J.C. FOREST Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 659 J.C. Forest, of Phoenix, has served in a capable way as Assistant United States Attorney and is one of the leading members of the bar of Arizona. He was born in Wisconsin on the 8th of January, 1862, and acquired his early education in the public schools of his native state. In October 1889, he came to Arizona and read law under Ross and O'Sullivan. He also engaged in teaching, an occupation to which he had turned his attention previously in Wisconsin. He was admitted to the bar in Prescott in 1899 and has since been engaged in professional work here, winning recognition as a powerful, forceful and able practitioner. He served as assistant district attorney of Yavapai County under Judge Robert E. Morrison and later held the office of Assistant United States attorney under Judge Joseph E. Morrison. Since April 1913, Mr. Forest has been in the general practice of law at Phoenix and is also attorney for the Southern Pacific Railway at Phoenix. On the 8th of January 1907 Mr. Forest was united in marriage to Miss Annie Suits, of Santa Monica, California and they are the parents of one son, John S. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu