coach for James House, called the "Queen of the Road," which was run between Washington (Pennsylvania) and Pittsburgh. Afterward he removed to the site where later stood the carriage factory of R. B. McClure & Son. Later he sold out to James House, who became a partner with his brother, Robert R., in the same line of business, and for them he worked a considerable length of time, constructing windmills, some sixty or seventy having been built. He then engaged with Hayes & Wilson, working on bodies for sewing machines, after which he became a partner for a time with E. J. Dye in contracting and building. He had previously put up many of the brick buildings in the borough, and on West Beau street he erected a house which was a curiosity. He made the molds and the brick himself for this house, each brick having a panel on it. In 1878 he bought a property, the grounds covering about twelve acres on the outskirts of the borough. About 1885 he commenced gardening, building greenhouses for the cultivation of both vegetables and flowers, and he came to own the largest conservatory in Washington.

He and his wife were both members of the First M. E. Church of Washington, and in politics he was in sentiment a Prohibitionist, but voted independently and according to his own judgment.
He and his wife had three sons, all of whom died in early childhood.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 145, 397.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 145.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 144, 397.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 710, 1156.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 397.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1156.