Biography

01/02/1852 - 10/29/1924

FORREST, George, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, January 2, 1852 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.; apprentice, Lancaster Inquirer (1 year); engaged, printing business (8 years); clerk, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; tobacco leaf inspector and agent, L.C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. of New York City (43 years); elected, secretary, school board, Lancaster (1892-1914); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1892; unseated by contest, May 16, 1893; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894); died, October 29, 1924 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.