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Liartha S. Plnckney
Charleston, s. C~




was so maci when he came after him that he was ready to whip hin; but when he saw how happy they were he a~roed to r~,ive Forest his freedom,“

	Before the War Between the States Forest was mar— ned, 1iving~ in Charleston, and working on the Bay. Susan rementhers her terror when the shells of the Fedepal bonfoard~~ n~ont were bursting over the c:Lty, and recalls holdIng out her arms Thr someone to hold her. Her father had returned home one afternoon and was rostin~ from a i~ard days work, when a shell crashed throu~h the walls of their little home on Tradd street, and passed immediately over h~n as he lay on his cot. The neighbors cc~ae rushing in thinking that everybody had been killed, but the shell had passed throu~, siiattorin~ the house but leaving Forest unharmed. He lived to the age of ninety~seven, valued and respected; his daughter carries on his ~:ood reputation, andknovïn by the name of SUSAN „ FOREST •„




SOURCES:	Lirs. Arthur Lynah, Ashley Avenue~ Charleston, S. C. Susan. Nelson, 9 Trapman street, Charleston, S. C.