Charles Allison Lewis De Forest and Martha Ann Tomlinson

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Husband Charles Allison Lewis De Forest ¹

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           Born: 7 Oct 1849 - St. James Parish, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada 1
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           Died: 29 Aug 1893 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 1
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         Father: Charles De Forest (      -1854) 1
         Mother: Sarah Pickett (      -1854) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Dec 1869 - Philadelphia, PA 2

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Wife Martha Ann Tomlinson ²

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           Born: 10 May 1838 - Dover, Kent Co, DE 2
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         Father: [Unk] Tomlinson (      -      )
         Mother: Phebe Loveland (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M [Infant] De Forest ²

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2 M George Augustus Waldron De Forest ²

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           Born: 23 Aug 1871 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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         Spouse: Gerda Angeline Dennison (1876-      ) 4
           Marr: 3 Jun 1909 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5

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3 M William Charles De Forest ²

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           Born: 10 Sep 1873 - Philadelphia, PA 5
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         Spouse: May Ball (1872-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 23 Jun 1909 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 5

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4 F Ethel Edith De Forest ²

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           Born: 13 Dec 1876 - Brooklyn, NY 2
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5 M Harry De Forest ²

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           Born: Feb 1879 2
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6 F Laura Emerson De Forest ²

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           Born: 11 Apr 1880 - Brooklyn, NY 2
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General Notes: Husband - Charles Allison Lewis De Forest

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His parents died when he was about five years old, and he and a sister, Hattie, were taken to live with their uncle, Munson Pickett. He was very severe in his treatment of them, and Charles A. L., when he was about ten years of age, ran away and shipped as cabin boy to Liverpool. He was away for several years and finally came back as cabin boy to Boston, Massachusetts, where he bound himself as apprentice to a machinist, working with a Mr. Goulding, who was later in the office of John Ellis & Company (or Leonard & Ellis), Broadway, New York. He resided for a time in Maine, and then went to Philadelphia. Though he never entered the service he passed the examination for second assistant engineer of the United States Navy. While in Philadelphia he was chief engineer for Obdyke & Simmons, of Philadelphia. In 1875 he began work for John Ellis & Company, Refiners, at Brooklyn, New York, and in 1877 was made foreman of the refinery there. In 1880 he was appointed superintendent of their refinery at Edgewater, New Jersey. This was one of the largest independent refineries in the world, and it was constructed under his personal supervision. He resigned this position in July, 1885, to take charge of a large planing and saw mill which he had purchased with a partner. This partner proved to be dishonest and before Mr. De Forest took charge of the business the partner brought about the failure of the mill and the business was wound up in the autumn of 1885, the same year it was purchased. Mr. De Forest through this venture lost his savings of years. He next became general manager of Stephen Jenney & Son's Wallabout Oil Refinery, at the foot of Rush street, Brooklyn. In 1887 the business of Stephen Jenney & Son was closed because of the accidental death of Stephen Jenney, senior member of the firm. In the meantime the large refinery of Edgewater had been destroyed by fire, and the firm of John Ellis & Company, through Mr. De Forest, purchased the Jenney refinery, and he was put in charge of it until the Edgewater refinery was rebuilt. In December, 1889, he came to North Clarendon, Warren County, Pennsylvania, to open up a new department for the company, the crude oil department at Clarendon and Warren. He was general manager of this department until his death. Later he moved his family to Warren. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the United Order of Friends, the Knights of Honor, and the National Provident Union. For many years he was a member of Christ Church in Brooklyn, and when he moved to Warren he transferred his membership to Trinity Memorial Church there. He was superintendent of the Sabbath school of the church until his death.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1073.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1074.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1076.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1077.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1075.

6 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 98.