County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, p. 367.

J. S. FORREY'S father, Strickler Forrey, was of German descent and a 
native of Pennsylvania; he died in Chicago, Ill.; his wife and mother of 
our subject, was Mary B. Randolph, a native of Pennsylvania; she died in 
1834; he next married Mary Sharpless, of Pennsylvania; who bore him five 
children, of whom three are now living.  J. S. Forrey was born in 
Fayette County, Penn., February 9, 1833.  When he was three years of age 
he was brought to Wayne County, Ind., by his father, and was there 
reared and educated, and learned the carpenter's trade, at which he 
worked in his younger days.  In 1855 he moved to Minnesota, and engaged 
in farming for five years. In 1869 he came to Hopkinsville from Dayton, 
Ohio, and worked at his trade for Brownell, Miller & Orr, and in 1881 
succeeded Mr. Brownell in the business.  In 1856, in Wayne County, Ind., 
he married Miss Caroline Allbright, a native of Indiana, born in 1836.  
Mr. and Mrs. Forrey are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and he 
is an active member of the orders K. of H. and K. of P.

Forrey Randolph Sharpless Brownell Miller Orr Allbright
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Fayette-PA Chicago-Cook-IL Wayne-IN MN OH 

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