Bio of Forrest, Charles (b.1835) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Forrest, Charles, (deceased) was among those who came to Wabasha in an
early day. He was born at Peter Head, a city in the north of Scotland,
April 24, 1835. In early life he entered upon an apprenticeship to the
trade of boot and shoe maker, serving the usual time. In 1856 he left the
land of his birth and the home of his childhood, with all the ties of
kindred and friends, and the dearest of all, the one who was to be his
bosom friend and companion through life, and after a few uneventful weeks
on the ocean, and a year spent at his trade in Montreal, Canada, he landed
from a river steamer at Wabasha, Minnesota, late in the summer of 1857.
There he decided to stay and make a strike for a home, entering at once
upon the business of his trade, which he prosecuted with vigor nearly four
years, when, notwithstanding the financial embarrassment following the
crisis of 1857, and the prevailing diseases incident to those who were
then living on the Mississippi bottoms, in both of which Mr. Forrest
suffered severely, he had secured the means not only to send for the one
above referred to, but also to provide for her on her arrival, a rude,
though happy home. She reached Wabasha on the evening of April 22, 1861,
and the next day Charles Forrest and Margaret Tough were united in
marriage. She is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and was born May 31,
1834. They at once repaired to a farm he had previously bought in West
Albany township, and built a small frame house, the first erected in that
settlement. Mrs. Forrest now declares that the succeeding years were the
happiest of her life. The pioneers had but little, and, being all on an
equality, shared cheerfully with each other, even to a cup of salt. Some
years later Mr. Forrest came to Lake City, and, after selling his farm,
built a store and embarked in merchandising in the boot and shoe line,
conducting the business till the time of his death, May 21, 1879. Though
he left no fortune to his family, he left them with a home and the
heritage of an unsullied name. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, and
consistent, pious Christian gentleman. His widow and one son are also
members of the Baptist church. His children, who are all residing with
their mother in Lake City, are James, Charles G., Jennette H., Maggie J.,
Jennie E., William W. and Katie E., and enjoy the esteem and respect of
their fellow citizens.