Jeffery E. FORREST, Brig.Gen.^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1864  (25 years)

• Name	Jeffery E. FORREST
  Suffix	Brig.Gen.
  Birth	10 Jun 1838	Tippah, Mississippi   [3]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	K46P-G82
  _UID	DBD42E1A49FD41439670526C7F434D3FD388
  Death	22 Feb 1864	Ivey Hill, Chickasaw, Mississippi   [3]
  Burial	1868	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I15918	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	William B FORREST,   b. 6 Jul 1801, Orange, North Carolina d. 1837, Salem, Tippah, Mississippi (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Mariam BECK,   b. Abt 1801, SC d. 15 Nov 1867, TX (Age ~ 66 years)
  Marriage	1820	Gallatin, Bedford, Tennessee
  Family ID	F7979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally DYCHE   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1852  [3]
  Family ID	F7982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Joe Stout (jwstout@charter.net) states Jeffery Forrest died on February 22, 1864 in the Battle of Okolona, MS Jeffrey Forrest was born six months after the death of his father William Forrest, in 1837. His mother was Miriam Beck Forrest, who later married Joseph Luxton. Jeffrey served in the Civil War and was killed at battle on the prairie near Okolona, Mississippi. He was unmarried. Civil War Confederate Officer. Tippah County, Mississippi native Jeffery Edward Forrest was a younger and purportedly favorite brother of Nathan Bedford Forrest. At the onset of the war in 1861, Jeffery and Nathan each enlisted as a Private into Captain Josiah White's Tennessee Mounted Rifles, a command that would later be designated the 7th Tennessee Cavalry. He subsequently had the additional assignment as a captain in Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry. In February of 1862, he was among the cavalcade, led by his older brother, which eluded capture at Fort Donelson. He tendered his resignation in June 0f 1862; however he rejoined as a major of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry (8th Cavalry) sometime prior to 1863. This service was followed with a commission as colonel of Forrest's Alabama Cavalry. During action at a place called Bear's Creek, Alabama, he was captured after he fell with severe wounds in October 1863. As a brigade commander under the command of his brother, he received a fatal wound to his throat during action near Okolona, Mississippi on February 22, 1864. Witnessing his fall, Nathan Bedford Forrest rushed to his dying brother's side and 'dropped to his knees and held [his] head in his arms' before he died. He was buried in Aberdeen's Odd Fellows Cemetery after his death with a 1868 re-interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Barbara Westman, Barbara Westman. [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Jeffery E. FORREST, person ID K46P-G82. (Reliability: 3).