Captain William Montgomery Forrest

Male 1846 - 1908  (61 years)


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  • Name William Montgomery Forrest  [1, 2, 3
    Title Captain 
    Birth 26 Sep 1846  Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Northernn Division 
    Residence 1880  Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 1908  Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 7 Feb 1908  Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4853  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father General Nathan Bedford Forrest,   b. 13 Jul 1821, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1877, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann Montgomery,   b. 2 Oct 1826, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1893, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1845  Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F3151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Taylor,   b. 1845, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1882 (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nathan Bedford Forrest, II,   b. 1872, Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1931, Hamilton, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Sep 1846 - Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Northernn Division - 1850 - DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1908 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Feb 1908 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S510] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, DeSoto, Mississippi; Roll: M432_371; Page: 368A; Image: 323.
      Record for William M Forrest
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=3396625&indiv=try

    2. [S21] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1279; Family History Film: 1255279; Page: 188B; Enumeration District: 144.
      Record for Wm. M. Forrest
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=10039114&indiv=try

    3. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Nathan Bedford Forrest II
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=41612867&indiv=try

    4. [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee,USA; Date: 1974;;), Chapter 3, Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir.

    5. [S781] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;).