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Note: n 1860, residing next-door to his father.
The 1860 US Federal Census lists:
House/Family #859-842
George W. Forrester, 31, M, Farmer, KY
Elizabeth Forrester, 26, F, Housekeeper, IL
Joseph Forrester, 10, M, MO
George Forrester, 8, M, MO
Martha Forrester, 1, F, MO
George Forrester served as a private in the 11 Missouri Infantry. This group participated in the battle of Vicksburg. A monument is located on the south side of Union Avenue approximately .3
miles west of Grant Avenue in Vicksburg. Erected on 5 Nov 1909, at a cost of $136 by W.L. Barnum. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower's 2nd Brigade of Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle's 3rd Division, Maj. Gens William T. Sherman & Frederick Steele's XV Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Andrew J. Weber (killed 30 June 1863), Lt. Col. William L. Barnum & Maj. Eli Bowyer.
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One report we have claims that Uncle Wash's family removed to Shasta Co., CA about 1868 and some of his children were born there, but this is not correct. His youngest son, John J. was born in Missouri in 1872. Another account states that they moved from Missouri to Yountville in Napa Valley in 1876. His daughter, Julia Ann, died in Napa Valley 1 October 1875, so they apparently were living there at the time.
We know that Wash's brother, John, lived near Yountville and moved there in 1871.
A photo we have of John Forrester (b. 1834) has a man sitting in a meadowbrook cart who may be his brother, Uncle Wash.
The 1881 Shasta County Directory lists:
Forester, John - gardener Shasta (Is this John, b. 1834?)
Forrester, G. W. - farmer Redding (Certainly Uncle Wash.)
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Notes written by Olive Forrester Steger and submitted to the California Society, Daughters of the American, p. 19:
Revolution Genealogical Records Committee, Maj. Pierson B. Reading Chapter at Redding, Shasta County, California, dated and signed October 19, 1953:
"George Washington Forrester moved to Missouri from Kentucky with his parents in 1835. He worked with his father who was a skilled gun and black smith and thus learned the trade.
"In 1849, he married Elizabeth Cole: to this union nine children were born, three of whom died in infancy. About 1876*, he and his wife accompanied by five of their children: Joe, Martha, Nancy, Eliza and John, moved to Yountville near Napa. Their son George remained in Missouri. He [George "Wash" Forrester] was a Civil war veteran.
"In 1881, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. W. Forrester purchased the Moore homestead on North Cow Creek which was their home for many years. Here the Pioneer worked at his trade up to the time of his death in 1894. In spite of failing health due to lung trouble contracted in the war, his ambitious disposition would not permit him to be idle and this no doubt hastened his death.
"All of the immediate members of the family, his wife, their children, and one sister who were living in this vicinity in the '90's are now deceased; this Pioneer family is now represented only by members of the third generation with but one exception and that is Mrs. Annie (Lilly) Forrester, wife of Joe, their eldest son.
"Joe was a skilled blacksmith; he built the two-story house that still stands at the old Four Corners. His blacksmith shop was torn down several years ago. Joe's sons -- Arthur, Joe and George, have all held trusted positions with the P.G.&E. Co. Chester was field representative for a large insurance company and now has a desk in the main office in San Francisco.
"John settled in Dunsmuir and was an employee of the Southern Pacific Co. His daughter, Olive Steger, is a retired Home Economics teacher. Of Nancy's family only two daughters are living -- Babe and Helen of Chico. Eliza's daughter, Edith, lives in Modesto. She is a past president of the Cosmetologist Ass'n and Native Daughters of the Golden West. Joe's wife, Annie, the only living representative of the 2nd generation in California, makes her home with Edith. Two of George's children are living in Missouri."
*Geo. Wash.'s daughter Julia died in Napa Valley in Oct. 1875, so he and his family must have moved to California by then.
Note: Uncle Wash's family were living in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Scotland Co., MO i
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